Two days in Nanjing

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OK, so we caught the overnight train to Nanjing from Beijing and was in the end suprisingly easy and comfortable. Arrived bright and early to head to the hostel. After successfully navigating the bus and a short walk we came to the right street but couldn't see the hostel. To some amusement in the nearby chinese restaurant (I suppose just 'restaurant' would suffice) where we asked for directions we were presented with a translation, "to destroy, to demolish, to remove"... not a great start.

Anyway, managed to find some other accomodation close by so all is well. Nanjing was a nice enough place but the streets smelt a bit. Not too many westerners there either which was a kinda interesting experience. I didn't really think too much of the city, the guide book had described it as one of China's most beautiful cities but seemed a bit run down to me.

Up in the hills it was really beautiful though (yay!) you get an amazing view over the whole city and can check out Sun Yat-Sen's mausoleum (Mr People's Republic of China) and the Linggu Pagoda and the Ming Xiaoling tomb. I really feel like I have learnt a lot about Mr Yat-Sen and tombs in the past few days... perhaps too much.

Anyways, we made it to Shanghai and the hostel existed. Have been out to the mueseum and a bit of a walk along the Bund so far. Will probably make a separate entry for Shanghai in the next few days once we have done a bit more.

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Photos

Sun Yatsen's Mausoleum
They like their steps in China

Linggu Pagoda
We could climb to the top of this for some wicked views although quite out of breath

Comments

[Il Davo]

lovely photos
Dear Mike, These are very nice photos. Did they steal that pagoda from Kew gardens?.... in fact have you actually gone abroad at all. Have you just been to Chinatown in London and made us all look foolish?

[Thombo]

Hey Mike!
Sounds like you're having a lovely time out there Michael. Keep me up to date with everything you're doing - I'd love to learn more about some of the places you've visited.