shot with my (now lost) Nokia phone in 2015
Tag Archives: life in China
Shanghai street scene
Sidewalk near Baoshan Road, Shanghai, September 2015
木渎镇 Mudu ancient town, Suzhou
canal view
Mudu is an ancient water town on the outskirts of Suzhou, accessible at the very western end of the Metro line. It’s a nice afternoon’s outing, but can’t really compete with the other water towns in the area as a tourist destination. It does, however, have a suberb little museum with metalwork, ceramics, porcelain, and everyday items dating as far back as the Han Dynasty. A very enthusiastic museum guide showed me the entire collection, even though I only understood about 10% of what he said in Chinese.
old house entrance
old door with cactus growing above
looking up
a view up into the dizzying heights of a Shanghai skyscraper
flowering trees
The weather finally started getting permanently warmer, and soon the humid days of summer will be here. In the meantime, I enjoy walking to school each morning, and enjoying the beautiful landscaping and flowering trees along the way.