West Lake, Hangzhou

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October 15th 2010

Published: October 18th 2010

We traveled to West Lake (Xihu, pronounce she-who, xi is west, hu is lake) in Hangzhou from Oct 4th through 7th, over the Chinese National holiday when Jim had some time off. This was our first time taking the train anywhere in China. A friend helped purchase the tickets ahead of time and it all went very smooth. When we arrived in Hangzhou, we somehow missed the exit for the taxi line, and when w... Read Full Entry

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Linda

covemom

My family currently lives in a small rural town in North Carolina, USA. In May 09, our 9yo daughter and I first traveled to China with my husband for his work . We returned home and traveled to Alaska for 3 weeks to visit my sister and her husband. In Sept 09, we returned to China for our second trip, and will be returning again. Many people have asked me to share about our journeys, so I plan to do that here. Update: It is now June 2011 and we are back in China for the 7th trip. We have learned so much in our time here...we are retruning to many places we have been before as well as contin... full info

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Linda trying a duck tongue

Small Yingzhou Islet

Water Buffalo again

This is a view from the other side

Leah blowing bubbles

Tour boat

This was like the one we rode

Flower

Anyone know what this is???

Small Yingzhou Islet

looking toward center of island

Three Pools Mirroring the Moon

Close up

Three Pools Viewing Area

Leifeng Pagoda

Small Yingzhou Islet

Another photo request!

Jim and Leah on boat

Ride back from Small Yingzhou Islet

Dragon Boat

This looked like a dinner cruise

Dragon Boat Head

Old Chinese Man

87 years old and he spoke great English!

Marco Polo Statue

Squirrel

The first I've seen in china - he had a whole crowd watching him!

18th October 2010

Deb
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Liked these pics!
Lin, this looked like a great trip. I'm amazed at the lack of traffic on the streets (the pedicab video). It looks so calm and peaceful.

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