Suzhou, dreams on the water
Suzhou is often known as the 'Venice of the east' (along with Amsterdam, 'Venice of the north') for it's charming cannels and picture perfect river scenes. Unlike Venice proper, the city is actually quiet the major urban center just to the east of Shanghai. I think the most remarkable thing about this city is the diversity of it's views, however, for the sake of my camera I have kept it mostly in keeping with what the post card Suzhou would look like ;)
the plum blossoms were in bloom
Suzhou's famous gardens, with emphasis on variation of views, and combinations of landscaping using plant features, stone features, water, and masonary to produce a great variation of scenary as you move around the garden
Suzhou museum had SOME interesting items, but really the real appeal of the new building was the minimal design style of the building itself
People
if you are wondering about the girl's in those traditional getups, they are newly weds taking their 'traditional wedding photo set', there are swarms of them everywhere in Suzhou, they come from all over the country
Streets & Scenes
all the traditional animals of good fortune are on sale in the market... the dragon... the ox... the turtle... and of course... the godzilla.
