For those who live north of Hanzhong Road or Zhongshan East Road in Nanjing, it really does make sense to take the subway to the train station. From the Xinjiekou subway stop it takes only 2 kuai and 10mins. This is super when compared to the 22 kuai and 30mins I need to get there [...]
A friend of mine grabbed a ‘cab’ from the Nanjing West Train Station to Sheraton Kingsley Hotel. She paid the cabby 60rmb. Wow! Now, don’t ever take a taxi that does not have a meter if you don’t know what a reasonable price is. What happens when you enter the taxi is that the cabby [...]
You’ll see a license plate on every vehicle, including the humble bicycle. Can you find the license plate of the bike in the foreground of the picture above?
To get a bike, you can either buy new ones at places like Walmart or second hand ones in shops along certain streets, like Feng Huang West Road [...]
Getting around by bus in Nanjing really isn’t too difficult.
To get you started, we’ll describe a method that will give you on a Nanjing bus in no time! What you need to do (in two steps):
1) Get the map of Nanjing city - which sells on the street for about 4-5rmb.
The map alone will not [...]
Consider yourself lucky to have the luxury of this subway system! It’s completely new and recently opened late 2005. In 2006, what’s available is the North-South line, but work on the East-West line is already underway. The subway 地铁 [di4tie3] is easy to use. It’s a perfect way to get to the Nanjing Train Station, [...]