Shanghai, Suzhou and Nanjing

Where We Went Orientation in the Orient. Sites Cool places in a hot country Curiosities It's unusual! Amazing China Wow!!! "Hi, welcome to China"

We decided to go for Chinese food to celebrate the completion of the second edition of Fluency with Information Technology. Where better than China? Our visit also tested how difficult it is for English speakers to travel independently in China: it's challenging, but we did it and enjoyed it tremendously. Click around the page and share the fun as we encountered the wonders of China. Where We Went We visited three cities in the Yangtze delta, Shanghai, Suzhou and Nanjing. Shanghai is a huge, international city. Suzhou is a sleepy canal town. Nanjing -- "capital of six dynasties" -- is a historical and cultural center. And, for an amazing fact ... (click) Sites There's beauty (Ming tombs) and glitz (subway to Pudong) and everything in between. Here are the highlights. Curiosities It's not Seattle. It's not even Tukwilla! Amazing China It's old and there are a lot of people ... some of the implications are amazing.