Skip to main content

Motykas in Asia 2018 Part 6 - Lion Grove Garden

The Lion Grove Garden is strategically located in Suzhou near the Humble Administrator's Garden so you can easily fit both in the same day. The two gardens are different so I think it was great idea to visit both. 

We bought tickets for the Lion Grove Garden right at the entrance and when we entered the garden we scanned our ticket. Throughout the garden, there are several check-points that we passed and on each point they scan our faces and let us through after the face-recognition machine gave the 'ok'. 

The first area was small-ish, and I was not that impressed...














We entered the building and it was a small museum with some displays...













We went through the museum and exited at the back to find another open space with 12 blocks with the Chinese zodiac signs on it. Here's Miss Kiki with her sign...


We walked further through another gate...






In this area things got more exciting. we walked around following different paths up and down rocks. Different paths would bring us to different places. We walked in different groups and once in a while we would cross each other's paths. It turned out that the area was larger than it seemed. It was a cold day but climbing up and down actually kept us warm. Miss Kiki had a lot of fun exploring!
















Eventually, the paths will lead you to the pond area...





































































It took us more than an hour to walk around the garden and we didn't even see everything. By the time we exited the garden I had totally changed my impression of it from when I first entered. It was a nice place and is worth the visit!

We decided to move on to the next destination, but with a quick stop for lunch. Right outside the wall of the garden there were several stores selling souvenirs and food. I stopped at a stall and we all ate there. We ordered noodles and dumplings and I got the steamed dim sum stuff that looked interesting.













From here we walked to the Humble Administrator's Garden not too far away. Please wait for the next post!





Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nintendo Switch Sleeve Tutorial

Hi! I'm Kirana from woofkiki.blogspot.co.id . I am going to write an introduction for this blog post. We bought a Nintendo Switch in Japan.  I really liked it and played with it almost everyday. If you're wondering what a Nintendo Switch is, it is a video game where you can basically  "switch" everything. The joy-cons and even the game! You can also connect it to your TV. It would be nice to bring it around with you, but when you put it in your bag... Oh no! The screen scratched! So, this is a sleeve that will fix that. Let's get started!😊 Kirana Now the tutorial (by Kirana's mom)... 1. Make your pattern according to the picture below. It is basically a 6"x24" rectangle with a semi circle at one end. Note: this is not a printable pattern 1. Cut your outer fabric, lining, and batting(optional). In this tutorial, I used minky for lining and a pre-quilted fabric for the cover, so I didn't need extra batting. For batting, I recomm...
Post a Comment
Read more

Labuan Bajo 2023 Part 3 - 3 Days 2 Nights Diving Trip With Chakana Liveaboard

  Photo credit: Lukas Rissing @thestudypacker A live-aboard experience is one of the highlights of Labuan Bajo. It has been on my bucket list for a while but every time I tried to go, something just didn't work out.... until now! The opportunity arose to join an impressive-looking boat this year and the dates matched Miss Kiki's holiday perfectly, how could I not take this rare chance! With less than a month to prepare, we booked plane tickets, accommodations, and whatever equipment we thought we might need. So off we flew to Labuan Bajo with little preparation and a lot of faith. ;) You can read the first and second parts of the trip in my previous posts. After we checked out of our hotel on the third day, we went to the pier and hopped on to a dinghy that took us to Chakana Liveaboard, a 47-meter-long phinisi-style yacht that was going to be our accommodation for the next two nights. My heart raced as we approached the pretty boat and spotted a group of staff excitedly wavi...
Post a Comment
Read more

World of Ghibli Exhibition Jakarta 2017

A few months back I received an email about World of Ghibli exhibition in Jakarta. My skeptical brain immediately thought, "Aah, how good could it be... I've visited the museum in Mitaka   and it's probably not going to be any better." Fast forward to August, a few of my Japan loving friends mentioned that rumours said that the displays are very good, made by Indonesians in cooperations with Ghibli representatives from Japan. In fact, so good that the Japanese company plans to take the displays and give them a home in Japan. Well hearing this from several different people definitely piqued my interest and I decided to check it out. It turned out that Miss Kiki and DH also wanted to go so I bought tickets from Traveloka  because they had a sale.  In the morning of our visit day, I asked Miss Kiki if she wanted to dress up as Kiki when she goes and she excitedly said yes. I made her a red bow headband with Cotton and Steel's Supreme Solid in Bandana  ...
Post a Comment
Read more