Tongli Stories


Tongli, a canal village

We arrived in Tongli at around 4pm...and there is actually an 80kuai fee to get into the town if tourists want to see the museums and some old rooms and such. However, at 4:30pm the gates are open and people can go into the town for free. We had already made reservations in this hotel inside the town, so we just waited until 4:30pm to go inside. Then af...


Shanghaied and the end of Study Abroad Program #6

After spending several hours into the break of dawn with my little friend and having a early morning snack. It was time to board the bus for Tongli, a water town near the Tai Hu about 30 km from Suzhou. It was probably the most attractive village we've visited. Very old with stone bridges and the usual junk hawkers and bicycle cabs everywhere. All...