There goes our view...

When we moved into our apartment we were happy because we could look out our balcony and between a few apartment complexes see the water and we could relax as watch the container ships head out to the ocean.

However, we were looking across a open lot to see this view, and we figured that it was only a matter of time before construction was started on that lot to build yet another 30+ story condo building. Apparently, March 1st was that day, as today they started by building the workers lodging, the small two story white building in the corner of the lot. The are setting up another one of these in the other corner, so we can probably expect that in the next week they will begin excavating. The workers will live in these tiny houses, several to a room, for the entire project.

This is at least a chance for us to watch the construction and take photos as they build up and our water view is slowly taken away from us.

We also expect this to all happen fairly quickly, as things like this happen in China at a much faster pace then we are used to. They call them China years, and at the current pace of change in China 1 year here is equivalent to 4 years in the States. It still amazes me that in somethings they are 4 times faster then us, but it other things it seems to take 2-3 times as long as we would expect....