The Cube

Tongli is easily accessible from Suzhou, an easy option to see one of the canal towns around Suzhou. I took a bus back from the Humble Administrator's Garden to Suzhou bus station, which is just outside of Suzhou train station. Buses to Tongli depart Suzhou bus station via the long distance bus station....

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Natural frame There's a Chinese saying that says, "上有天堂, 下有苏杭 (Shang you tian tang, xia you su hang)" which means above there is heaven, down here there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.  I had limited time in Hangzhou. To make it fair, I would have to reduce my time in Suzhou as well. LOL....

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West Lake in Hangzhou Distance from Wuxi to Hangzhou is not near, it takes close to 2 hours travel on G train (高铁, gao tie). I took the earliest G train available, reaching Hangzhou just before 11am, and the last G train from Hangzhou to Wuxi station was at 5.05, reaching Wuxi in...

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So you thought the long winded China holidays posts have finished, not so soon, here's the second half of the story. The super short whirlwind days around Wuxi. Yup, not a typo there, Wuxi instead of the usual Shanghai. The initial itinerary was: Day 1 (Mon): Wuxi Day 2 (Tue): Suzhou, to Tongli...

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From top left, clockwise - Old fashioned free around the city tram, Queen Victoria Market, the iconic Flinders Street Station and cool graffiti in Chinatown. Side note: 'Commercial' break from the long stretch of Beijing post :P ...

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Chefs at work I was hesistant to put a post on food post, as I have very limited words to describe food even if I think the food was superb. However as I was flipping scrolling through my photos on food, they make me drool, so what the heck. Our breakfast were a...

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