Two hours west of Shanghai is the little 900-year old water town of Zhouzhuang (pronounced Jo Juang) - a mini Venice of China. It was a pleasant day exploring the small alleyways, cobbled streets, shops and residences of the rich merchants with stunning furniture and decor. We had a good lunch of traditional dumplings with a table overlooking the main canal. Then it was off on a short boat trip with some other tourists we had met on the bus to see a view of the interesting little town from a different perspective. Some of the boat guides would sing traditional songs as they rowed. The boat ride ended at one of the many museums, and from here we also visited some temples and gardens of the area. There were some great shops there, quite tourist-oriented, but we also managed to see some of the more genuine chinese way of living. A small note, we ended up spending an extra day in Shanghai, as we were supposed to do this trip the previous day, only to end up at the bus station missing a wallet as "someone, who will remain nameless" left it in the room and we had to go back for it, missing our bus!!! Luckily, time is something we are not short of!!! *Stub
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