My first visit to China
Fuzimiao - Confucius Temple - at night! It was exactly 2 years ago, on October 15th 2018, that I woke up in China. It would be my first time in China, and some trip it was. I came for business, as usual :). 6 months later I will be back with my fiancee for a longer stay with some more cities to visit. I landed the day before at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Shanghai was not my main destination however. Nanjing was where I was headed to. Luckily, my Singaporean colleague Nelson equipped me with some very thorough and very needed instructions on how to take a Taxi from Shanghai Pudong to Shanghai Hongqiao from where I would take the fast train to Nanjing. I also received thorough instructions on how to buy the train ticket with my passport. Thanks Nelson! That saved me! Hongqiao train station looked more like an airport with a very modern and shiny central area with plenty of shops and restaurants. From here one could go down to the platforms only a few minutes before the tr...