I wandered around near my hotel at night and snapped a bunch of random photos.

Scenery

It was summer, but it was less hot than Korea. Wait, why? Anyway, maybe that’s why I saw lots of people having a drink outside.

Street

Electric scooters are so common that there are dedicated lanes for them on the sidewalk.

Restaurant

Moutai Prince

Looks like a Moutai specialty shop.

McDonald’s

It was pretty big.

Buildings

All sorts of companies have put up buildings here.

Gourmet grocery

Wow, they even have places like this..

Balvenie

Whisky seems to be popular too.

Street

Going to one of the wealthier neighborhoods in Shenzhen, the vibe gets pretty sophisticated.

Liquor store

This place sold expensive liquor too.. and there’s one of these every other block.

Cafe

There’s a stylish-looking spot called The PEAT..

Croissanterie

The bread itself was just so-so, but the well-off neighborhoods have places like this too.

Shanxi hand-pulled noodles

It’s pretty big.

Arcade

It’s a mixed-use residential building, and the ground floor has roughly this kind of vibe. Apartments like this probably don’t differ much in price from Korea..

7-Eleven

There’s Lawson, there’s 7-Eleven, that kind of thing.

Restaurant

Restaurants are nicely spread out around the apartments. I find this fascinating.. in Korea you have these huge apartment blocks with the restaurants far away, but here the balance seems pretty good.

Restaurants

Somehow everything looks cool.

Yakitori place

They have places like this too..

Street

Lanzhou beef noodles

Restaurant

It feels like any random scene makes a good picture. Probably because I can’t really read Chinese, right? Once you know what it says, the mystery might be gone..

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