Tangshan
Tangshan, Hebei
This is my first time but I knew it kind of well: my stepmother died during the 1976 earthquake.
Without traffic, it takes little over two hours from Beijing (facing the sun in the morning there and again, coming home). Speed train is only an hour away. First impression of the city: big, new, many cars but less people on the street, compares to Beijing.
People are warm and helpful. The ticket girl shares her two mangos with me – thanks sweetie.
