Thursday, January 29, 2015

Suzhou

Suzhou is a city to the west of Shanghai. It boasts many great attractions. The two most famous is the tower atop Tiger Hill and the Grand Canal which was used to transport goods on a man made waterway all the way to Beijing. Suzhou is often likened to Venice in this way.

a picture from a canal boat ride
the type of boat I rode on

another view of the canal


the tower on Tiger Hill built around the year 1000

looking up from the base of the tower. unfortunately I was not allowed to climb it

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