Luxu Hotel Wujiang
No.370 Donggang Road, Luxu Town Wujiang, Jiangsu, China
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Strolling Ancient Streets
... was a light rain so we took a short nap and awoke to set back out on our own for some photo ops during dusk. With the crowds gone and in the soft light, Zhujiajiao really shone. The aesthetic of traditional Chinese architecture and design immediately evokes a sense of calm. Wandering the streets we didn't speak much - just snapped photos and gazed at our ancient surroundings. It is experiences like these that traveling is for. We weren't sitting in an ...
Taxi Driver
... see a driver with the nail on his pinky grown out to about a half inch and if indicating something on a map, he will use his pinky to do the pointing because he wants you to be aware of the nail. Why? Well, if you’ve recently immigrated from the countryside and escaped a life of manual labour and you want to indicate that you have done so, then you grow a nail long. Some drivers let all the nails grow long and I saw one driver who had gone to the extreme of ...
Waiting for the Mayo, Marshall & off to Shanghai
... on our list was Ikea - or Ekea as it's called here. Ikea is always crowded, but it was astoundingly crowded! I took a picture, but you have to picture almost all beds, chairs, etc filled with people - some awake, but some asleep! We darted and dashed our way through the maze trying to get around people and through the marketplace with our 2 choices: a bug net and 2 down pillows!! I can't wait to try them tonight:-)
After Ikea we re-boarded the Metro ...
Leaving Wuhan, Suzhou and arriving in Shanghai
... we finish travelling!
We get a taxi to our next hostel, which is booked this time, and struggle a little pointing in Lonely Planet and expecting the taxi drivers to understand where we want to go – this creates a little delay in the taxi stand queue and all manner of horns are going off at us! After I realised I was just pointing at the hostel’s name, address was on a different page, and some help from some random Chinese man also waiting for ...
Local Food
... the meat is fresh without using refrigeration. I stare at my Kung Pou Chicken and wonder how long ago my meat was strutting around the cage. The food was excellent and we take food home for lunch the next day.
I have taken on doing some cooking so that we can have some meals at home. Eating out is inexpensive but cooking at home is dirt cheap. A pound of rice costs about fifty cents. Restaurant dining is also a bit of a time waster and at ...


