cable cars looking down

This is the cable car line we rode. It's a very steep hill. We debated if it was steeper than standard for cable cars. Of course, once on the car, we had to decide it was fine...or else!

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Spring and Yuntai Mountain

May 1st 2007
Spring and Yuntai Mountain, Spring has come to Nanjing Nanjing is a beautiful city now, but it wasn’t always so. Back in the 1930s and 40s after the Japanese had invaded and occupied Nanjing, killing hundreds of thousands of Chinese, the city was a mess. Many destroyed buildings, ruined roads, etc. and no money to fix it up. To hide the destruction, the Nanjing natives planted trees. After ... read more

Asia » China » Henan

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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