Mochou Lake Nanjing

After the last couple of four week wait blogs, I decided to go ahead and write about Nanjing after only one week. Go me!

Nanjing is China's southern capital and it is filled with lots of natural beauty and even more history. We were only there for two days so we barely scratched the surface but what we did see was awesome.

To get …

Greetings, and sorry for the long periods of time between postings. I tend to spend my precious hours of internet connection on email/homework/chatting rather than on blogging.

This weekend is a holiday here in China, which means that everyone has Monday off school/work. If you've been following since last summer, you may have already …

Hey all,

I'm writing in the midst of China's National Holiday week. I'll elaborate on that more next post; for now, the subjects are dragon boat and erhu practices from last week. If you don't know what dragon boat is, see my previous post on the annual dragon boat race in Nanjing.

First was dragon boat practice on Wednesday …

... we were brought to the location but it was closed up tight for renovations for the next 6 months! After the museum, we went to the Mochou Lake, which is a park named for a story of a young Chinese woman who turned into water to try to seep to where her ...

Different teams of employees of international companies paddle on the MoChou Lake in Nanjing. Eventually the MG team, lead and trained by British expats, won the ...

... decided I could spend just a bit of time there to see what it is all about. On Saturday I took the bus over to Mochou Lake （莫愁湖公园), paid 27rmb/4usd for an entry ticket, and followed the crowds as I'd never been ...

... . He is a very sweet soul. The Mid-Autumn Festival is on Sunday and I will be here to take part in the festivities. Mochou Lake across from my hotel is putting up the big red lanterns and people are furiously shopping in preparation. I bought a one month ...

... to the sport, as most of us had never been in a dragon boat before. We waited at the dock of Mochou Lake for our instructor (an old Nanjing man whose only job is coaching ALL the dragon boat teams) to pick and place us as strategic seats within the boat ...