Wuxi - I

After a week in Beijing I travelled to Wuxi in Jiangsu province. Wuxi is an industrial town, and is often refered to as a "second-tier" city in China i.e. cities after Beijing and Shanghai. Wuxi is an industrial powerhouse; a veritable united nations of manufacturers have their base in Wuxi. Driving down Wuxi one sees rows and rows of factories flying the Chinese flag and the manufacturer's home-country flag. US flags, Japanese flags, Swedish flags are all present in Wuxi.

An old tower in the market

Strolling though the market

I loved the sign on this pet store

A few old houses in Wuxi

In the market

The juxtaposition of old and new

In the market, again

A paper shop in the marketAt the base of the tower

The Tower

A walk in Lihu park in Wuxi

Hot pot! you order the raw food and cook it at your table!

Our hotpot. The red sauce was the spicy one!

Dinner. I loved the watermelon juice

On the road in Wuxi

A wedding in my hotel lobby

Another dinnerInside a Carrefour

Notice the crisps on the side of the escalator pleading for an impulse buy! Your blogger was reprimanded for taking pictures inside the shop, but succeeded in playing the dumb-tourist angle