NAN JING,
or NANJING

Nan Jing, or South Capital was once the capital city of China until they moved the capital North to Bei Jing (North Capital).

From the train station we took a number `1' bus and got off at the second stop which left us, just a short walk from our hotel.

DUONAOHE HOTEL

Smaller hotels, in China, are often set back off the street and can be hard to find.

	1 - 280 CHONG YANG LU Ph. 86 021 8343-8770

	PAPA BEAR & MAMA BEAR

By the time we got settled in, did a bit of shopping, we were just a block walk from `TIMES EXTRA' a large department store and super mart, then had supper, it was dark.

On the internet I had learned that the Confucius Temple was not such a much to see in the day but the lights, at night, were worth the trip.

By asking around we learned that the # 1 bus would take us within a few blocks.

Actually its end run terminal is only a short walk from the temple and market.

Primarily the city of Nan Jing is situated on the Yangtze River.

A tributary of the Yangtze is the Qin Huai River. On its banks you will find, often called the Fuzi, or Fuzimiao Temple, the -

CONFUCIUS TEMPLE

MAIN ENTRANCE	MAIN STREET OF STORES
	GRAND SCREEN WALL
THE LIGHTS ARE REFLECTED IN THE WATERS OF THE QIN HUAI RIVER

CHONG YANG LU - LOOKING NORTH FROM IN FRONT OF OUR HOTEL CHONG YANG LU - LOOKING SOUTH HU NAN LU	CHONG YANG LU

MOCHOU LAKE

MAIN ENTRANCE
	HUAYAN TEMPLE - FORMER ENTRANCE TO THE LAKE

	CHESS-PLAYING BUILDING
LOOKING SOUTH ALONG THE LAKESHORE	THE START OF THE WALK AROUND THE LAKE

RENT A DESTROYER AND SAIL AMONGST THE FLOATING MINES	RENT A SUBMARINE AND CHASE A DESTROYER
	MOON BUILDING AND STONE CARVINGS
	GUANGDONG SOLDIERS TOMB

	A STATUE OF MOCHOU
	ONCE AROUND THE LAKE

When stopped for a red light, if the light has just turned red, or waiting for a train, that isn't close to the end, anytime I know I am going to be stopped for at lease 50 seconds, whether driving a small car, or a big truck, I turn the motor off.

To save fuel but, more importantly, to not add more emissions to the air that I have to breath.

The city of Nan Jing has taken my idea to a higher level.

In the city of Burnaby the new intersections have timers on the crosswalks. Digital read-out signs that tell pedestrians how many seconds are left before they should be out of the intersection before traffic starts to flow again.

In Nan Jing, they also have large digital read-outs that tell traffic, in red, how much longer the lights will be red, and in green how much longer the lights will be green.

All busses, if the sign shows longer than 45 seconds, turn their motors off.

When the sign gets down to 3 seconds, if they are in the front of the line, or 0 seconds if they are near the back of the line, they restart their motors.

Many of the taxis practice this as well.

I'm not sure but I think, from the sounds of it, the busses use air, rather than electric, starters.

NANJING XUAN WU LAKE PARK

XUAN WU MENG LU	ONE OF SEVERAL; GATES IN THE ANCIENT WALL, ENTRANCES TO THE PARK
ONE OF THE ISLANDS OFFERS A SEAL SHOW	THE LAKE FEATURES FIVE INTERCONNECTED ISLANDS THE FIRST ISLAND IS ACTUALLY A `C' SHAPED ISLAND, NEARLY SURROUNDING A SMALLER `SQUARE' SHAPED ISLAND

HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD	THE WALL, AT ONE TIME, SURROUNDED THE CITY

IT IS THE LONGEST CITY WALL IN ASIA

THE CAUSEWAY WILL TAKE YOU TO THE FIRST OF THE ISLANDS
THE MULTI-PASSENGER GOLF CARTS WILL TAKE YOU AROUND THE LAKE OR ACROSS THE ISLANDS FOR Y20

HUAN ZHOU - THE MAIN ISLAND

ON, OR OFF, THE CART, IT WILL COST YOU Y20 TO ENTER THE CAUSEWAY APPROACHING HUAN ZHOU AND YIN ZHOU ISLANDS	DECORATIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAUSEWAY
ROCKERY WITH FALLS

	IN THE HEART OF A BUSTLING METROPOLIS

GUO PU MOUND

	THE CLOTHING TOMB OF GUO PU - A SCIENTIST IN THE EASTERN JIN DYNASTY

CHILDREN'S' AREA

	AARON - FUTURE ROBIN HOOD

LOTUS AND LEAVES WATER STAGE

THE AMPHITHEATRE CAN HOLD 3,000 PEOPLE

THE STICKS IN THE WATER ARE NOZZLES FOR A WATER DISPLAY

LOTUS FAIRY AND FOUR LOTUS ANGELS

THE ISLAND OF LIANG ZHOU, ON THE RIGHT, ALSO OFFERS A CHILDREN'S AREA

BRIDGE TO THE ISLAND OF LIANG ZHOU

TEMPLE OF THE GOD OF THE LAKE

ACROSS THE WATER IS THE TRAIN STATION

CUI ZHOU ISLAND

	THIS LAST BRIDGE WILL TAKE YOU OFF THE LAKE AND OUT OF THE PARK

BENEATH THE PEACEFUL WATERS
TWO MASSIVE TUNNELS TRAVERSE THE LAKE

FROM THE EASTERN SHORE TWO FREEWAYS GO UNDERGROUND	XUAN WU LAKE RD. GOES TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAKE JIU HUA MOUNTAIN RD. GOES TO THE SOUTHERN END

NORTH SHORE OF XUAN WU LAKE

NEARLY AS SMOGGY AS SHANGHAI

A PLEASANT WAY TO AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRAIN

NAN JING TRAIN STATION

NEARLY AS BIG AS THE ONE IN SHANGHAI

LINING UP TO ENTER THE WAITING AREA
LUGGAGE MUST GO THROUGH A SCANNER

MAIN CONCOURSE	WAITING ROOM

AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY THE CREW WALK TO THE OTHER END OF THE TRAIN	WITH A CONTROL ROOM AT EACH END TRAINS DON'T HAVE TO TURN AROUND
WHEN NOT IN USE THE PANTOGRAPHS COLLAPSE	PANTOGRAPHS BRING POWER TO THE TRAIN FROM OVERHEAD WIRES

CLEAN, QUIET, COMFORTABLE AT THE END OR THE JOURNEY THE SEATS ARE ALL SWIVELED TO FACE THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION	THE BACK END OF THE NEXT CAR FEATURES A SNACK BAR - LOUNGE

BIN AND AARON VAMP SERENA SAYS, `ENOUGH WITH THE CAMERA ALREADY.'	THE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY GIVES YOU THE; CAR NUMBER - TEMPERATURE, OUTSIDE - NEXT, OR PRESENT, STOP - AND PRESENT SPEED. AT ONE POINT IT READ 203 Km/h

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