Suzhou is not on the same Grand scale of Beijing or Shanghai, granted, but is it very vast & there are lots of beautiful places to visit - the Tiger Hill Gardens were absolutely gorgeous and we lazed away a few hours here just taking in the views. There's also a canal that runs just outside the Gardens across some of Suzhou city and this was probably the highlight of our trip here…….the stilt houses that sit beside the canal look just charming & it all feels a bit romantic. We loved it!

In the evening we went to a lovely tree-lined street that had some amazing boutique shops ( I am on a budget & I did NOT purchase unfortunately!), a few bars , some yummy street food stalls, and also the evening Theatre. We watched 7 'performances' that included traditional chinese musicians & mini plays set within a Traditional Chinese home. We felt very cultural (get us!) but also it made us really appreciate the traditional art form of China- it was so interesting & so completely different to what we expected to see. It was fab.

written by  mich_and_dan_moors on July 5, 2011 from Suzhou, China
from the travel blog: mich_and_dan_moors's Travel Blog
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i think in future china will make every best thing of the world they have already made worlds fastest train so when you think of Chinese there is nothing impossible.

written by  dannyduke on October 12, 2011

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fastest train so when you think of Chinese there is nothing impossible.china rocks the world.

written by  peter jones on October 20, 2011

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Nice post and nice photo.

written by  lovelymarie on October 21, 2011

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Nice post and nice photo.

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