Day #101: Rickshaw ride

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Theway for a tourist to see Suzhou is by rickshaw so this morning we were all taken in convoy around the canals. We went early, to avoid the heat of the day, but even so we felt bad for the poor rickshaw drivers, lugging us lazy tourists around - in fact it felt a bit embarrassing when they came to a slope and some had to stop to walk the rickshaw up, as we were too heavy to cycle. It was interesting to see the alleyways and backstreets behind the canals, and we also stopped at a local market, where the most talked-about sight was the fish which are kept alive in small tanks of water until they are purchased, when they are bloodily killed by having their heads chopped off, and it is possible to observe the bodies wriggling for a few minutes afterwards.

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