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Suzhou’s very first pagoda!

#historicplaces Ruiguang pagoda is a prominent historical landmark in Suzhou. The architecture consists of bricks and wooden platforms. The pagoda is part of the Pan Gate Scenic Area. The gate, built during the kingdom of Wu, surrounds Suzhou’s canal and was the only entrance to the city in the ancient times. It offered protection to Suzhou and is estimated to be 2500 years old. The scenic area also consists of a beautiful garden with a lake. You can also walk on the city wall and enjoy a view of the surroundings. It was pretty calm and pleasurable. Entrance 🎟 - 40¥ How to go - Get off at Nan Men (南门) metro station (transfer 🚇 for line 4 & 5) and walk for about 10- 13 mins to the entrance on Dong Da Street (东大街） #historicculture#historicallandmarks#historiccallandmark#ancientlandmark#ancientarchitecture#suzhou#suzhoutravel#jiangsu

Communitarian Tourism: Visit Dota

Costa Rica is not only well known for its nature but amazing community life you can experience in traditional towns. Specially, coffee towns ☕️. Dota is a very special county, not only its located at the foothills of Talamanca (highest mountain range ⛰), 1.5 hours from capital San Jose, has an amazing natural forest (San Gerardo de Dota area), but also is one of the popular coffee areas in the country. Santa María de Dota, county head town, is a traditional town. In Costa Rica, the church is always one of the most representative buildings in any town/city. This town has a museum for preservation of their cultural heritage, and had made efforts to keep a traditional lifestyle to attract tourists (national and international). During our visit, it was nice to see homes decorated with ox cars or maintaining their traditional architecture. Santa María is also very close to the Quetzals National Park, ideal for birds watching, sightseeing and definitely hiking tours. San Gerardo de Dota is called a magic cloudy forest land, but can be farther than expected. Definitely a place I want to visit when return home. 📍Santa María de Dota, Dota, Los Santos area, San José, Costa Rica #traditionalculture #traditional #historicculture #historicallandmarks #coffeelover #coffeeoutdoor #coffee_origin #coffeetourism #culturalheritage #culturetrip #culture #criskotsu #costarica #historicalbuilding #historiccallandmark #historicalandculturaltravel #summervacation#hikingtrails#urbanexplorer

Xiamen is a cool coastal city in Fujian. Once a treaty port known to the world as Amoy, it retains much of the architecture from that time. The main attraction is Gulangyu, an island just off the coast which was a foreign concession where Europeans and Chinese who'd made fortunes abroad built comfortable villas. There is a short ferry crossing to Gulangyu directly from the Xiamen waterfront but it's only available to Xiamen residents. Tourists must go to the cruiseship terminal to take a significantly pricier and longer ferry. This is annoying, but it's still worth visiting the island. Set aside a whole day to walk around the seawall and visit some of the museums in the main town. #leaveyourmark #urbanexplorer #lightthecity #xiamen #amoy #gulangyu #seaside #coast #island #historiccallandmark