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Suzhou

7/10/2018

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The beautiful canals of Suzhou
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Last week's blog, about Hangzhou, started with 上有天堂下有苏杭 which means, "Above there is heaven, below there are Suzhou and Hangzhou."  Suzhou is called the "Venice of the East", with its little canals, stone bridges and cobblestone pathways.  In Suzhou, gondolas are replaced with bamboo rafts, but they are similarly poled through the canals.

Suzhou is over 2,500 years old, founded in 514 BC, and to this day is a major commercial center of China.  Parts of the city boast skyscrapers and apartment buildings, but the beauty of Suzhou is in the meticulously kept gardens, named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.  "Gardens to the south of the Yangtze River are the best in the world, and Suzhou gardens are the best among them."

Join me on a trip to China and see Suzhou or one of the other water towns surrounding Shanghai.

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    Lauren Drazen

    I have traveled all over the world, including adventures in China, Uganda, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Argentina, Vietnam, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, England, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Dominican Republic, Mongolia, Netherlands, Canada and Mexico!  My greatest love is introducing Americans to the sites, traditions and people of China.  My hope is to give travelers a new lens through which to see the world.

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