{"id":1722,"date":"2008-10-27T03:33:43","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T19:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianramblings.com\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2008-10-27T03:33:43","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T19:33:43","slug":"pair-on-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/pair-on-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"pair on the pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1723\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1723\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?fit=800%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,471\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 40D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1224642837&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ducks-oct-east-color-copy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Two ducks on the pond at Shenzhen, China&amp;#8217;s OCT East Park.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;On the pond at Shenzhen, China&amp;#8217;s OCT East Park.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?fit=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?fit=800%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1723\" title=\"ducks-oct-east-color-copy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?resize=500%2C294\" alt=\"On the pond at Shenzhen, China's OCT East Park.\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?resize=768%2C452&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?resize=250%2C147&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?resize=550%2C324&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?resize=306%2C180&amp;ssl=1 306w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ducks-oct-east-color-copy.jpg?resize=510%2C300&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the pond in Shenzhen, China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I mentioned the gala Tea-themed stage show at OCT East &#8211; the grounds of the Shenzhen-based themed park are no less impressive.\u00a0 The ducks in the pond area that surrounds the replica European village are amusing the watch. Ducks have always been my favorite, although in China they seem to be, more often than not, on my plate.<\/p>\n<p>Captured: October 23, 2008.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: white;\">space<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: medium dotted; padding: 3mm; text-align: center;\"><em>New here?    Subscribe to my <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/icon_rss.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"top\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/AsianRamblings\">RSS feed<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2005862&amp;loc=en_US\">subscribe by email<\/a>.   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