Suzhou: Couple's Garden

Since the exams ended a week ago, i have been feeling this big gaping hole in the core of my whole being. And nothing i do seem to be enough to fill it up. I sure hope this is not some kind of quarter life crisis, because if it is, its just going to get ugly.

So anyway with the exams aside, and a huge amount of time at hand, i find myself reading a lot more. Reading is nice :) especially when i have finished all my work, and all i want to do is lie on my banana and read myself to sleep. Lalala, life for now is good :) minus the occasional episodes of emptiness.

On my trip to Shanghai, i met 2 fellow backpackers at the hostel i stayed in. We made arrangements to travel to Suzhou, and i am glad we did it, because after one week of walking Shanghai alone, i was beginning to forget how i sound like. It was nice to finally hear my voice again :)


For fuss free traveling, you can always sign up for a one day trip when you arrive at Suzhou (as we did). Within 15 minutes, we were all packed into a bus and whisked off to the first stop of the day, The Couple's Garden (at least thats what i think its called).


The couple's garden is a characteristic Southern Chinese styled garden (not that i noticed the difference between the north and the south), owned by some rich chinese merchant.


It is not without a reason why Suzhou has been known to be the Venice of the East. Next up, in true Suzhou style, we rode on a little sampan along one of the many canals in Suzhou.


There you go, our little sampan powered by the mighty Suzhou ladies.