Our Apartment in Wuxi

Using my previously successful and proven method of purchasing train tickets, I was swiftly issued 2 tickets to Wuxi. Another brief stop before returning to Shanghai. We picked up snacks including some delicious pre-packed chocolate muffins that Ali found a few days earlier in a different supermarket. These moist pieces of heaven and a taste of home seem to be available everywhere. This was my second pack since the grand discovery 3 days ago. I ate them sitting at the lake across from the train station. We read and bathed under the sun until it was time to catch our train. It was nice to get away from all the hustle and bustle. There was so much noise and dirty air from traffic and construction work (they are building a new railway station to replace the old one). Just for the records, this was our 14th train journey.

Once we arrived, a taxi drove us to our accommodation. We decided to try the cheapest option to see if they had rooms available. This place was part of the university campus and offered rooms to low budget travelers like ourselves. They had a room available and it was more than comfortable. It had a large lounge room in addition to the bedroom and bath. The lounge room had a tv, chairs, coffee table and a desk. Our first few hours in Wuxi were spent trying to locate the nearest Bank of China before spending the night in our 'apartment'.