Huge urn at the entrance to Tiger Hill
Beating the monkey drum for good luck
There were only a few people at Tiger Hill.
Matt near the top of the hill
Posing with a lion, leaning tower in the background
The famous leaning tower of Tiger Hill - I'm doing my best to hold it up! The tower is all brick.
Tiger Hill
Looking back at the pathway of drums and gongs.
Matt - year of the snake.
We believe that this is something to eat, probably the foot of some animal, but neither of us were brave enough to try it.
Beautiful lakes at the Humble Administrator's Garden.
Circular doors - sometimes called moon doors, lead from one area of the garden to the other.
View of the large lake at Humble Administrator's Garden.
Climbing up (right before Matt took this picture I almost fell flat on my face!)
View of the blue glass pagoda.
Matt in front of a bonzai tree display - there were several hundred of them.
Dragon Urn
Hiding in the tunnel
Tallest pagoda in Suzhou, view from the street
Statue of the emperor's concubine who is attributed with the method of collecting silk from silk worms.
View from the top of the pagoda. It was VERY windy.
Matt and I in front of the buddha statue in front of the tallest pagoda.
The back of the bicycle rickshaw driver that we took to the double pagodas.
One of the double pagodas with me smelling the flowering trees. The perfume was gorgeous.
Matt by the other tower with the lion.
View of both towers.
It was such a beautiful time of day while we were there and there was only two other people. Sometimes it's worth it to go a little off the well worn tourist path.
Double pagodas- sepia wash
View of one of the canals in the city.
Statues in front of the temple.
Matt with the Olympics display. Cheese!
Sweet and sour fish that Suzhou is famous for.
The aftermath of the sweet and sour fish. We ate almost the entire thing. It was excellent!
The tower at night as we walked back to the train station.
