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| Ordinary Streets in Suzhou
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| A typical large street in Hangzhou. Notice the numerous trees as well as
the dedicated bike lane (on the right).
| A close-up of the bike (and apparently walking) lane.
I actually took this picture the following day.
| A canal near our hotel. Ah, greenery.
| A side street, with a line of clothes hung out to dry.
I probably could've taken a picture like this in Shanghai, but, well, I
happened to take it here.
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| Another picture that might as well have been in Shanghai: a patio
overloaded with clothes.
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| Southern Song Imperial Street
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| More trees along Southern Song Imperial Street, a mostly-pedestrian street
we walked down.
| A wall with drawings and calligraphy, above which more clothes are hung.
I thought it was odd contrast.
| A historic building.
| The front.
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| This was a very muslim neighborhood.
| What a cool set of statues. I wonder what it's meant to be a snapshot of.
| The former Wanyuan Silk Store, another in the selection of kind of
fancy-ish historic buildings on the street.
| More of Southern Song Imperial Street.
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| There are Chinese characters at different heights in/near this fountain.
Perhaps it could be a Game clue.
| If the water were clear, this strip that runs along the street would be
beautiful. (It looks better in this picture than it does in real life; in
real life the water is murky.)
| We passed through a series of gates.
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One block had an art display: a series of photos on easels.
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There was a tiny archaeological exhibition next to some unearthed ancient
sewers.
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| Hefangjie Street
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| Hefangjie Street, the main tourist street in town.
| The Hangzhou area is famous for its tea. Here are some guys bagging it by
hand.
| A cool set of statues.
| My lunch of spare rib rice from some small food court nearby. Bleh.
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Another guy (center), less fancily dressed, whose job it is to bag tea.
I remember I wanted the stump at left in this picture, but no longer
remember why.
| A big, happy Buddha, with many children playing on him. There's even a
set examining the inside of his ear. :)
| Dingshen gao. A Hangzhou specialty: very good steamed rice cakes with
bean paste inside. Not sweet.
| The guy who makes these, each in its own canister.
Di Yin took this
picture.
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| Along Hefangjie Street, even when the buildings ceased, the stands
remained.
| A pagoda on a forested hill overlooking a large plaza, large enough to fly
kites in. This is near the end of Hefangjie Street.
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| More Misc Suzhou
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| A Hangzhou apartment building made colorful by laundry. This is something
I can see in Shanghai, but hadn't photographed in a long time, so I did it
here.
| A leafy sidewalk along Nanshan Road, which runs near the West Lake.
| We saw lots of bicycles for rent all over town.
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