Tongli

Yesterday I went with my friends Juan, Amanda, Patrick and his daughter Jasmine to Tongli, yet another picturesque canal town about two hours from Shanghai. It was pleasant and quite beautiful – although it was BLAZING HOT and I think lunch made me a bit ill. We rented a boat and toured around the canals.

The first two photos are of the canals. Pretty, right? (Although don't look too closely at the greenish, soupy water.) The last photo is the primary suspect in the mysterious case of my gastrointestinal distress. If you look closely behind the chopsticks -- that's a chicken claw.

Tomorrow I'm off to Guangzhou for work.