Our day in Suzhou was very nice, though definitely one of the hottest days we've had. The bus ride from Nanjing to Suzhou was about three hours and our first stop was at the Administrator's Humble Gardens. The gardens were very pretty with an abundance of lilypads and chinese structures. Oddly enough, it felt like the most crowded place we've been to so far in China, every pathway and building was packed with people.
After the gardens we took a boat ride down the Suzhou canals which was really interesting because the water level was very very high due to the recent rain. Our boat was half submerged because of the rains. The canal runs through almost all of Suzhou and there's about 255 bridges throughout the city.
It must be really interesting to be there when they are having such radical climate conditions Rachel. Are you having any sense of how wet it is? There is a lot of news about the Southern areas of China flooding etc..not close to you guys. Those canals looked so cool- like Venice ( kind of...) x
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