Being veggie Nanjing is another big city of around 5 million people. You may have heard of it as when the Japanese troops arrived in 1937, the 'Rape of Nanjing' was added to the catalogue of the war's atrocities. It was a dreadful time for the people here as the city was basically made an example of; around 100,000 people were killed in the first 4 days alone. We had yesterday as a free day so Matt and I headed for the Fuzimiao shopping area. Today, we had the...

Save the goat! We're currently in Nanjing for a few days. We left our homestay at 7.45am (there are a lot of early mornings to this tour). The intention was that we would climb Mount Taishan today; this is China's most celebrated peak. It's long regarded as the Sacred Mountain of the East by followers of Daoism and attracts millions of pilgrims. The weather was extremely misty and wet; there are some 6000 steep steps. Normally a cable car would also run but t...