Why not?
Also, try to make yourself looks 'less tourist like' will be a good way to keep low profile.
if nothing else, keeping a low profile will make you stick out like a singaporean.
Ha ha, again as I said, it is individual dependent.
Most of my non-Singaporean friends said, when they travel overseas, they can easily spot out Singaporean, because they realized Singaporean tend to speak in a way, dress in a way, that makes them easily to be recognized.
Its funny when people 'think' they can dress low profile, or look like locals...:bsmilie:
I lived in Shanghai for a while and can spot a 'low profile' Singaporean a mile away...:bsmilie:
Hi all! I'm going to Shanghai and Suzhou soon, but I'm not sure if it's advisable to bring my D90 to Shanghai. Should I?
TIA!
or you can stick an A4 size paper outside your bag
"里面没有dSLR"
(inside dun have dslr)
Its funny when people 'think' they can dress low profile, or look like locals...:bsmilie:
I lived in Shanghai for a while and can spot a 'low profile' Singaporean a mile away...:bsmilie:
i'm currently in Shanghai... just went out for 2 days walking around with my d90... actually not that bad... a lot of local shanghainese also bring their DSLR when going out... one day i see almost 10 DSLR easily...
i rifle sling my camera and walked most of the tourist spots in Puxi area... i read the map before going out... and knowing where i'm heading to actually kept me quite unnoticed... chinese just don't really bother about what's happening to others... when i'm lost then i ask those cops around the traffic lights right once...
just prevent to be seen as tourist... if no one asked you whether you want a "massage", most probably they'll take you as local, or very familiar with that area already... you'll be left alone then...
Because it is always location dependent and individual dependent.
In Shanghai French concession is very safe.
In Shanghai Old Town (east of Yu Yuan Bazaar) may not be the case.
In Johor Bahru of Malaysia is not very safe
In Melaka may not be the case.
Also, try to make yourself looks 'less tourist like' will be a good way to keep low profile. So again, individual dependent.
Too many foreigners in Shanghai already la. They are all used to it. Trying going to a place like countryside south Yunnan and see what happens.
Plus a D90 in shanghai is nothing man. The locals are all carrying D3x and D300 everywhere. D90 is low class. When I was in Qibao over the CNY holidays, I saw a 60+ year old auntie holding a D60 shooting on full auto mode. Power or not? I was holding my old S9500 prosumer and they all see me no up.
by the way... all Canon DSLR i seen there using L lens... except for one Hongkie using Sigma 10-20mm... :cry:
Its funny when people 'think' they can dress low profile, or look like locals...:bsmilie:
I lived in Shanghai for a while and can spot a 'low profile' Singaporean a mile away...:bsmilie:
Ermmm.. excuse me, East of Yu Yuan is the river already...
Are you talking about Pudong?
That's why I said it is easily to be recognized as Singaporean.
Have you actually explore Yu Yan area?
There is a small plot of land (comparatively small to the whole Huang Pu Area) on the west of Zhongshan South Road and East of Yu Yaun Bazaar. It is part of the old town of Shanghai, where 丹凤路 and 德安里 located(http://hi.baidu.com/%B7%C9%D1%A9%C6%AE%CB%BC/blog/item/aa1224d9c79ed8eb38012f0b.html). There got very small alleys with the houses build close to each other.
Dun worry that your DSLR will get lost there as there is practically no crowd! ppl in Suzhou are not so rich hence dun patronize there much, only expats.
I thought those are already long gone. All torn down.