Travel Experiences from Nanjing

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Last day in Nanjing
July 29, 2009 - Nanjing, China
 We walked to the nearby park at  10 and stayed there untill  11:30 or so then we returned to the hotel for our flight to quingdao.
By Tian in Trip to China

Orphanage Visit
July 28, 2009 - Nanjing, China
 The orphanage was only ten minutes away so we left at ten o'clock and got there around   ten ten.  When we got there we saw three kids playing outside but they weren't there when we left.  They showed  us a video of the orphanages history in a  conference room  and then gave me glass bottle with a rat on it (because i was born the year of the rat.)  It was painted on the inside like the ones at the dirt market. They also gave  me a carved opera face painting sculpture thingy....
By Tian in Trip to China

Nanjing Day 1
July 27, 2009 - Nanjing, China
 We went on the city tour and the ming tomb and nanjing museum. At the ming tomb we walk a lot.   My favorite part was the outside corridor which had stone animals.    I  got t o climb ontop of the lion and sit on the elephants foot and hug the standing camels leg, it was sooo cool!  After we had to walk up a huge ramp-ish sidewalk and under it was the emporers tomb. At the museum we saw mostly jade but we also saw brocade being made and  displays and porcelain over 300 years old!
By Tian in Trip to China

Looking back on December
January 14, 2009 - Nanjing, China
 In December, I and the other ETAs were sent to Luzhou Technical School to conduct our mainland teaching attachment, after an initial four day stay in Nanjing.  Our time in Nanjing was spent learning about our funding partners mission at their headquarters there.  Amity, the organization sponsoring our mainland trip, places native English teachers at rural colleges sprinkled throughout China's backwoods.  Though to be precise, there are some areas of rural China that are too poor, and too...
By Laurie in Laurie in Hong Kong

A Miracle Happened In China Part Two, Nanjing
May 3, 2008 - Nanjing, China
A Miracle Happened In China Part Two, Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is a major city in China today and has been throughout its history. It served as the Capitol for six of the Imperial Chinese Dynasties and as the Capitol of the Republic of China. The Chinese refer to it as the "Old Capital" or the "Ancient Capital." Today it is a modern industrial city of close to eight million people. Along with its industrial base Nanjing is known for its universities. One of them is more than seventeen...
By Kent hadley in Travels With Chummy

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