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[quote=JABAROOTOO,230643]Water Sports?  Apart from swimming and 'Wet and Wild' with slides etc.  you kind of have to give this a miss in the big cities.  If you were in Xiamen, Shanghai perhaps or Qingdao, Hainan or other coastal areas you may just get more opportunity for sailing, sailboarding etc but as for the high speed stuff, I think you can forget it.

There is a little 'white water rafting available around the country but the "white" is a little light on but it's usually in beautiful country and refreshing at least in hot weather.

Nanjing has an indoor pool with a Beach.  It's over near Zhongshan Mtn and it's called Sun Palace.  See photo but It's about Y80 entry but good value for a days outing.  Water sport here would be the wave pool!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's a good idea about trying the university but also do a google for the Nanjing Expat site and see if you can make contact with some of the other expats there.  Restaurants and in the area where you work are also good places to meet people.  Give it a few weeks or even longer.

Finding a good reliable and regular tennis partner is not easy when there are few to start with and the city is so large.  It's not like you can just turn up at the local courts  and get a social game each week.  Keep your eye open around the city for courts.  Some hotels have courts on the roofs and you may be able to invite yourself into a group who plays semi-regular.  We pay anything from Y20 to Y30  per hour which is pretty reasonable for flexipave and imitation grass but they can be as high as Y50 and night lights are more expensive of course.

Good luck[/quote]

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