Tianmu Lake Senic, Jiangsu, China

3KW M 5:00 PM Jun 6, 2016

A Very Long Walk
Tianmu Lake Natural Scenery Park Be prepared for a very long day with a very large amount of walking on wooden and asphalt walkways, walking up and down hundreds of stairs. Bring a hat, an umbrella and good walking shoes/boots. Food, drinks and places to rest are everywhere, so no need to cart anything with you, save yourself the hassle and buy it all on sight. Pro's: Scenery is very, very nice. They did a wonderful job in building the walkways, and looking after the trees, bamboo, flowers, bushes, animals and waterways that are everywhere. Ferry ride out to and back from Langking Island was nice. In fact they should have stayed only with the scenery and not added anything else. Con's: Tacky, tacky & more tacky. A "Seaworld", that is essentially 20 large fish tanks in a basement, a Smurf village with two concrete houses and three concrete Smurfs, a rabbit house with one rabbit in a cage, two concrete balloons, a squirrel enclosure that has two squirrels in it, a butterfly house that is a nice green house, with a mosquito net on the floor holding a dozen butterflies, pay activities for the kids, (zero Health & Safety), tacky souvenir shops everywhere and shops selling drinks and food everywhere. In fact the trails seem to wind everywhere and anywhere, just so they have an excuse to throw up another shop to sell you stuff. This should just be a place to have a picnic, take a leisurely walk with the family, to enjoy the fresh air and to enjoy the scenery, but they ruined it buy attempting to be a tacky amusement park surrounded by a lake and forest. Go strictly for the scenery.