SAUNTERING THE "BUND"

THE BUND IN 2012

The "BUND" is the symbolic area of Shanghai, China. In days of old, the "Bund" was a stretch of wasteland overgrown with weeds and reeds. Along the River Huangpu there was a towing path formed under the feet of the sweating boat trackers. Today this track continues to be used by peoples' feet. However, I never witnessed any "trackers" hauling boats. Early morning visitors are able to amble, dawdle. linger, loiter, straggle, and trundle lazily across the concrete slabs. The hustle and bustle of people traffic gradually increases as midday approaches. Now a frantic dash, helter-skelter, scamper, scurry, and scuttle of the converging masses encourages my body to "escape" where quieter environs are to be enjoyed.

Our entry to the "Bund" over the Suzhou River.

The "Bund" beside the River Huangpu. 

Crowds scurry onto the "Bund" after lunch.

'Tis okay to dawdle your way onto the "Bund". 

Sometimes the weight of luggage causes struggling folk
to straggle onto the "Bund". 

Young and "old" amble the "Bund" 

Trundling the "Bund" is just not cricket. 

Time to loiter before lunch.

Languid postulating on the "Bund". 

Eyes right while scurrying along the "Bund". Yea, she's a doll! 

Some toddle, some stroll, & a toddler lingers in the "Bund" of Nod! 

Mum's turn for the trike.
I'm scampering off if Dad persists in putting a bow in my hair! 

Lunch time power 'walking' the "Bund". 

The pace on the "Bund" quickens as visitors  scamper to lunch. 

Shades of strolling the "Bund".

The helter-skelter is underway on the "Bund". 

The afternoon's converging masses attempt to scurry along the "Bund". 

"Bund" hazards include mobile phones. 

Leaving the "Bund" to cross the Suzhou River.