Zhujiajiao Ancient Water Town

I took a day trip out of Shanghai today to an “ancient water town”. I took the metro out about 2 hours west and was able to finally see what I would describe as the suburbs. It was difficult to take any pics because the train was moving too fast but there were SO many huge apartment buildings. The mass transport system here is AMAZING. I have a 3 day unlimited pass for $6 which takes me … everywhere.

The town was built 1700 years ago - there was relics there dated over 5000 years old. It’s much like Venice - a city built on canals and waterways connected by 36 stone bridges.

It was street after street about 3-5 ft wide of booths selling crafts and foods of all kinds - what I find odd is there are VERY few desserts here or sweets. They sell a lot of rice, noodles, meat and vegetables - but little bread or anything sweet. The smell of some of the food, especially the meats kind of turns my stomach. 🤢

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