Visiting Zhongshan Park 中山公园
We were done with Xiao Ying Zhou and were deciding on where to go...
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Stone Pagodas On West Lake 西湖
One of the most well known features of the West Lake is actually on...
Three Ponds Mirroring The Moon 三潭印月
The Chinese love giving poetic names to the smallest of things. The ponds at...
The Four Lakes of Xiao Ying Zhou 小瀛洲
One of the larger of the artificial islands of West Lake has an interesting...
Xiao Ying Zhou Island 小瀛洲 on West Lake 西湖
Xiao Ying Zhou Island is an artificial island created in the middle of West...
Peaceful Boat Ride on West Lake 西湖
The West Lake is the most famous of Hangzhou’s attractions and it is undoubtedly...
Taking a Boat Ride on the West Lake 西湖
The very moment we entered the shores of the West Lake, numerous touts began...
Exploring the West Lake 西湖
Much Chinese literature has been written about the beauty of the West Lake since...
Walking Along the West Lake 西湖
It thought we should have been in this place much earlier but my friends...
View from the Leifeng Pagoda 雷峰塔 Again
My companions were amazed at how modern a centuries old pagoda can be. I...
Exploring Leifeng Pagoda 雷峰塔 Again
This would be my second time at the Leifeng Pagoda in as many years....
Trying Out Longjing Tea 龙井茶
The Longjing Tea Village is certainly quite a fascinating place to be in. The...
Going to Yue Fei’s 岳飞 Mausoleum
That night, as I was going through the stack of flyers I accumulated in...
Going to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport 杭州萧山国际机场
Well, I could not delay no more and I needed to make haste back...
Former Residence of Jiang Jingguo 蒋经国
The years after the fall of the Qing dynasty were tumultuous to say the...