Hiking 3:00:00 [1] 8.0 km (22:30 / km)
took a day trip by high speed train 150 miles from Hefei to Nanjing
walked along the very impressive city wall (about 50 feet high and 80 feet wide ) in the South gate area, then went to the Ming Tombs, then Botanical Gardens and Xuanwu Lake park . Very interesting.
Note: did not go to Nanjing Massacre memorial since a) there was a big remembrance gathering the day before and b) guide book indicated it was very gruesome. The Japanese government to this day still don't acknowledge their massacre of ~300,000 people . The Japanese could learn a lot from the distinctly different approach that the German people have taken to dealing with the past bad behaviours of their leaders in WWII