Drive on Yan 'an Road Elevated Road.

Yan 'an Road Elevated.

Switch to the North-South Elevated Bridge.

North-South Elevated Bridge.

Switch to Shanghai Outer Ring Expressway.

Shanghai Outer Ring Expressway, traffic jam.

At the Sinopec Gas Station on Shanghai Outer Ring Expressway (south side of Gucun Park), vehicles were blocked and could not enter.

Change from Outer Ring Expressway to Shanghai-Xiangyang Expressway.

Shanghai-Xiangxiang Expressway.

At 11:53, we arrived at the Shanghai-Xiangxiang Expressway toll station and traveled a total of 44.1 kilometers.

Change from Shanghai-Xiangxiang Expressway to Shenhai-Haiyang Expressway.

When driving by last month, maintenance construction was still under way on the Zhuqiao to Jiajia section of Shenhai Expressway. This time it has been completely new and there is no traffic jam.

Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway enters Jiangsu.

Taicang Haitian Temple on the east side of Shenhai Expressway.

Take the Shaxi Exit of Shenhai Expressway.

At 12:18, I arrived at the Shaxi Toll Station of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway. A total of 80.2 kilometers were traveled and the highway toll was 17.1 yuan.

After passing the highway toll station, take the direction of Shaxi.

Baiyun Middle Road, Shaxi Town, Taicang.

The intersection of Baiyun Middle Road and Xinbei Road.

On the left side of the picture below, the building with the facade of Starbucks is Suzhou Leyinyuan Hotel Shaxi Ancient Town Store.

At 12:25, I checked into Suzhou Leyinyuan Hotel Shaxi Ancient Town Branch. It was a luxurious twin room, 296 yuan. Very nice hotel, next to Shaxi Ancient Town. Leyin Garden Hotel and Leyin Garden are connected. Although the garden area is not large, the hotel lobby is really nice to have a classical garden. The hotel rooms are large in size, new facilities, clean, and have sufficient air conditioning. The TV has a large size and an estimated width of 1.2 meters. We stayed in a room on the 3rd floor, which was not facing the street and had good soundproofing. The hotel has an underground garage and sufficient parking spaces.

Electric toilet.

Electric curtains are available in the room.

After taking a short rest, we drove to Zhu Hongxing Shaxi Town Store to eat noodles. The building on the left side of the picture below is the gate of Leyin Garden. Leyin Garden, also known as Leyin Garden, is a classical garden building originally built by Qu Xiaozhen, a hermit in the late Yuan Dynasty. In the old days, the garden site was obliterated, leaving only a lake and pool. It was rebuilt on the original site of the old garden in 1982 and renamed Leyin Garden. The gate and walls of Le Yin Garden have the same architectural style as Humble Administrator's Garden.

I remember that more than ten years ago, there was a KFC store in Shaxi Town.

The street corner of Shaxi Ancient Town on Baiyun Middle Road.

Standing on the bridge on Baiyun Middle Road is an excellent location to take pictures of the scenery of Shaxi Ancient Town.

Narrow mud-walled road.

Zhu Hongxing's store is located at the intersection of Niqiang on Nanyuan North Road, Shaxi Town.

On-street paid parking spaces are sufficient.

Zhu Hongxing, a time-honored Chinese brand. The protagonist in the novel "The Gourmet" written by the famous writer Lu Wenfu usually eats noodles, not noodles other than Zhu Hongxing's.

Affordable price. The price of freshly fried noodles is less than 20 yuan.

Freshly fried eel paste noodles.

Green pepper shredded pork noodles.

Freshly fried shrimp noodles.

Three bowls of noodles cost 48 yuan.

The weather was too hot, so I drove back to the hotel to rest after dinner. The picture below shows passing through Taicang Senior High School.

Entrance to the hotel underground parking lot.

This is a corner of Le Yin Garden taken from the third floor of the hotel.

Hotel lobby.

There is a side door next to the lobby that allows you to enter Le Yin Garden.

At the entrance of the hotel.

Baiyun Middle Road in front of the hotel.

Go visit Shaxi Ancient Town at 4 p.m. At that time, the temperature was still quite high.

We entered from Xinbei Street and there was a parking space on the roadside.

Hotel underground garage.

Street view of Baiyun Middle Road.

The name of the commercial building inscribed by Zhu Qizhan. Zhu Qizhan is a famous painter and painter from Taicang, Jiangsu Province.

In the evening, I enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Le Yin Garden.

At 6:30 p.m., go out to eat.

There is a Yuanji Yunjiao store next door to the hotel, which sells it at a lower price than its store in Shanghai.

This store also has in-house meals. However, it's a pretty good wonton. It's not cooked well and it's a little burnt. It was very hot in the store.

The total cost for this dinner was 61 yuan.

Sour plum soup.

Shepherd's purse and fresh meat wonton.

Fresh meat wonton.

Wonton noodles with shrimp and crab.

Snow vegetables, 5 yuan.

The third floor corridor of the hotel.

Go out at night and go shopping.

The commercial streets in the town are so lively, which shows that the Yangtze River Delta economy is developed.

Old Street.

Taicang pork floss is a local specialty.

As of that night, a total of 87.4 kilometers had been driven, with an average fuel consumption of 8.8 liters/100 kilometers.

August 6, 2023 (Taicang weather: sunny to cloudy, 26 to 35 degrees)

It was hot and we rested at the hotel in the morning and had a free late check-out. The picture below shows the window of the guest room. Since it is not facing the street, it is quiet at night.

I tasted Zhu Hongxing's noodles again at noon. This store is open until 2 p.m.

Vegetarian noodles, 9 yuan.

Big Pai Fried Fish Noodles, 22 yuan.

Freshly fried eel paste noodles, 18 yuan.

There are roadside parking spaces on both sides of Nanyuan North Road in front of Zhu Hongxing's Shaxi Store. There is also a small supermarket across the street.

On-street parking spaces are charged electronically.

Baiyun Middle Road.

Take a section of Provincial Highway S224 (Tonggang West Road) to get onto Shenhai Expressway.

At 13:25, we arrived at Shaxi Toll Station of Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway and traveled a total of 94.5 kilometers.

There is a small traffic jam on Shenhai Expressway.

This location was originally the Shanghai-Suzhou cross-provincial toll station on the Shenyang-Haiyang Expressway, but has now been demolished.

At the exit of Shenhai-Haiyang Expressway near Taicang City, there is a large area of high-rise residences.

Entering the boundary of Shanghai from Jiangsu.

The Zhuqiao service area is under renovation.

Change from Shenhai Expressway to Shanghai Ring Expressway.

Shanghai Ring Expressway.

At 13:53, I arrived at the Hujia Toll Station of the Shanghai-Jiaxing Expressway. A total of 129.1 kilometers were traveled and the highway toll was 17.1 yuan.

Shanghai-Jiaxing Expressway.

Central Link elevated.

Go through Jungong Road Tunnel to Pudong.

Turn from the Central Elevated Road into Yanggao Middle Road.

At 14:42, I returned to my home in Pudong, Shanghai. The journey was 171.1 kilometers and the average fuel consumption was 8.1 liters/100 kilometers.