First Day in Nanjing Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Don't put anything here Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text After one day in Shanghai we took a morning train to Nanjing and got there after about 4 hours. Nanjing greeted us with signs written almost entirely in Chinese without pinyin (all street signs have pinyin). It also had a rather strange subway trains without separations between the cars, which meant that you could stare straight into the infinity when the train went on a straight line. We found "Nanjing University Foreign Students Dormitory" and got a room there, then went to have a 20-course "Nanjing dim sum" lunch at Wanqing Lou (see _Lonely Planet China_ for details). <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_004_8705 Nanjing railway station 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_007_3273 Nanjing railway station 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_016_1542 Nanjing from above ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_009_1093 Nanjing subway 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_011_4704 Nanjing street signs 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_021_3468 Nanjing highrise 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_023_3309 Nanjing bicycles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_015_1169 Nanjing highrise 2006-05-26-a-nanjing-arriving/20060526_022_0057 Downtown Nanjing 2006-05-26-b-nanjing-zhonghua/20060526_032_3623 Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing 2006-05-26-b-nanjing-zhonghua/20060526_043_7284 Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006-05-26-b-nanjing-zhonghua/20060526_044_2570 Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing 2006-05-26-b-nanjing-zhonghua/20060526_046_1336 Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing 2006-05-26-b-nanjing-zhonghua/20060526_049_0829 Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> After stralling Nanjing's bicycle-filled streets, we finally made it to Zhonghua Gate - one of of the gates of Nanjing's 15th century city wall. (Nanjing was supposedly the largest city in the world at the time and the largest city ever surrounded by a wall.) Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter Don't put anything here HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here save preview cancel
