Cable car to the peak

Hefei, Anhui Province & Nanjing

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August 26th 2008
What a blessing it is to be back in Yancheng. We didn’t realize how quiet and peaceful this town is, until you spend time in the Province Capitals. We were in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province for just on five weeks, then just under a week in Nanjing, our province capital. The pace of city life is all the same. There is constant traffic noise, millions of scooters, rows of buses, volumes ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Yancheng

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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