Nanjing trip 南京!!

Moi just contributed S$200 for my brother's new spec.. and its doesnt make things any better when i opened my UOB credit card bill.. S$2361.13!!! *gasp*
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Nanjing trip 南京!!
First and foremost, its moi last team flight with my team!! 好伤心喔！！
i still can't believe the company took moi (and some others) out of the team

Hmmph... gonna start a petition to get them to put moi back into the team or start a demostration at Suntec!! HAHA

Anyway, its moi first trip to Nanjing 南京 , one of the six ancient capitals of China. It is also the administrative center of Jiangsu Province. Situated at the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Nanjing has numerous tourist attractions available

Dinner was at this resturant 南京大牌 located at 狮子街。。。

Check out the interior of this place...it's like going back to the Qing or Ming Dynasty!!

It even comes with entertainment ==> playing the Er hu and "i have no idea what the other musical instrument"..
Nobodys paying much attention to them except moi!! Haha...never see somthing like this in Singapore mah!!

This is moi taking a photo with the Xiao Er!! 点菜啊！(for the record, the food didnt taste nice..or mabbe its my tastebuds)

The next day, we joined a day tour that takes us around Nanjing

First stop:
The Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen
It is so bloody hot in Nanjing at this time of the year! 37degrees (Along with Wuhan and Chongqing, Nanjing is often referred to as one of the "Three Furnaces" along the Yangtze River, due to the historically high temperature in summer. According to the city government's website, the best weather of the year occurs from September to November.)
I almost got heatstoke! especially after i saw the steps up to the Mausoleum!!! *faint*

Yesh! I made it to the top....finally~ *phew*
The coffin of Dr Sun lies here inside this marble hall for viewing.. It is disrespectful to take a pic of the coffin so i guess you guys can view it for urself when u're there..Second stop : We went to the beamless hall..

I dun really understand what's the big deal abt the place being beamless..But if this is a national historical relic, then it's worth the time to make a trip down here

Next, we went to the "Tower of Super merists and virtues Tablet". Again, its a historial relic...didnt pay much attn to the place (i like the tortorise though!)

Finally! Time for lunch! head down to this resturant recommended by the tour guide..
(in the bus, on our way to lunch!! yaay *food*)

WOW!! I love this place! All the food comes with pictures (especially when my mandarin is really really bad!!!) just point at the picture and order..fun!

Yesh, i know people..it sounds so cruel to eat small cute pigeons...
Btw, they are really tasty!*droolz*
(arhh! cant believe i just said that! sorry pigeons)

After lunch, we head down to the 600-year-old city wall of Nanjing. It is the longest surviving city wall in the world. It took 21 years for the project, which involved 200,000 laborers to move 7 million cubic meters of earth.

Can you imagine the bricks are stuck together with a mix of glutinous rice porriage and lime white! and it actually lasts for decades... (google search :The walls were packed layer by layer with broken bricks, gravel and yellow earth. All the brickwork joints were poured with mixed lime, water in which glutinous rice had been cooked and tong oil because the coagulated mixture was very strong. That is why the city wall has stood for a long time.)*impressive*

Inside, the Nanjing historical museum of Ming Dynastic city wall, we saw a mock-up of how Nanjing city look like back in the Ming Dynasty. If im not mistaken, there's 13gates surrounding the Nanjing city. Notice the square on the right side of the picture? That's supposely where the Emperor and his wives lived.

We then head down to the Number 1 garden in NanjingThe water is kinda murky if you ask me

Come with entertainment at the teahouse

The truth is out!! This is so FAKIE!!!
I could made out the blue tack stuck to the plates!!! I mean i'm sure there's people out there in the world with real skills who could spin the plates without using BlUETACK!!

BUT THIS IS TOO FUNNY!! and the faces of the performers looked so bored while they are doing it..at least pretend to concentrate abit lah...

I didnt clap after this show..hmmph, FAKIE!!!

Everyone is concentrating on what's the tour guide is saying except moi and Eliz..HAHA
Just happily snapping pictures after picturesAfter visiting the garden, its time to head down to Nanjing Confucius Temple. Nanjing Confucius Temple is for consecrating and worshipping Confucius, the great thingker and educator of ancient China. In 1991, the Confucius Temple was elected the "Forty Best Scenery Spots".

I sure there's more to see in Nanjing or Jiangsu province but its a pretty amazing feat that we managed to cover so many interesting places in a day!
I'll be back Nanjing!!