S&W on the boat trip

Our May Holiday trip to Nanjing

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May 2nd 2009
We were up early on Thursday morning and had left home by 8am in an attempt to be on time for our train to Nanjing. And so began the amazing race. It turns out there are 2 railway stations in Shanghai about 45 mins apart. Luckily we arrived in plenty of time at Shanghai South Railway Station to Nanjing. Strangely when we looked at the board on our arrival at the station, there was no 0930 train to ... read more

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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