شنغهاي: جولة خاصة للمشي لمسافات طويلة في بحيرة سوتشو تاي ومولي بيك

I went in most excited about the trail. Funny enough, Shanghai and Suzhou is the part I kept talking about afterward.

What helped was simple: the route was explained before we set out, including the parts that would take more effort. I prefer that to discovering the hard section halfway up. The time around the trail was not the part I would cut.

Looking back, my legs noticed the climbs the next morning. I would still do the same route, just with lighter shoes and fewer things in my daypack. With 11 hours to work with, the balance felt sensible.

Looking back, I tend to switch off when tours become a stream of dates. Here, the stories around Shanghai and Suzhou gave me enough to hold on to without overloading the day. I would still leave extra time for the trail.

In short, worth doing for the trail; worth remembering for the small stops in between. My only advice is not to shorten the time at the trail.