Trip Report - Nanjing and Yangzhou

Finally a brief report from our trip last Spring to Nanjing and Yangzhou. The cherry blossoms and plum blossoms were in full bloom as were the rapeseed.

Rapeseed you say? Canola oil is made from rapeseed. China is the world's largest producer of rapeseed and the fields outside Shanghai were bright yellow with rapeseed blossoms.



We stayed in an old Art Deco hotel in central Nanjing, checked out some historic architecture, made a side trip to Shecun Town before heading over to Yangzhou on Saturday morning.

While Nanjing, the former capital, is on the busy southern bank of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou is just an hour away on the north bank. The highlights for the tourist are Shou Xi Hu (Slender West Lake Gardens) - and the many canals that thread through the town, including the Grand Canal.

Canal lit up at night.



At Slender West Lake: One willow, one flowering fruit tree, one willow, one flowering fruit tree,and on and on.


And finally the famous Five Pavilion Bridge.


We had a great time. The photos from Nanjing and Shecun town are here.

The photos from Yangzhou are here.

And a short video of the rickety bus ride back from Shecun Town is here.

And last but not least, my experimental Google Map of Shecun Town. Feedback on this is most welcome.


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Nanjing, China - 2006

In September, we spent a weekend in Nanjing, China and enjoyed it immensely. If you want to go directly to the photos, click here. Most have good titles and descriptions. Otherwise, you can read the full trip report by clicking here.

Preview: Looking up to Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum from the "preferred" photo location.