Photos from Suzhou

The street outside of the garden was crazy and packed with people. There was lots of people selling lots of stuff.

So here are some pictures of the view from the hotel that I stayed at. The first one is of the bell tower in the middle of the city. It absolutely beautiful. It kind of seems more European than anything else really. However very interesting. 

Notice the big circle arena. I am told that concerts happen there and it is a great place to get together. It looks really cool. You can see the big red projector screen there as well. What is really cool is the tiled design of the arena. You can see some of it in this picture, but here is a close up of the design. 

See the design. It is the world in tiles. When I walked across it I was all like oh look it is Africa and America. It was a very clever design.

So Suzhou was very interesting to see. There are still more places to see in Suzhou and more gardens to see. Plus Suzhou has a much bigger foreign presence. I was shocked by all the white people I saw. Plus there were so many good western restaurants. So if I need a slice of home then I can go there. I had Indian food while I was in Suzhou as well. I am told there is a good Mexican restaurant in Suzhou too and I am dying for Mexican food. You can't really find any here. So I am glad I ate tons of Mexican food before I left. I also noticed that Suzhou was a much cleaner city. That was the first thing I noticed when I got into town. So I hope to go visit again so I can see more of this clean city and see more gardens.