Abandoned Hakka villages in the New Territories / 被遺棄的新界客家村落

This visit in the abandoned Hakka settlements in the New Territories was one of the best experiences I had in Hong Kong. It is a mixture of exploration of lost villages hidden in the jungle and a great hike right next to the Chinese border. I will not write about the context because this area […]

Abandoned fishing village on Lamma Island / 南丫島的無人村

For my first report of 2018, I choose to introduce a special place, full of authenticity, quietly facing the sea, and being at the same time eaten little by little by the jungle: Luk Chau Tsuen (鹿洲村). As intriguing as it may be, this fishing village located in a remote area on Lamma Island is […]

The Golden Factory / 黄金工厂

This report is about a very nice place, one of my favorite abandoned factories in Beijing, located near a mountain in a suburban area. Nature slowly starts to grow back on the industrial structure. I will not give too many elements about this factory because I would like it to remain intact. It has a […]

Chaonei 81 / 朝内81号

It is really time to exorcise this place. I give away the address of this « haunted house » in the title because renovation started at the beginning of 2016 so it is no longer accessible and when it reopens, it will never look the same as before. One of Beijing’s most famous haunted houses This report […]

Xiaonanmen Bell Watch Tower / 小南门警钟楼

In the old city of Shanghai, I visited the Xiaonanmen Bell Tower. The structure of the tower is an interesting mixture of concrete and steel forming an arch: it directly relates to the Eiffel Tower. According to online reports, this Bell Tower was built in 1909 by Shanghai City’s firefighters’ association. It used to be […]

Datong No. 12 Primary School / 大同第十二小学校

Datong is a strange city with a lot of derelict places to explore: residential ruins after demolition, unfinished-abandoned buildings. On the day I found this place, I was looking at demolished ruins in the city center. This used to be a primary school… The slogan says « specialized education » but I could not find information about […]

The light steel factory / 轻钢厂

I am back in Datong for more research here. I already studied this city quite a lot. Among the things I saw when I lived there last year, there was this old factory, standing in front of a newly built compound, making quite a big contrast on the landscape. According to the nice old man […]

Toyota Textile Mill / 丰田纺织厂

What a funny coincidence, the Shanghai Auto Show just finished on the same week that I discovered a Toyota-related ruin in the city! I am proud to present to you my latest exploration: the site of the former Toyota Cotton Mill. Actually, I noticed this place last year during a bicycle ride and already I […]