Blogs from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Asia - page 17

We arrived in Hangzhou to weather that was slightly warmer again than Suzhou, after a two and a half hour trip, during which we dozed and read intermittently. We eventually found the queue for taxis, which was only about two hundred meters long, and snaked backwards and forwards inside well-defined barriers under a tin roof held up by rust and hope. On the way we were accosted by several “private” taxi drivers. These are people who own a car and offer to drive you in their “taxi” to your destination immediately, thereby avoiding having to queue up, but they also try to charge you up to ten times the usual taxi fare. Foreigners especially are targeted, because they are often naïve and also the Chinese seem to think that all foreigners are possessed of untold wealth ... read more

We headed out of Tangkou very early - 6:30 in the morning. We thought we could get back to Hangzhou before 11:00, but we forgot about the shady bus system. The bus made a lot of stops, picked up people on the side of the road, waited at the bus stations for a long time too. It was so annoying. I guess we got a non-express ticket. At the bus stations, hawkers come onto the coach to sell you anything from chestnuts to homemade onion pancakes, to souveniers. Thoroughly annoying because it was cranky from getting up early, the bus was stuffy and hot, and somewhat smelly. The guy sitting behind CL had groddy fingernails too. Oh well. We got to Hangzhou at 12:30 pm. What a long ride. Our flight to Guilin wasn't until 7:00 ... read more

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, located at south of Shanghai, it is one of most developed provinces of China. The Hangzhou also is famous by silk, beautiful women and peaceful life, the same of Suzhou, that is why a popular saying: "There is the paradise in the sky, also Suzhou and Hangzhou on the Earth", so life style of both cities are so similar. There are 2 main sights in the Hangzhou, the West Lake and Leifeng Pagoda. The West lake is at west side of the Hangzhou city, around the lake have a lot of bars, shops, restaurants, museum, parks, inclusive the Leifeng Pagoda, you can always see the people from every age there, it is a really nice place to spend the time. Leifeng Pagoda, that was the most modern pagoda I have ... read more

Wonderful Hangzhou (June 9 - 10, 2007) Another weekend another trip and this time the place is not far away from Shanghai just one and half train drive and its Hangzhou the beautiful city. Hangzhou ….thinking why I was not here earlier may be I safe this for this time… D series trains are the best in China…I was told by many friends and I have a chance to travel before but this time I realize yes they are the best. In the morning when catching up the train we were little miss up with the time but we made it and we were on our seats just 2 minutes before train took of. After one and half-hour drive, we were in Hangzhou…. Take a taxi towards hotels…just refreshed and gather some energy towards starting journey ... read more

Hi Guys, I left Shanghai yesterday and am now in Hangzhou. Haven't looke around yet but had to walk a fair amount yeaterday to find the hostel and it looks like an amazing place. I think there are a lot of Chinese tourists that come here. I didn't get many photographs of Shanghai but the ones that I did get, I will put on this entry for you to see. Interest from famales is, how can I say this, of a much higher level that at home in the UK. When walking through a very nice area one day, just looking at the shops I met a girl named Jisoo who was from Korea on holiday with her mum, she seemed to like me and wanted her picture taken with me (see pictures). I will ... read more