Category: Travel

Breakfast in a hotel that hosts tours can be a mad house. All the tours want to leave at the same time so all those on the individual tours come in for breakfast at the same time. It all leads to a pretty crude awakening. What a way to start our visit of Zhangjiajie. The…

We caught the “D” train that goes between Hangzhou to Nanjing with a stop in Shanghai, departing 8:25 and arriving at 10:02. This is a very modern fast electric train reaching speeds of about 150KM. After checking in, we took a cab up to a computer mall to get a new transformer for my Linksys…

The day started early in Huangshan (2:30AM): I updated my blog, uploaded some pictures from the previous few days and recharged all my various devices. Were able to catch the 7:50 bus to Hangzhou. The journey is about 250 KM, mostly along highway. The highway is four years old, according to our driver (the highway…

We left Yangzhou 7:30PM and arrived in Nanjing about an hour later. Our connecting train to Huangshan left at 10:40 PM and arrived around 4:40AM. Linda, Will and I shared a four-person sleeper cabin. There was no forth. By 5:30 we were en route to Huangshan Park. A 70 minute bus ride followed by a…

Our flight from Toronto took us over the North Pole on our way to Hong Kong, where we had a connecting flight to Shanghai. We spent the night in Shanghai and then took the “D” Train to Zhenjiang and then a bus to Yangzhou. The “D” Trains are modern, fast, and clean electric trains that…