Shanghai, Nanjing, beijing

Uh, sorry #9. :( Could you please email me again with "ThornTree Indignation" in the subject line? I think my email might've been overzealous and booted you out.
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anyway ellyse ive sent an email again....u can try to check again

Back to topic..most prob i will be planning to go nanjing for one day...but issit advisable?
I mean i can take the heat and humidity, but if it reaches somewhere like 43degrees then its something i may have to reconsider..

Ok have received. I checked and I did get your email earlier but didn't know it was you since you didn't say so in the subject line. :P Will try to reply ASAP since I just came back from a weekend trip to Huangshan (much better than my last trip, BTW) and have lots of email and forum backlog to catch up on.
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You're from Singapore and worried about the heat?

Sheesh.

You should be fine.

Well..singapore doesnt have a record of 43 degrees or any beyond( and they say nanjing's a furnace)...im just being cautious dats all... ....
Anyway most prob i will spend a day trip to tongli, but was contemplating whether should i bypass suzhou, or maybe should i just pop by for like 1 or 2 hrs( coz i only plan one daytrip to a water villageo during my 4 days in shanghai dats all)
Do u guys happen to know any work out places( like outdoor pool, gym etc) ard Shanghai and beijing?most prob i cant afford those 5 stars hotels with such amenities( unless u guys have some very cheap one to intro haahaa), so gotta stick with the public ones....so anyone out there care to share?

I don't think Nanjing is actually all that different that Shanghai, Suzhou, and Beijing. They are all hot and humid that time of year. If you want to get away from the heat, go to Yunnan. Or Tibet.

Physical Gym in Shanghai, plenty of locations around town eg Raffles City (at People's Square), Hong Kong Plaza (on Huaihai Zhonglu). Not sure what's the rate for daily though.
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Issit advisable to take a train from nanjing to beijing, or rather domestic flights instead? will it be alot more expensive to take flights?

Overnight Z train for Nanjing -- Beijing would still be the best choice.
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icic..issit advisable to book the train tixs in advance while im still in singapore? Or issit a better choice to book once i reach shanghai? Contemplating whether which is better coz i dunwana go there and no train tixs available. Just in case there arent any train tixs, generally how much does it cost from nanjing to fly to beijing?