Yuyuan Gardens

Wasn't quite ready for what we were about to find. Probably due to the week-long national holiday for the mid autumn moon but there were hoards of people wandering around a very modern market in a very old setting. The gardens themselves were constructed during the Ming dynasty during the 16th century but we couldn't get to see them as it was so busy. We still had fun wandering the streets of a medieval China with the contents of the stores selling fidget spinners, meat sticks, Starbucks, pigs trotters, Zara you name it! Western, eastern, doesn't matter, moneys all the same. Luckily we knew what to expect going in shopwise and taking for what it is, a tourist spot for foreigners but more so for Chinese, it is an experience worth having.Read more