JUST BECAUSE

Presently toying with Picasa 3 and enjoying time immensely. Creating collages is TBW’s  choice of activity at the moment.  And because my posts are inexcusably delayed, a trio of collages of photos taken from a recent trip to China was made to make-up for the absence.  Mind you, these are pretty much very basic.  Nothing spectacular at all.  They were created just because…..

Nanjing breakfast buffet fare. Noodles stir fired & with soup, buns with all sorts of fillings, almond milk, sweet jellies, cut fruits

Stop over at Guangzhou airport...RBT for crème brûlée, tea with aloe vera, prunes & more

A stand alone fresh fruit market at the airport for last-minute fruit shopping.

Still unsure which TBW font to use for the photos.  Please help moi and let me know which looks best…font of photo #1, 2, or 3. Thanks !

MADE IN CHINA 2

These are some goodies found in China and enjoyed sporadically in Manila.

Box of different cooked beef & duck parts...

...vacuum packed in foil and conveniently labeled. Duck meat, paws & wing tips, Ox tongue & tripe among others.

Ox tongue

Spicy duck meat

Sweet, thin almond crisps

Actual content. Similar to Conti's almondine cookies but theses are less sweeter.

Crispy soy nuts individually packaged in bite-size air-filled triangle containers. Also available are walnuts, almonds, pistachio, pop beans & wasabi peas.

Walnut sweet cube cakes. Similar to polvoron in texture.

Always good to keep a stack of goodies for a quick hunger pang fix!  Have a good weekend =)

 

NANJING: AN ANCIENT CAPITAL OF CHINA

Nanjing, presently the capital of the province of Jiangsu has a prominent place in China’s history. Nanjing used to be the capital of China being one of the seven ancient capitals and was one of the earliest established cities. It has an abundant amount of history covering dynasties, revolutions and massacres (the Nanjing massacre in 1937 by the Japanese).

There are many places of interest and they are organized and maintained very well by government.

Giant stone statues representing martyrs at The Yuhua Terrace, Nanjing's cemetery of the Martyrs. Resting place of the communists and enemies of the Kuomintang or the Chinese Nationalist Party.

One of several religious images displayed within the temple.

Legend says a Buddhist master named Yunguang held ceremonies on the largest hill in this area and through his powers, made flowers fall from the sky that turned into colourful pebbles when they finally touched the ground thus calling them Rain Flower Pebbles (more on this on next post).

More than 100 steps to reach the top of this scenic structure.

View from the top

Lush greenery. A rare sight to see in a busy city like Nanjing.