Since I had been with Dan and Haruko getting a feel of the city and train/bus system I wanted to take it upon myself to do a day trip by myself. This was on February 8th which was only the first week I had arrived. I decided to venture to an ancient town called Mudu. It’s one of the places that they call the ‘Venice of China’. Since I’ve already been able to explore Venice in Rome before, because of my amazing parents, it was awesome to see the comparison.
Story time:
I was able to take the train and then a bus pretty well to get there. But as soon as I got off the bus I had no idea where to walk to find the actual street. I got food at a little shop and then continued walking to where I thought it might be.(Also it’s very rainy in Suzhou right now so that day it was spitting and very cold). I ended up on a random street that had a river going through it which I thought was interesting but it wasn’t Mudu.
I ended up going into a little store, bought an apple(which was delicious), and had to ask the owner if she knew where Mudu was. I already had it translated so I just pointed at it and asked even though she couldn’t understand what I was saying. She pointed me in the direction I came from and I said thank you(in Chinese) and went back outside. From there I asked about 3 more people along the way and they kept pointing me in the same direction. I finally found it and of course it was down the street that I was on the corner of when I bought food at the beginning.
At times throughout my struggle to find the street, I thought of just giving up and going back home since I was freezing and felt lost. But when I realized I was literally in China half way across the world I felt stupid for not trying to take the opportunity to have a little adventure. After that thought, even though I was freezing and lost I was happy seeing all the different buildings, shops, people, and getting to experience new things. Sometimes you just got to switch your mindset a little to see how amazing life is.
So finally on the street in Mudu I took a few smaller paths to get out of the crowd and found myself in solitude.
These really reminded me of Venice. I also love the look of, I guess you could say, rustic buildings. So everywhere I looked it was something different and it felt sureal to me.
I have no idea why but my obsession with the look of doors started from this place. They look like they’re floating and just have a certain look I like. You’ll see many pictures of doors in my following posts because China has many interesting doors or windows they create.
After this road, I went down another one that was much more crowded and lined with shops.
After that my hands and feet were a little to numb for my liking so I decided to head home. Fun fact: There are an equal amount of cars and electric scooters in China. They even have their own lanes on the road and lights.
Since I’ve written a lot in this post I’m going to make a seperate post about my travels back home on the train.
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