Blogs from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Asia - page 3

Hi All, How's this for a train station!! It's bigger than some European airports I've been to. Thanks to everyone at The Green Youth Hostel. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. Enjoy Photos Jah Bless... read more

Hi All, Across the road from the Leifeng Pagoda is the JingCi Temple. Really busy temple that has a massive staute of Sakyamuni, Buddha, with lots of people, mostly old ladies, sitting around and reciting mantras from books. There are some lovely statues of Guanyin and Milefo but unfortunately no photographs I'm afraid and I didn't want to risk it as the nuns looked very stern. A pretty temple and also free. Enjoy the photos Jah Bless... read more

Hi All, Thanks to Rebecca today. She lives very close to Hangzhou. We met up close to the hostel I am staying at and walked off to find the West Lake. We walked through some beautiful gardens, Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard, and part of the West Lake that is seperated by the Su causeway. The places here have very poetic names. The lake is very pretty and is typical Chinese, as you see in the old paintings, with weeping willows and lotus flowers. The view from the city, the east shore, over the lake to the mountains is really lovely fter wandering around for the afternoon we met up with Rebecca's boyfriend Li Bin and they took me for a delicious meal in a very busy restaurant, we had to wait for age ... read more

Flew north-west from KL, arriving in dynamic, bustling and efficient Hong Kong, staying at a friend's appartment in a great central location. Took a day hike up to "The Peak", skirting around through forests and past reservoirs and enjoying panoramic views out to the South China Sea, eventually reaching the cloud-shrouded summit before taking the easy route down via the funicular Tramway. Also visited Happy Valley for the famous evening horse racing - the green, grassy arena surrounded by towering skyscrapers illuminated against the night-sky, my unsuccessful betting compensated by a few beers and a lively atmosphere. Next flew up to Shanghai, catching the smooth, super-fast levitating Maglev train into the city and headed to the classy Vue bar at the Hyatt hotel for towering views over the new Pudong district and the Huangpu river. The ... read more

New photos on: http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg311/draftwrite/ …..”This week big horiday. Mid Autumn Festiwal an' then Nationa' Day. What we can do make life difficur' for eweryone?” “Well for starters you can crank up Internet blocking to ensure that proxies don't work & access to the 'Net in general is slow or impossible” “We done already. Only affect foreigner people an' a few ours who like look English website”. “How about removing the tolls, among the highest in the world, from the highways, allowing the masses to travel, well, en masse, for the week?” “Such good idea, people wir' be ve'y happy, think government ve'y generous”. I'm sure not all the people caught in the colossal traffic jams created by this policy were as happy as expected. As some waited... read more