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New Era Hotel Xuzhou

153 West Huaihai Road Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221005, China

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Power stretching!

A travel blog entry by ronchu

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So this is a post about the most dreaded part of Shaolin training, at least as far as I've seen.

Power stretching is when other people (or Shaolin masters) help you stretch to your maximum to improve your overall flexibility. In Maling shan we got power stretched every Friday morning for an hour. We'd usually get into groups of three and start with a ...

Lingering Garden

A travel blog entry by msmachado

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Good morning from Sushou! Yesterday was a long day. We landed in Shanghai, made a quick trip to the Jade Buddha temple and were off to Suzhou. It took 2 hours to get here. We saw a beautiful garden and then went to dinner and the hotel. I was so tired I went straight to bed! Now I have to run to breakfast and off to more sights. Hopefully the next hotel will have internet and I won't be too exhausted.

Ms. Machado
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Ultimate Perfection

A travel blog entry by kwagssd3

... when capturing a lizard? His tail falls off out of fear and he takes a **** all over your brand new Gucci shoes. One wrong move with a lion, and half your body is wrapped up 3 feet within his esophogaus. Alice was well aware of this contrast. Circling a sparsely covered African Savannah, she held a sharpened spear in one hand, while the other protruded laterally from her side for balance. At this point, the lion and her had locked eyes, penetrating ...

The "Venice" of the East

A travel blog entry by kenanddonna2005

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... to and it was a very pleasant place to visit.

The other thing Suzhou is known for is its numerous gardens, which are located all over the city and are hidden from view until you pay. We went into the Humble Administrator's Garden, which was nice enough but the wrong time of year since it is Autumn and therefore not much is in flower, but the other photos we saw showed it would be great in the Spring ... apart from the hoards of Chinese tour buses!

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Confucius and friends

A travel blog entry by czechone

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... it has the family home of Mencius, a temple devoted to him and also his tomb - and many other tombs. I really enjoyed this place and I had most sights to myself as it's sort of the smaller baby sibling, lesser known version of Confucius' hometown Qufu and doesn't seem to be on that many tourist's itineraries. I also visited a tomb of a Prince and his lover from the Ming Dynasty which was exactly my cup of Chinese tea.

I hired ...