The pictures below were taken in 2006 in an attempt to preserve the memory of old buildings in Nanjing’s city center. This was taken high up from a building next to the Sheraton (we are looking southward from the Sheraton)…
Panning southeast… Can you see that strip of the Qinhuai River?
Panning further east, you’ll see the [...]
Nice place. Again, it will be blind people massaging you. ‘Blind people’ may not mean ‘excellent massage’, but if you get a good one here, you get a good one here, better than many of the places I’ve been to in Nanjing.
Q: How do you increase your chances of getting a good one?
A: When they [...]
1/Early morning: wait at xinjiekou outside Suning Electronics. People buying breakfast on the streets.
2/ Zhouzhuang is near shanghai, so 4 hour bus ride. After long bus ride, lunch time. Meet comrades from Nanjing. A toast to them!
3/ Our hardest-working guide.
4/ A picture that represents what Zhou Zhuang is all about. It’s a venice-like place.
5/ Not [...]
Some background on Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, so we understand why this tomb is such a big deal:
1. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang became the first emperor of the Ming dynasty, whose capital was to be Nanjing. His royal name was Emperor Hongwu.
2. Before the Ming Dynasty was the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty was ruled by [...]
This place is one of the treasures of the city. It contains memories that the people of this city feel really strongly about. On top of that, it underwent renovation about 2 years ago, and has very educational slant suited helping foreigners and people from other cities understand the meaning of the massacre to nanjingren.
Nanjing Running Club started some time in 2005. If you’re interested, try to find the contact person and you can run with them on Saturdays 8.45am.
Meet at Skyways Bakery (Address: Taipingmen #10), go for a run, and then come back to socialize at the bakery.
Known Contact Person: Lona
Contact Number: 13770841014
Email Address: lonahealam@yahoo.com
The fall feeling in Nanjing begins around mid-September and finishes by the end of November with sudden dips in temperature that signal the advent of winter. The nicest time in Nanjing is still fall, and the best month is October. Where can you go during the fall season?
Xuanwu Lake: No two ways about it. See [...]
When you arrive at Confucius Temple 夫子庙 [fu4zi3miao4], you begin to ask where the temple is. It’s like you arrive at NYC’s Times Square to search frantically for the ‘square.’ There are a couple of gates that indicate an entrance into the Fuzimiao area. Below is one of them during the day…
The focus of the [...]
Getting to Nanjing Train Station:
You can get there by bus this way: go to the nearest bus stop and figure out which bus to take.
Or you can wave down the taxi.
From Nanjing Train Station:
If you see this…
then the lake has to be behind you. The whole area’s really well done, and if you turn around, [...]
So, what’s up with this ship and the admiral? Why the fuss?
The Zhenghe Shipyard is now one of the tourist attractions here in Nanjing. Apart from giving us a glimpse of the majesty of the imperial fleet during the Ming Dynasty, this Shipyard cum park is a nice place to go to if you’ve strolled [...]