We decided to take a trip to Hangzhou, a historic city 2.5 hours south of Suzhou. When Marco Polo visited this city, he called it the most beautiful place on earth. ¡°Above there is heaven, below, there is Hangzhou and Suzhou.¡± Hangzhou also has a grand canal that conveniently links this centralized city to the north, Bejing. Parts of the grand canal were constructed in the 5th century BC. It is the longest man-made canal in the world. After doing a little reading, we were excited to take the trip. We bought bus tickets on Tuesday and were off bright and early at 9 AM Wednesday. Around noon, we arrived. The bus stop was nothing less than chaotic. People were coming up to us with advertisements, trying to get us in their taxis, and trying to
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