New City Garden Suzhou

... has about 6 million people living here.<br><br>We stopped for lunch, which wasn&#8217;t all that inspiring, and then checked in to the hotel for a bit of rest. Before we met back at 3pm, we took a walk down the street to a mall. Since it was Saturday, it was very busy. One of our group members commented that it was worse than Black Friday shopping, and he was right. It was incredibly busy! Everyone drove around their electric scooters ...

... street garbage collection hut. Just past the hut a group of children wait for the bus to pick them for school. They begin jumping and waving as we approach, shouting 'Hello', or &#8216;Good Morning'. We slow down as we try to get through the crowd gathered in front of the local Tim Hortons. It's not a real Tim Hortons, but a vendor who has baked a variety of breads, pastries, and cakes. She sells them from her ...

... passed the stage for maternal fussing. <br><br>But I have to say that we are quite spoiled in the UK. Most motorists stop when they see you standing at a pedestrian crossing, unlike Russia where you have to make the bold move onto the crossing before they stop. But things are done differently in China.<br><br>They have quite a cute system in Suzhou at the traffic lights. A countdown in red tells the impatient how many seconds until they ...

... the Chinese school, so to use the gym and observatory and auditorium the owner of the school has to pay for it, which he's not willing to do. The owner is building a new state of the art school which is supposed to be ready in about 18 months. <br><br>The students day begins at 7am when they meet in their classrooms for some English instruction with their Chinese Teacher Assistants. Each classroom has a Chinese Teacher Assistant. These Assistants are ...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!! I'm dressing up *s * pir*te / cr*cked out gypsy loh*n, it's pretty legend*ry. Tonight were going to Pulp Fiction, who *re ridiculously nice *nd giving free beer to everyone who is dressed up. It should get f*irly rowdy. App*rently none of the chinese dress up so it's b*sic*lly drunk exp*ts flooding b*r street cre*ting *ll sorts of shen*n****ns. <br>H*ve *n *wesome h*lloween!!! <br>-B

Hallllooooo Everybody! Suzhou (pronounced Soojo) was the nicest place in China..just how I thought China would be..really old and no massive buildings..quaint canals etc etc! I woke up on the train (having slept well following the trauma of the day before) on my 28th birthday (So old)! (Although I'll just add that it wasn't soo bad having my purse nicked after-all...as Doushka (who has Downs Syndrome) got to have her photo taken with a real life ...

... tomorrow..... I was placed in a level 3, however I have talked to some of the other people in that class and they are pratically fluent.... so I must admit I am pretty worried! We will see! I have had so many experiences so far during this trip, that it is hard to believe it has only been a week! I met the rest of my group on Wednesday the fifth due to all the delays of flights and the long drive from Shanghai to Suzhou we arrived at our dorms at midnight, exhausted and excited ...

... isn't an issue. <br> <br>It's like maybe there would be an issue if someone was to wait for another to finish their photo instead of just racing in. Maybe that would be strange behaviour and upset the noodle cart and cause confusion. <br> <br>Well I know where my noodle cart stands and I don't want it full of people while I'm trying to take a photo ...

... that functional brakes are not an essential part of a bike. Hostel bikes? Average. Whilst navigating the Piece of **** through the extremely narrow and winding back streets of Suzhou, I nearly killed 2 people, 1 dog and 1 australian-chinese-indonesian. Thankfully, all survived. To be fair, my hostel has been pretty good. Following the silly season in Yangshuo and Shanghai (where my dorms were full on both occasions), it's great to return to the real ...

... rives du Yang Tse se deguisent la nuit en collection de Neons publicitaires, le ciel s'illumine de spots et de lasers, et des petards explosent de partout, repandant une fumee et une odeur de poudre qui vous plongent dans une ambiance Apocalypse Now. La nuit, on navigue jusqu'a la cite fantome (Zi ghost City comme on dit de nos jours). Au depart, c'est juste une de ces villes desertees en prevision du prochain remplissage du barrage. Quelques centaines de milliers de chinois delocalises ...