There is an old Chinese saying that goes: What is Heavan up above, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou down below.

Suzhou, noted for its landscape gardens, canals and needlework is indeed a tourist paradise amongst my compatriots. Chinese in the North and from the South flock to visit this tiny town in the thousands everday throughout the year. I who have heard so much of her and have yet never visited joined the throng from Shanghai one Saturday morning this past February. The train which runs on an approximately 60-minute schedule was ... (more)