Breakfast: Fish, doufu, pork dish, sticky rice, green food and a little dish called Thousand-year-old Eggs (which weren't that bad actually, if you like strange tasting hard-boiledesque eggs). This is the beginning of our day at Tongli, an old city on the outskirts of Suzhou known for being a good representation of what once was the "Venice of the Orient" (a catchphrase now used to lure unsuspecting tourists to Suzhou). Even though its no Chinese Venice (mainly thanks to the pollution of the canal system), Tongli does make for a great visit.
After entering the old portion of the city, we caught a ride on a few cycle ricksaws and made our way to the top tour attractions of Tongli. Which were, namely:
A museum featuring old woodwork from Tongli, Suzhou and the surrounding areas...
More (interesting) woodwork at one of the estate/gardens we visited...
Gardens that could definitely rival the ones we had seen in Suzhou...
And to top it all off we traveled for a brief distance on the Tongli canal the old school way (via paddled boat)...
All this before my camera died in the sweltering heat.
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