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Tongli

2/1/2019

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Tongli is one of the small water towns outside Shanghai.  On typical traffic days, it will take less than two hours to get to Tongli, but on the day we went in October 2018, there was a lot of construction.  Three and a half hours after hotel departure, we arrived.  Although we were grumpy from the interminable ride, we enjoyed a delicious lunch at one of the local restaurants, took a boat ride around the canals and spent free time, wandering the back alleys and buying local arts and crafts.  All in all a good day.

We visited one of the many gardens in Tongli, The Retreat and Reflection Garden.  The garden and buildings were built in the late 1800's.  The location is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  If you are lucky, and we were that day in October, there might be opera performed in the main square.  

There are other water towns like Tongi, with cobblestone alleys, stone bridges and winding canals.  Zhujiajiao is the water town closest to Shanghai, only about 45 minutes away.  Some others are Zhouzhuang, Xitang and Nanxun.

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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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