Wuxi Studios, ferris wheel and Flower Planet
26.04.2024 - 26.04.2024
After lunch on Thursday, I headed to Wuxi to check out some of the locations on my tourist card. My students helped me make my hostel booking, so I had a place to stay for three nights.
There was a super cute dog there, who played fetch with this rock. He would try to give it to everyone to throw for him. I gave him some of my snacks, and he had the same horrible problem as Melo. The pieces were just too big for his mouth, I had to break them up small enough for him so he could eat it.
I left early in the morning because I thought that "Wuxi Studios" would have more to do than just a few photo ops with green screens, and some old studio props from famous Chinese TV shows. There was a green screen Titanic boat. I couldn't figure out how to do it haha.
Free Willy themed mall. Except with a girl and her dad?
Terrified Charlie Chaplin...
Old railroad station
Old fake cars
Very budget studio props
Impressive looking imperial palace (from far away)
Map, explanation
From the entrance, it looked completely deserted! And it was.
Then I had a lot of time for the rest of the day so I rode the ferris wheel, for views of Tai Lake. It was 115 metres high. I forgot to take a photo from the ground, just believe me, it was scary.
Then I spent the rest of the afternoon at "Flower Planet" taking photos of flowers for my mom, with lots of ideas for her garden! Hahaha.
There were amazing sculptures made out of hay and sisal.
Annoying people sitting on the sides of their seats in the aisle. Why???
Just some random rice noodle soup for dinner.
Breakfast in the courtyard
Lots of flowers for my mom!
Creepy animal statues
On top of the hill in the park you could see the garden all around.
A little train for kids, but there were no kids on a Friday afternoon so I didn't see it working.
Bright pink sand pit!
Hobbiton
I carry around old popcorn just for feeding random animals I find on my jaunts. I have two more bags at home, but this horse ate one of them!
Map
Found this alley where I had my dinner and some cheap 2.5% beer
So many beautiful gardens. What a nice view from the top of the ferris wheel. What is with the giant Charlie Chaplain?
Look at all those straw dogs/cats/etc. You know what happens to straw dogs!
by Tom McDowell