Morning bike rides

I've done a fair amount of early morning bike rides this summer and fall.  Typically leaving my apartment by about 4:45 and meeting a group of friends at 5:30.  From there we head west out of the city.  It's amazing how different Shanghai looks from a bike at that hour.  Recently with the sun rising later and later we get totally different views.

Here's a couple of sunrise photos from a ride the last week or so....

We end up biking through some small villages where we see the locals brushing their teeth, washing their clothes, etc in the streets.  But yet it is so peaceful and quiet out there, not the blaring horns of the city.