Nanjing
Travel Blogs from Nanjing, China
Nanjing
... On the second attempt we managed to get part way up Purple Mountain to the UNESCO Ming Tomb. The mountain, towering above the Nanjing skyline was thick with snow which meant the cable car wasn't running!? (What happen's at ski resorts!?!) With so much ...
Are We Any Better Than Animals?
The last three days have been spent in Nanjing, China's eighth largest city with a population of 6.8 million. Despite being a bulging metropolis, it had a small town feel and a laid back populace, a nice change after the insanity of Shanghai. It honestly ...
WWII Massacre
... and I learned quite a bit about some WWII history that I honestly had no idea about until I moved to China last year. To finish, Nanjing is a very frustrating city, as their bus system is completely illogical, combined with the fact that the workers ...
Nanjing - China's ancient capital
... trip was the ascension of the Zijin Mountain (known as the purple mountain for some reason) that dominates the eastern fringes of Nanjing. It’s only a hill in reality as the summit is a mere 450 metres but it is a beautiful, thickly forested area ...
The Mystery Tour
... of a whistle stop tour but at least we got to see the sights. We even took a boat ride, which was nice. At the 'Nanjing Mausoleum', three groups of people asked to take pictures with us which was funny, it even amused the other people in our tour ...
Just one easy day please!!
... a/c on about 25degrees at night, and even then wake up feeling cold now and again. Definitely acclimatising. We're in Nanjing now, the capital city of Jiangsu province where Suzhou and Xuzhou reside. There seems to be an abundance of westerners here ...
Reality bites & Lantern Festival
Back to reality with a thud after my fantastic holiday to Laos and Cambodia. Got back to Nanjing to find that it was FREEZING.......not just my imagination.......we actually got snow. It was quite funny as I opened my curtains one morning and thought ...
National Day Reception
... totally astounded and we had a fantastic chat and intend to catch up when I return from Tibet...she is now living and working in Nanjing!! Try telling me the world is not tiny......simply had to share this with you!! All packed and ready to head to Tibet ...
A little bit of Culture
... of the many pieces on display - I just enjoyed viewing!! So I've managed to give you all another glimpse into China's history. I find it totally fascinating especially when we blab on about history at home which only covers 200 years!!! So much has been ...
Finally Not Humid
Well... here I am, day number seven! Before I start babbling on about the sights and sounds of Nanjing, I'll give you some background info. My pseudonym is Fine China and I'm a 13 year old, recent expat. MTM (misses the motorbike) has to work over here ...
First Pizza Hut
Today would be a day of activity after a day of nothing back in Xi'an. We got the metro to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial. It is a memorial to the 300,000 Chinese murdered by Japanese in the 30's. One thing we learned from this place: the Chinese certainly ...
Day 11
... night we then had a early morning this morning. We were woken at 6am for a 6.30 breakfast. At 7am we headed over to Nanjing Middle School for the flag raising ceremony. The assembly started at 7.25 and finished at 7.35. It was really hot, we were wearing ...
SHH....yes it is Christmas
... on my mobile phone.......Anyway turns out that that is exactly what it is but it gives me discounts at various shops and attractions around Nanjing. I just have to work out how to read all the instructions to get the benefits - guess I'll look on it as an ...
Long Story Short!
... , there were two other funny things that I witnessed! One, MTM enjoyed the green screen fighting...(there was a little man on the screen and you can virtually punch him!). Two, I'll let the picture of the billboard do the talking!!!! Until soon, Fine ...
A Day in Nanjing
... and spend a few minutes reading over the highlights of Nanjing. It seems that I underestimated the amount of interesting things in Nanjing and I'm suddenly contemplating whether I should stay a night. I head up to the ticket office and find 30 lines and ...
Nanjing- Massacre
... . I ate half of it but it was a bit weird. The nice man also gave me a baked apple though that was delicious. Nanjing was a bit of a whirlwind. I also went on a night time river cruise and spent an afternoon walking around a rather cold park. I ...
Cloudy Nanjing
... out city. Wide, tree lined boulevards with a mix of old and new. Next we grabbed a tube and headed to the Nanjing Massacre museum. Pretty sombre stuff. We returned to the station afterwards to head to shuzhou, near Shanghai. We went to ...
Visitors !
... and because she wasnt my guest I'll just stick to posting some photos pf crazy party time and a little sightseeing in Nanjing. e.g. visiting a brokat museum w/o heating so I ended up having a cold (could blame my light clothing buuut...) Going out her ...
All Hail Big Nose!
... Museum followed with its 5000 years of history on display, including a very impressive jade burial suite. We rounded off Nanjing with a trip to a pretty unspectacular concrete bridge! The city itself wasn’t that amazing but there was an ...
Day 12
Today was another 6.30 wake up, 7 o'clock breakfast. After breakfast we headed off to clean our teeth and tidy our rooms for room inspection. Today we weren't going out on an activity day, we were using today as a Shanghai preperation day. After room ...
Eighth letter from China
... . Store hele tiden. Men jeg regner med at jeg skal fejre en lille jul, d. 25. December, på Hilton hotellet her i Nanjing, sammen med Nanjing International Club, som holder en lille fest for alle de udstationerede der bliver julen over. Nå, men så har ...
Tenth letter from China
Xin Nian Kuai Le! Så er der sørme gået 14 dage igen, og for mig er tiden fløjet afsted. Jeg har godt nok ikke lavet så meget, den lille nytårsferie jeg havde brugte jeg på at ligge sengen, det startede nytårsaften, så jeg blev nødt til at ...
Meeting my New Students
What a venture to get to class. I am living in the city but most of my classes are on the other campus in the new suburb....Jiangning University Town!!! This campus has only been open since 2003. Up bright and early to catch the 0650 bus out to the ...
First bit of sightseeing
... me!! Her strength was awesome - feel like I've been hit by a truck but should feel the benefits in a day or 2. Nanjing is yet another Chinese city that had massive amounts of construction going on. Everywhere you look they are putting up huge skyscrapers ...
Nanjing
... prica mnozici turistov, ki si v trumah ogledujejo veliko marmornato krsto na kateri je izklesano njegovo telo. Nanjing je v preteklosti, v dveh priloznostih, sluzil kot drzavna prestolnica in kot tak vedno predstavljal privlacen cilj tujim ...
Food and Meals II
This meal was the first thing I ate after arriving in Nanjing, I went out to see some parts of downtown Nanjing. The duck blood soup is a rather inexpensive meal, altough in the restaurant where I got it, it cost 9yuan...about 1euro for a big dish haha ...
Hurting Tired Feet
Well we are finally at the holiday that we have been waiting for! A few days in Nanjing and then Shanghai for a day to see Zhujiajiao with Billy. First we didn't have a reservation anywhere, so Steve took Mom to a shopping area and I wondered off ...
Nanjing (southern capital)
Hello, We were only in Nanjing for 3 days, which actually turned out to be more than adequate. For a city that was once the capital of China there was surprisingly little to see or do (aside from buy pirate CDs and DVDs which were plentiful in roughly ...
