China, the Zhujiajiao Post

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Well, here I am, at the last China post. On our last day in China, we visited Zhujiajiao, one of the canal cities found outside of Shanghai. The weather had cleared up, and we had a glorious sunny day in the town.

Here are all three of us on the bridge that takes you into the main, touristy part of the town. It's very touristy, lots of restaurants and stalls selling souvenirs, but a very cool place anyway. I got a nifty sandalwood carving of bats for our entryway. (Bat is a homophone for prosperity in Chinese, so bats frequently show up in Chinese art.)


One of the smaller canals in the inner part of the city. You can see cherry blossoms on the left, and the small boats that you could take small tours on.


Another view of a canal from one of the many bridges.


The Sweetie and Ros in front of a magnolia tree in the Kezhi Garden, a sprawling garden that wasn't as impressively designed as the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, but was lovely nonetheless.


A water feature in the garden.


Ros in front of a water buffalo sculpture. We saw plenty of water buffalo on the trip, but generally from a distance.


Ros and the Sweetie engage in ritual arm wrestling combat again.


We took a short tour on one of small boats. This was the view from the canal.


Another shot from the canal.


Me and Ros on yet another bridge. You can see the panda purse she got in Chengdu that she then proceeded to take everywhere.


From Zhujiajiao, we drove straight to the airport and then it was home to Toronto.

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It was very much a go go go sort of trip. The next time we'll visit fewer places and take our time a bit, but this one was a fantastic overview of the country.