On our second attempt we finally make it to the Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre.
Anyone with a passing interest in genocide and mass murder will of course have heard of Nanjing (and its subsequent massacre) for the rest of you, in 1937 Nanjing (as the former capital of China) was subjected to a 6 week reign of terror at the hands of the Japanese that left over three hundred thousand people dead. Ask someone in China why they don't like the Japanese and this may give you some clues.
Ironically we had dinner in a Japanese restaurant (we didn't leave a tip – that showed them) and then caught an overnight train to Xian. The train showed endless clips of American daredevil stunts that went badly wrong - which admittedly were fucking hilarious – although I was the only one laughing.
The train was very clean, comfortable and modern, however, after a few hours – when most of the passengers had got comfortable and removed their shoes it was more of a clean, comfortable and modern cheese factory.
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