After grabbing some lunch and wandering around the streets in the area, I got a ticket for the Humble Administrator’s Garden, the largest garden in Suzhou, which was absolutely breathtaking in the rain and a perfect ending scene in my solo adventure.

I grabbed a cab back to the train station, then a fast train back to Shanghai to catch my flight home to Qingdao, so I could finally rest.

*** Tip: Flexibility. Patience. Curiosity. Humor. Keep these handy at all times, and life will be just dandy.