The only motor boat in town

The Tongli fire brigade in action (we think it was a practice). Everyone takes fire very seriously in China, fire extinguishers are much more prominent than in the UK, almost an advert "we are looking after you - look how many extinguishers we have", shops often have three or four in the doorway.

Perfect Weather

March 25th 2014
Geo: 31.1547, 120.723So far the weather has been perfect, no rain in Warsaw and Moscow, brilliant sunshine in Siberia, overcast but warm and dry in Beijing, Xian and Shanghai. Today was our first rest day with nothing planned and it rained so nothing lost either.The leaflet of Tongli where we are staying describes the town as;"Tongli is small but the lane is very circuitous, deep and q ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Wuxi » Suzhou

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

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