My wife and I took a similar tour arranged by a local agency last year. The guide who took us to the station at Shanghai left us alone one hour before the train departed to Suzhou. She told us she was not allowed onto the platform. Maybe she had another appointment. The instructions she gave us were incorrect. The train left from a different platform to the one she told us, and she emphasised that we must get off the train at the first stop after a half hour journey. The first stop was after a half hour journey, but it was not Suzhou, and only a kind passenger stopped us from leaving the train. The actual journey time to Suzhou was one hour, and it was the second stop.

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Mr.Charles Segar , India , 2008-4-3 15:40

People of Zhouzhuang are very fond of tea. They drink it in a tasteful way, using ancient tea sets, boiling water in pottery or earthen jars, bamboo slices or branches as fuel. People used to see groups of old women sitting together and drinking tea ,and hence the name, grandmother tea. At present, people like to take some vegetables, melon seeds, beans and other pastries during the tea drinking.

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Ms.sunnywong , Singapore , 2008-1-18 17:11

Zhouzhuang is an ancient town near Shanghai. As I was told, the revered Mr. Zhou Di gave up his residence to build a Buddhist temple and donated 13 hectares of his provate land in the Northern Song Dynasty. Hence, the local people named the village after Mr. Zhou as Zhouzhuang since the time. (Wow, nice person - I mean Mr. Zhou!!)

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Mr.sam sue 2008-1-17 14:39