Garden in Tongli

Tongli and shopping in Suzhou

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October 6th 2012
So, after the hunt for the hotel we awoke in Suzhou with the knowledge we only really have 2 days here. After a chinese breakfast of noodles, steamed buns, and even the little lady in the kitchen cooking me a fried egg as i am a foreigner!bless her, she was so chuffed with herself, we set off for a day at Tongli watertown. A taxi tgo the train/coach station then a 1 hour "bus" journey to Ton ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more