Nanjing trip [南京之旅]
I can’t believe I haven’t written any blog for more than a month, it’s been a crazy month at work… Two weeks ago I went to Nanjing with a few friends, my first time to Nanjing actually.
As a once glorious capital of China during the beginning of Ming Dynasty [明朝], and then capital of Republic of China during the Japanese puppet Kuomintang [国明党] government, I was a bit disappointed by how this city is now under developed and kinda dirty. In terms of popularity it is certainly as well known as Hangzhou, but clearly it doesn’t attract as much tourists as Hangzhou, so the touristic spots are relatively quiet, which is actually good for visitors…
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So, we went to visit the most popular touristic spots of Nanjing: the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen [中山陵], the Confucious temple [夫子庙] snack street and the Yu Hua Tai [雨花台] martyrs meseum. It just happened that we stayed at the hotel next to the train station, which has a window view of the Xuan Wu lake [玄武湖], so I can say that I’ve visited that too…
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To be honest, there’s nothing really that I can say “whoa….” at Nanjing. Been there done that, back home next day. I don’t think I’ll return there for another decade, unless for work or something really special.
See the whole album here.