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Travel to Water Towns near Shanghai?

I am staying near the train station in Shanghai for 6 days and am beginning to plan two day-trips by train to water towns. I am currently thinking of a one-day trip to Suzhou and a few days later, a second day-trip to Hangzhou. This is easily managable... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Sun, Mar 04 2007

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