Horizontal view..
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Not impressed..
a? river
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Re: a? river
by bob » 20 Nov 2009, 01:21
Going down..
Horizontal view..
Just say yes..
Not impressed..
Horizontal view..
Just say yes..
Not impressed..
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Re: a? river
by bob » 20 Nov 2009, 01:39
Lunch...
Still not impressed..
What the world needs now...
Park..
Flying fish..
One last look before bed..
Looking down..
Looking back...
Still not impressed..
What the world needs now...
Park..
Flying fish..
One last look before bed..
Looking down..
Looking back...
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Re: a? river
by bob » 20 Nov 2009, 02:46
Muzha Man wrote:Great to see the restoration work.
Yuh. Except fer it don't smell so good.
I was walking along at one point and suddenly from a pipe about two floors up there was this sploosh of water just like some old lady flushed the toilet.
I don't know why it seemed like an old lady but it did.
I assume they have some plan for the thousands of pipes that run in but honestly I can't imagine what it would be. Gunk has flowing into that sad ass bit of real estate for two hundred and fifty years. It is the low point.
I heard in India what they have started doing in situations like that is just running pipes along the stream on either side and catching what comes in. The pipes then flow to a treatment plant some where.
Btw, that open manhole at the end was actually the last manhole before the thing disappeared beneath the maze of high rises that surround the area. What were the chances of that? That I'd be there with my camera just as these two maintenance workers were popping the lid.
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Re: a? river
by Mucha Man » 20 Nov 2009, 11:04
bob, most of us have seen the underbelly of the city. You have seen its rectum. 
“Everywhere else in the world is also really old” said Prof. Liu, a renowned historian at Beijing University. “We always learn that China has 5000 years of cultural heritage, and that therefore we are very special. It appears that other places also have some of this heritage stuff. And are also old. Like, really old.”
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Re: a? river
by bob » 20 Nov 2009, 12:15
Actually I went back and looked at the part that is being reconstructed and there are no pipes coming into the "canal" there. Lower down they had a pile of pipes that they were installing too.
Maybe they are going to really clean it up properly.
They started on the project in 2006 and have about 10% of it done. If you want to see it pre-clean up then you will have to get there between now and 2050 or so.
It's just at the Xindian MRT station, under the bridge and beside the river is where it starts.
Maybe they are going to really clean it up properly.
They started on the project in 2006 and have about 10% of it done. If you want to see it pre-clean up then you will have to get there between now and 2050 or so.
It's just at the Xindian MRT station, under the bridge and beside the river is where it starts.
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Re: a? river
by Mucha Man » 20 Nov 2009, 12:24
bob wrote:Actually I went back and looked at the part that is being reconstructed and there are no pipes coming into the "canal" there. Lower down they had a pile of pipes that they were installing too.
Maybe they are going to really clean it up properly.
They started on the project in 2006 and have about 10% of it done. If you want to see it pre-clean up then you will have to get there between now and 2050 or so.
I think I can make it.
It's just at the Xindian MRT station, under the bridge and beside the river is where it starts.
Yes, I have seen that. Very cool looking, especially with the old pumps.
“Everywhere else in the world is also really old” said Prof. Liu, a renowned historian at Beijing University. “We always learn that China has 5000 years of cultural heritage, and that therefore we are very special. It appears that other places also have some of this heritage stuff. And are also old. Like, really old.”
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Re: a? river
by Feiren » 20 Nov 2009, 12:26
Way cool Bob.
Yinshui siyuan (飲水思源), as bob no doubt knows, means 'think about where your water comes from.' It's particularly relevant to Taiwan given the importance of being mindful of Taiwan's fragile environment and its forgotten, repressed history.
Yinshui siyuan (飲水思源), as bob no doubt knows, means 'think about where your water comes from.' It's particularly relevant to Taiwan given the importance of being mindful of Taiwan's fragile environment and its forgotten, repressed history.
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Re: a? river
by bob » 20 Nov 2009, 13:09
Thank you.
If anybody is curious where this "a? river" project went you can find it here...
http://www.taiwantrek.com/forums/guest- ... tem-2.html
It's known as "The Danshui River System" over there.
That one is more geared to "promoting" tourism so I'm keeping the gicky bits out of that website and posting them here.
If anybody is curious where this "a? river" project went you can find it here...
http://www.taiwantrek.com/forums/guest- ... tem-2.html
It's known as "The Danshui River System" over there.
That one is more geared to "promoting" tourism so I'm keeping the gicky bits out of that website and posting them here.
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