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[quote=GUEST86533,386187]thanks for the info everyone...  :-)

i'll be buying my rt ticket in the next 2 days and will be applying for my visa this week.  i'll be in shanghai on the 29th arriving by 1020am.  basically, my itinerary goes like this:
 
jan 29 (Th) 
arrive in Shanghai by 1020am then travel to zhouzhuang
whole afternoon + overnight in zhouzhuang
 
jan 30 (Fr)
take the 6am trip to suzhou by bus, if there is, and spend the whole day there.  then either i spend the night in a budget hotel or take the bullet train to shanghai city by 7pm and be able to check-in the Captain's Hotel by 9pm the latest.  Unless there's a motel168 near the area too (please advise).  Hotel is near The Bund area thus i will be able to have time to stroll by the River Promenade that same night.  
 
jan 31 (Sa) until 1:30pm of feb 1 (Su)
travel within shanghai city before i leave for the pudong airport to catch my 4:55pm flight back to manila
 
i have been surfing the net to help me with my itinerary but somehow got confused with some of the answers.  hope you can help me again.
 
from pudong airport i'm planning to go straight to suzhou then take the bus to zhouzhuang.  would this take me 2 hours of travel - 1 hour by bullet train and another hour by bus?  if this is the case, would you suggest that i just take the bus straight to zhouzhuang instead?  if so, how long is the travel time?
 
priority being 1 the highest:
1.  speed
2.  cost
3.  convenience
 
1.  if best choice is to go to suzhuo first before going to zhouzhuang, 
-  from pudong airport, what is the best way to go to the shanghai railway station?  
 
i was thinking of taking the maglev train as i only have 1 luggage with me.  then from long yang lu metro train to shanghai zhan station, is this correct?  if taking a taxi is better, how much usually is the taxi fare?  
 
if best choice is to go straight to zhouzhuang by bus
-   from pudong airport, (a) what bus station do i go to, (b) what is the best way to go to the bus station, and (c) how much?
 
2.  is half-day enough for zhouzhuang and 1 whole day for suzhou?  i also wanted to go to tongli too but i guess i won't be able to due to limited time.
 
3.  there are 3 or more bus stations in suzhou.  how would i know where my bus from zhouzhuang go to?
 
these are my questions for now.  hope you won't get tired helping me out.
 
thanks again![/quote]

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