Jiangsu Vacations, Jiangsu Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

David and I took one of the days and rode the train to Suzhou.... city of gardens.    We bought the train tickets we accidentally got tickets to Yangzhou.... huge mistake....hours and  hours from where we wanted to go.  Luckily the train did not leave for a few hours so we decided  to have a coke.  We walked across the square and got a couple of cokes and settled down to wait.   We were the center of attention in the cafe we chose al...

I took a day trip to Suzhou to see the famous classical Chinese gardens. There were many in Suzhou, I saw the biggest one, the Humble Administrators Garden, the smallest one, the Master of fishing nets garden, both are listed by UNESCO as world heritage sites. These were private gardens of scholars initially built in the Tang dynasty. Pavillions, ponds, winding corridors, graceful rooflines and paved courtyards were plenty. Even the small garden was designed to be a world onto itself. You don...

People who lose their sight often say it's the things that you take for granted that you miss seeing the most; blue skies, green vegetation. Well, I think I can relate to that after a trip to Beijing, cos I felt like I almost felt overjoyed to see blue sky, trees and wildlife when we arrived in Suzhou after an overnight train journey. I don't think I got any vitamin D from the sun the whole time I was in Beijing. Still feeling a little run-down, I was glad to discover the main even of S...

Unfortunately, our stay in Suzhou was strictly business and we'll be leaving this afternoon by train to Shanghai for the night.  Tomorrow, Friday, we'll fly down to Shenzhen then drive over to the scene of the crime, Dongguan, to hopefully pick up my passport/visa at the PSB.  Last night was the final night all four of us would be together in China so Nelson took us out for a Beijing duck dinner--it's not called Peking duck, because, well, Beijing hasn't been called Peking in many...