Featuring: Postal vans, postal electric bicycles, EMS logistics and stamps. As promised, a second go at Shanghai’s postal facilities the day after my first, this time the postal branch office (“支局”) on Tianshan Rd. Being a “branch” and not a “station,” it is visibly more spacious than its Zhongshan Rd. West counterpart, equipped, other than …
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Well well well, to duly follow up on my earlier post introducing some of Shanghai’s more idiosyncratic postal facilities, today I went to one that is decidedly commonplace — a postal station (albeit titled still as a “post office”) on the section of Changning Rd between West Zhongshan Rd. and Kaixun Rd., which is entirely …
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Note: I do not possess or claim expertise to any religious matter. If you are contemplating long-distance travel and need to figure out prayer times specific to your needs, consult competent religious authority or a trustworthy online service and, of course, safe travel. I was flying from Geneva to Abu Dhabi a few days ago …
Read the full post →“Prayers on International Flights — A Brief Investigation”
Any habitual reader of my blog (a species that I suspect does not exist) must know of my interest in things postal, as my quests to several DC post offices hopefully have made clear. However, since this interest grew out of my visit to the National Postal Museum, ever since when I have yet to …
Read the full post →“Postal Facilities of Shanghai — A Very Basic Introduction”
我曾在美国加州的弗里蒙特（又译佛利蒙 Fremont）待过一段时间，因此一直对本地历史颇感兴趣。这是我在这个方面一点小小的写作尝试——由于种种原因没有写完，但先发在这里供感兴趣者一阅。
