I went on a weekend trip with Nicholas and Felix to Suzhou. That’s a small town near Shanghai, just 8 million people and 2 hours by high-speed train.

The scariest part was that we stayed at a hostel! Shared bathrooms and showers…

The old city was nice, but nothing spectacular. There were plenty of gardens and temples but each one charged 20-50元 for entry. Luckily we got discounts everywhere by showing the Zhejiang University student passes.
 

Beer on the boat:

This is not how I’d like to buy the meat for my dinner:

Rich place, even the trash cans were Louis Vuitton:

And finally, a small town’s small railway station: