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                <title>Casablanca</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The best bar in town. Very different from the bars in bar street. Generally less banging of beakers in the infernal dice games. A cosy place, with live music most Fridays and Saturdays. A good mixture of Chinese and ex-pats.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Getting around the city</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If time is limited perhaps the best way to see the city is by blue<br>tricycle taxi. There are plenty by the railway station and they<br>comfortably seat two. <br><br>Many would class the ride as white knuckle but most will admire the way veteran drivers skillfully maneuver their vehicles through the city traffic. <br><br>If you have a little more time a boat is better giving a view of the older buildings which contrast the new development in both Shaoxing and the region as a whole.]]></description>
                
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                <title>English speakers</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[There is a specialist foreign language college in Shaoxing and many people study English so in term-time at least there is a good<br>chance of finding someone to give you directions although none of the taxi drivers speak English so a good phrase book with Chinese characters is essential.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Nightlife in the city</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Much of the nightlife takes place in restaurants. There is a bar street and one or two clubs but the canny local people are put off by expensive beer prices which strangely are triple those charged in restaurants. Perhaps this is why sometimes people make more noise in restaurants than bars here although private rooms are available for this purpose at no extra charge.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Dong Hu (East Lake)</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Dong Hu is a water park created from old quarry workings.  <br><br>It offers an escape from the crowds of the Yangtze Delta Region and a chance to relax and enjoy a short boat trip on this man-made lake.]]></description>
                
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