Nanjing

Spent the past several days in Nanjing.  People described Nanjing as a place to see true China and it was.  It was beautiful and smelly and hot and loud and a great experience.  Horns honk constantly.  When walking, you need to look both ways at every moment, since motor bikes, bicycles and cars go everywhere, in every direction and at every speed and carrying everything you can imagine.  We saw every imaginable item you could think of available to eat.  The street vendors have microphones to yell out their foods for sale and they all compete with each other to get your attention.  Everything is lit up with lanterns and LED lights, including the river and streets.  We shopped every day in the pedestrian market, where it was crowded with people selling everything I could think of buying.  Things are so cheap here. To quote Carolyn who was looking at some very pretty jade jewelery for sale.  " I guess for fifteen bucks, it's jade-enough."

Street food vendors

 Rickshaws looking for business

 Lotus plants in the river

 Grace playing peek-a-boo

 Ancient School site

The river lit up at night

 The Pet Market

Shoes anyone??