Hi guys....im planning a 12 days July trip to Shanghai from singapore, and returning from Beijing.....was contemplating whether should i pop by nanjing cause alot of reviews are saying nanjing's too hot to tour around during july....I was planning maybe a day trip to suzhou and tongli, and if nanjing is worth my time( and if its not as hot as most people are complaining about)then most prob i will stay about 2 days. Is there a direct train from Nanjing to beijing?
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chengdude
Yeah Nanjing is hot, but as that old chestnut goes: it's not the heat, it's the humidity. You certainly won't be escaping it by staying further to the south/east, but there's a reason Nanjing is one of China's furnaces and not Suzhou or wherever. I'd probably spend the time touring out of Shanghai; see some water towns, Suzhou, etc., but that's just me. Better trains to Beijing, too: a whole bunch of Z express trains and a couple of fast T trains; from Nanjing there's only one Z, a couple of T's, and a bunch of butt-breakers. For better/faster trains, hard sleeper tickets (if that's an issue) out of NJ are frequently hard to get through normal channels, so don't waste your time at the train station.
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ellyse
Yes, there is.
Shanghai (2.5 days) -- bus -- Tongli (1 day STAY OVERNIGHT!) -- bus -- Suzhou (1 day) -- train/bus -- Nanjing (2 days) -- overnight Z train -- Beijing (5 days)
If I were you, I would probably drop Suzhou or Nanjing and go to Hangzhou instead.
Cheers!
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ellyse
#1, if OP is from Singapore then s/he won't really have much problems with humidity and heat -- that's Singapore weather for you all year round.
Cheers!
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indignation
Hmmm....ive read alot of reviews saying Nanjing is kinda under rated, so thats why decided to take a look myself, but guess that arent possible....Hangzhou...issit possible to tackle hangzhou under 1 day? Guess ive got to work out another itinerary....
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phbriggs
Suzhou will be just as hot as Nanjing (within 1-2 degrees celcius), and just as humid.
Nanjing is worth a day or two if you can afford the time. Try Lu hao (a vegetable of the lower Yangtze) when in the area as it is one of my favourite vegetables...and wish we could get it back in Australia.
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indignation
Alright....any good yet affordable hotels to intro in Shanghai, Nanjing , Beijing during july for 2pax? Preferably those with free internet access/wireless...coz bringing a lappy over most prob...having a hard time hunting as most of them charge accordingly...
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ellyse
#7, did you get my reply to your PM, or did it disappear into thin air?
If you didn't, please send an email to ellyse99@yahoo.com with "ThornTree Indignation" in the subject line, thanks.
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