Trip taken from 7-14 June 2008. Visited Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wuzhen, Wuxi and Nanjing. Not a good season to go as it's the rainy period but get to appreciate the Venice of China in the rain. Great great shopping in Shanghai. Terrific wholeslae centre for fashion, books, costume jewellery and stationery.
Fu Wa - the 5 Beijing Olympics mascots
The Maglev magnetic train speeds us from the airport to Long Yang MRT station at 333km/hr in 20 min!
Cheng Huang Miao is full of people on weekends
Tourist trap - Cheng Huang Miao
The long queues at Nan Xiang dumpling shop roughly 30 min wait
The infamoous Nan Xiang dumpling shop in Cheng Huang Miao
The dedicated chefs at Nan Xiang
Yummy Xiao Long Bao - soup dumplings
Old Medical Shop from old Shanghai
Old French concession of Shanghai
Opera entertainment in olden days Shanghainesse tea house
Pearl Tower in the distance behind me
Shanghai Pearl Tower shines behind me
Shanghai Bund - Peace Hotel is somewhere there
The lotus roof tops the 6-star Westin hotel.JPG
Patriot Song Qing Ling was buried behind us. Deng Xiaoping wrote this to commemorate her
I'm beside a famous person.
I'm in a lovely rich man's garden in Wuxi
I'm in the Wu Palace in Wuxi
The fortress of Nanjing from Ming dynasty
These high walls of the Ming fortress have detered many enemies
The famous Nanjin bridge was built on the toil of many Chinese
Before the famous Nanjing bridge
Suzhou Industrial Park - monument of Singapore-Sino cooperation
Mini merlion at Suzhou Industrial Park
The famous Han Shan temple in Suzhou
The famous bell replicate mentioned in Zhang Ji's poem. The real bell was stolen by Japanese in WW2
Taking a boat ride in Suzhou
Boat lady of Suzhou, a disappearing race
Suzhou's Venice town is now a tourist destination
One of the last Venice in Suzhou
Suzhou venice being demolisehd watched by an old resident.JPG
Suzhou's last Venice is a popular wedding photography spot
West Lake in the misty rain, Hangzhou
West Lake after the rain, Hangzhou
Lotus field waiting to bloom in summer of West Lake
West Lake and willow trees
West Lake gardens. Now we know where Japanese landscaping comes from
Lei Feng Pagoda stands tall on West Lake
One of the last Venice of China - Wuzhen
Wuzhen water town houses, still lived in by the last residents
Wuzhen water town houses, still resided by people.JPG
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