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To the west of Shanghai there is a large area full of rivers and lakes and with it a number of water towns claiming to be the "Venice" of China. We visited one such town called Zhou Zhuang. Zhou Zhuang is only about 32,000 people and one of the smaller water towns. We decided to go here thinking the larger towns would be more crowded due to the holiday weekend and it came highly recommended by our Ayi. Our thinking was correct, and we encountered far less crowds than normal. Going to this type of town was something Ayumi had wanted to do before arriving and this was certainly a highlight of our trip. Here we got a chance to get a little closer to real China, despite still being a tourist area. In this town were a number of sights: a buddhist temple, a small museum dedicated to the local fishing customs, a number of shops and restaurants, and of course lots of canals. Justin continued to be Mr. Popular and Tanner even got his picture taken in this town.
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We were thinking of you with the news of the earthquake. Glad all is well with you. Still loving your blog and photos of your amazing adventures. I'd like to call. How many hours difference?
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