http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Zhejiang/Xitang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Zhejiang , Xitang en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:40:34 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:40:34 UTC Xitang is known for its bridges lanes and ceilinged corridors. Chinese describe it 1230027211228101228924324228101228924266268422281012301.It almost felt like I just traveled hundreds of years back in time to the Ming and Qing Dynasty. It also felt like I was walking in a Chinese painting with waterfront landscape. Life here seemed to be quieter more lay back an http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Zhejiang/Xitang/blog-323673.html Since we last wrote we've been on some interesting day trips around Zhejiang Province so we thought we'd take the opportunity to write a brief blog and upload some of the photos.XitangThe area that we're living in has a number of ancient water towns dotted around within about an hour's drive of Jiaxing. We visited one of them Xitang last week. We went with the two other foreign teachers an http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Zhejiang/Xitang/blog-272693.html Letrsquos take a journey back in timehellip Xitang is one of the ancient water towns in the south of the Yangtze River which beauty lies in its simple unadorned appearance and lack of tourists compared to Zhouzhuang the other famous water townMany stores and houses are built on the riversides the river being in many ways the main road...So you naturally follow it protected by covered http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Zhejiang/Xitang/blog-244479.html Woensdag 14 maart. Vanochtend waren we op tijd op om in te pakken en toch nog iets te kunnen bezoeken maar de weergoden beslisten er anders over. Het was erg somber en tijdens het ontbijt begon het hard te regenen met soms zelfs wat onweer geen weer voor een wandeling.We bleven deze voormiddag dan maar voor het grootste deel van de tijd op de kamer. Dit is op zichzelf geen ramp want er valt alt http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Zhejiang/Xitang/blog-142736.html