I decided to take a few weeks off and explore the Far East a little more, got a cheap flight from Spring Airlines and arrived in Bangkok last night. The first thing I noticed was that it was considerably hotter than Shanghai and even hotter than Nanjing. However, I was pleased to experience no pushing… Read More »
After nearly five years in Nanjing, the time has come to move on to a bigger and better city and which could be bigger and better than Shanghai. My very few boxes have been packed and the courier company is due tomorrow. I am slightly suspicious because it seems too cheap – I will be… Read More »
I was sitting on the number 13 on the way back from the shops and I was careful as always, to make sure nobody was stealing anything off me. The bus stopped and I lept up (lucky enough to get a seat today) and headed for the door. I felt a tugging at the back… Read More »
They’re scrubbing the city clean ready for the Youth Olympic Games in August (‘Share the Games, Share our Dreams‘ being the most sickening and sentimental strap line ever!). There are new shop fronts all over the city, new trees to replace the ancient ones they tore down against the will of the local people, (TaiPing… Read More »
I will miss my office mates when I leave Nanjing at the end of this month for Shanghai – not that I saw them more than about once a month. I only know the names of 4 of them. I took this video one lunchtime when I popped into the office to do some photocopying… Read More »
I was coming back from Shanghai on Tuesday night and fighting the crowds at the Nanjing Railway Station (the old one) and was perplexed to see this metro map on display. At the moment we have two lines – line 1 and line 2. However, recently the shorter branch of line 1 has been terminated… Read More »
With the number of cars on the roads in Nanjing minor bumps and accidents are not an uncommon sight. I don’t like seeing people splattered on the roads – bike/e.bike lying on its side nearby but it’s an unavoidable part of life in Nanjing. Typically when an accident happens on the roads, the drivers will… Read More »
I had plucked up the courage to go and have a very small operation on my eye and I had brought along a friend for moral support. Having successfully survived a serious operation at BENQ several years ago I was happy to trust them with my eye. The surgeon insisted I have a heart test… Read More »
I have always found the police in China quite approachable and friendly – to the foreigners at least. So today when they called me up to say they were coming to see me with a form to sign I was curious. I didn’t think I had done anything wrong… nothing badly wrong anyhow. Luckily my… Read More »
After having a second hand iPhone disaster (don’t bother with the second hand phone market in Nanjing) and then having a brand new iPhone stolen, I went to China Telecom and got a proper one. Well that’s what I thought anyhow. Last week as I was having my feet nibbled by some fish on the… Read More »