Nanjing Travel Blogs

We worked in the morning, but then I left the office in the afternoon because Jimmy had to have his laptop configured for two new software packages. Since that would take a few hours, I didn't want to stay in the office because Ami offered to take Joe and me to the Zhongshan Mountain National …

Ok ok, so its been a long time since I've written a blog. Sorry guys, I've been real, real busy! Well since Shanghai, its been pretty much back to normal. Well when i mean normal, wake up at 7am and head to the hospital for more fun fun anf fun. In the last 2 weeks, I have been in rheumatology one …

Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing and the Graet Wall.

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia) We spent our first day in Nanjing visiting the impressive Sun Yatsen mausoleum complex. First stop was the mausoleum itself, which has a huge flight of stairs leading up to it, making it look like a grand temple. For the …

Photos from five weeks in China and Tibet last summer. This was my second venture with Eastern Michigan University's CHT programs. We began in Shanghai then travelled on to Nanjing, Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu then flew to Lhasa, Tibet. Night trains, Sultana taxis, and one illegal/broken down bus later, I am please to share with you China and Tibet.

*Warning: This isn't going to be sunshiny and happy.Background history:In the early 1930s, the Japanese empire wanted to grow, and invaded a weakened China.  In August 1937, the Japanese were at Shanghai, where a fierce battled ensued.  The Japanese eventually won, and moved on to their n…

We took the fast train to Nanjing in the morning and arrived 2 hours later. The first thing that notices you when you arrive another city outside shanghai, is actually how bad the air is in Shanghai. Nanjing is a big city also, but coming here seems like going to the mountains smelling fresh air. S…

Torino-Paris-Beijing: then Qingdao (Tzingtao), Xi'an, Tongchuan, Chengdu, Wenjiang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Bangkok and way back, Paris-Torino. Me and my working partner Bruno

I'm sorry that i've discovered this site only now, so it's difficult create a log book of my past travels. Here i wanna show some amazing places and some funny shots of the world i've been before alone and with my friends. Some of them met around the world. Enjoy!

we have reached Nanjing the previous evening by car. Quick dinner at Burger King, then walking in the old town section, very nice but commercialtoday we see the Yangtze river Bridge, the Museum, the presidential palace and under continuous rain the first chinese president's mausoleum ("with good …

I arrived in Nanjing early morning, to see Dr.sun mausoleum, which is 392 steps to climb to his restting point. Dr.sun is the person resonbility for ending the dynastic rule in china and the first president of china. The view from the top is amazing, you can see a lot of the countryside and the hil…

This is a fast developing city that was once the Capital of China.  It is supposed to be themost attractive of the great cities, but we didn’t find it so.  What we did find was that  thepollution here was very bad.  The roads and pavements in the city were badly in need ofre…

In 2000 I started to travel around the EurAzian continent. Not in one vacation ofcourse, there is work waiting for me at home, but in leg of 6 weeks. Every journey is about 3000 km long.

Travelling around China 2009

These are some photos and a few journal entries I wanted to share from my first solo backpacking trip. It lasted 9 months. In retrospect, I wish I had been on this site to write a blog in real time and learn from all the people here. Also, I just love seeing that map Travbuddy draws up outlining my route! I'll be adding my photos whenever I find some time so bare with me while I get them them up.