Photos from bus trips around Suzhou on day 2 and on to Hangshou and Huangshan.

1. Day 2 in Suzhou and visiting the Silk Factory
and West Lake on the way to Hangshau, only
163km away…

7. You could win a full set of silk gear for your bed
from underlay to pillows if you could puncture
these layers of cocoon silk over the frame…a
few had a go…without any luck!

9. Entertaining lady…has everyone
engaged in the speil…

13. Sandra and Julia watch the Bullet Train in the
distance from the bus…

14. Fancy some chicken feet to chew on as you
drive…seen at the stopover point on the trip!
Only 40 yuan…about $8.00

15. Interesting house designs around here…
Hangshau is an affluent area… Tea growing area
of China… see later photos.

17. Some big interchanges on some of these trips…
Lots of tree belts along them. Here we see
planters as well.

19. A few modern cars and buildings.

25. Another nice hotel…Holiday Inn, Hangshau

27. View from our room…17th floor
Lots of car sales places…all sorts
of brands…US, German, Asian…

28. On a walkway on the way to the
shopping centre…peak hour

29. Here is the shopping centre… a fairly
new multi-storey job…

36. KFC on two floors…

40. Still busy this way…

41. Not so busy this way…5 lanes each way
though…

42. Hotel in the distance…quiet area

46. Next day, out for a bit of a walk…

49. In a luxury car yard over the main road,
along with porsches, masarati’s and
merc’s. For the guy who has all of those
and wants to stay ahead of the
Jones…Oops Wongs!!

54. West lake a huge lake in Hanshau, we only saw a small quiet
part of it…none of the ferries and stuff on the main part…

60. Thick with Lotus Plants…Chinese love the fleshy
seed in the pod…left after flowering

82. Lunch After…

85. Watch out…!!! Overloaded…

96. Old bridge we came over to get to the
hotel…took a few photos and the weir
beyond. Got sunset and night shots…