Blogs from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Asia - page 18

A contradiction in terms it may be, but there is a Hooters restaurant in Hangzhou. But I'll get to that later. We got to our HI hostel on the eastern shore of the West Lake very easily. We checked into an 8 bed dorm and decided we needed to go clothes shopping. Martyn has been walking without insoles for a while and his feet are manky. He also forgot a t-shirt in Shanghai. My socks have disappeared and my other clothes smell bad. Rather than have a shower immediately it would have been better to get nice clean threads. After a brief meal, where we discovered a beer that proudly claims it has no formaldehyde in it, we found the shopping precinct. My oh my, Chinese clothes shops are no easier than ones back home, but ... read more

It's long time I havn't written something here. They said peoples easily become to be lazy without pressure. I gonna work at the morning of the day after tomorrow. I don't know do I have so much time to go hikking like I doing now. So, I gotta write something here today. In the May "golden holiday" we went to Qiandao-lake,where is a famous beautiful scene area. But we weren't happy as we thinked before. Too many people out there, all we bought was hella expensive! And the greatest part is we lost at the way to find a place where we can set up tent (the hotel was big crowded and we can't tolerance the high price). I know this can't happen again so I decided to Prove up a trek trip for next ... read more

Saturday, 14 April, 19.00: As I write, I’m sitting in my 4-person soft sleeper compartment in Beijing, having successfully negotiated bike, taxi, train and now another train today. As I wrote last night, my plan was to bike around West Lake today. In order to do that, I had to get up bright and early (not my favorite thing to do), have breakfast (also not my favorite thing to do) to provide fuel to pedal heaven knew how far around the lake. The hotel is pretty strictly a business hotel. The breakfast room on the 18th floor was filled to overflowing with Chinese businessmen . . . and I emphasize men. There were a couple of families, but I was the only Westerner there. I had heard of Chinese breakfast before, but this was my ... read more

Wochenende - was liegt da näher, als einen Ausflug zu unternehmen! Nach einem erholsamen Schlaf kribbelt es bereits wieder in meinen Beinen, doch es dauerte noch eine ganze Weile bis ich Sam aus dem Bett gerüttelt bekomme. Syt bleibt in Shanghai, um zu lernen - diese fleißigen Chinesen. Doch schließlich geht’s mit ein paar Jiaozi (Dumplings, gefüllte Teigtaschen) in der Hand zur S-Bahn zum Südbahnhof. Mein Magen ist allerdings nach dem Mitternachtsmahl noch gar nicht auf Nahrung, und schon gar nicht warme, chinesische, eingestellt. Gegen halb zehn erreichen wir die Ticketverkaufshalle. Schnell an den Schalter und Fahrkarten nach Hangzhou für den Zug um 9:50 geordert. Das klappt mit Sams Chinesischkenntnissen problemlos, aber leider erfolglos. Die Antwort ist „wir seien zu spät“, er verkauft uns kein Ticket mehr. Wie bitte? Es sind doch noch 15 Minuten Zeit! ... read more

Vervoer: Bussen naar Shanghai (2 uur), Suzhou, Jiaxing (28Y - 1u15min) , ... vertrekken vanaf het Oostelijk busstation. Een taxi daar naartoe kostte 22Y. Bijna alle bussen die hier vertrekken zijn express bussen: ze gebruiken de snelweg en maken geen tussenstops. Het is erg moeilijk om een goed inzicht te krijgen in de stadsbussen van Hangzhou. Er zijn een paar toeristische bussen die te herkennen zijn aan de letter Y voor het busnummer. De meest interessante is de Y9 die bijna het hele meer rondrijdt, maar buiten seizoen reden er niet veel, en hij kostte 5Y per rit. In een uitgave van www.morehangzhou.com vonden we enkele goede gedetailleerde buskaarten van toeristische bussen. We logeerden in het Mingtown International Youth Hostel (Mingtang Hangzhou Guoji qingnian lushe) Adres: Nanshan lu 101-11, 310002 Hangzhou, E-mail: mingtown@vip163.com Telefoon: 0571 - ... read more