hangzhou; suzhou

HANGZHOU

we also took two day trips outside shanghai to hangzhou and to suzhou. at hangzhou we went to the art college whose new building was a gorgeous and whacky version of chinese architecture meeting corbusier. the odd fact of it housing what might be the biggest bauhaus collection in the world is an anomaly that seems ordinary in china. later we had a lovely lunch at a 'village farm' and walked around the west lake and to the shopping street of the city.
me.

 

SUZHOU

we managed to get to suzou without a passport but were stopped on the way back. we had to be smuggled back into shanghai in a taxi. suzhou is a canal town with these famous chinese gardens. 'the humble administrator's garden' is where we spent almost all of our time.