A Photo Canvas

The next day, we were brought to Suzhou Museum, where it showcased a collection of ancient Chinese art, Chinese paintings, calligraphies and handmade crafts.

I love its architecture. Apparently is was designed by Leoh Ming Pei, a well-known architect.



Surrounding the museum was a lovely pond and patio. But because there were so many people, it was hard to capture my final two shots as seen above.


When it was time to leave, we bypassed a few nice areas, of which we quickly took a snapshot at it or with it.


Our final destination of the day was the Suzhou Silk Factory. While we were there, we did not get to see the process of their manufacturing. Instead, the local tour guide brought us immediately to the sales area, and starting asking every one if they wanted to buy the silk quilts. While I understand that she meant well by ensuring we got the best goods available, I felt that she could be slightly more professional in ensuring that we saw what we needed to rather than 'hard-sell' us. Not to mention that the day before, she was going on and on about the silk products...

Anyway, after deciding to buy the silk quilts for the Boy's parents, we were 'treated' to a very short fashion show, and was given more free time to walk around their store to see if we would like to buy any more silk products...


Well, we didn't exactly shop, because the things there were too expensive. Plus, it was extremely crowded that it was pretty hard to navigate ourselves about the place...

And then, it was on to ChengHuangMiao.


We had to settle our own dinner there, and we were initially hoping to try Nanxiang XiaoLongBao. But... The queue was just too long! It was either the queue on the first level, or head up to the second level for a 30 dollar bao... We decided to forgo both in the end, and try our luck at another nearby cafe...


This was our dinner. Xiaolongbao (of another kind), siew mai, har gao, crystal dumpling, and pumpkin lookalike dessert. Only the pumpkin was nice!! The rest were mediocre, and their skin was just way to thick...

Our last itinerary for the day was the night cruise along the Huangpu River. Both of us were so excited to grab lovely pictures of the night river scene that we went crazy snapping and snapping and snapping...


We only stopped when the boat made a u-turn and was about 1/4 of the way back to the harbour. It was then that we decided to rest and just indulge in the night scene together. Thinking back, it was really nice leaning on my Boy and enjoying the night scene with the wind blowing against our faces.


This was one of my most memorable experience with him... Totally romantic... =)

Our stay for the night was at Shanghai South Hotel. It's not that great, but not too bad either. We would have loved to check out Xujiahui shopping district as it was near our accomodation, but having had a long and late day, it was time to just turn in and catch some zzz... Expo here we come!!