Saturday, November 3, 2007

Fall Break Pictures

Here are the pictures from Hangzhou and Suzhou that do not involve KFCs.

Hangzhou
Since this was my second time around to Hangzhou, I didnt take any pictures of its main attraction, West Lake. If you want to see West Lake pictures, look under August's post "The Most Beautiful Place in China."

Here are the tea fields up close and personal:




Exercise equipment in the country


Our afternoon tea and hosts.


Longjing cha, dragon tea.


West Lake & Leifang Pagoda. Our hostel was on the lake not to far from this spot.


Some famous temple in Hangzhou




Suzhou

Essentially, the poor man's Venice. Our hostel, again, was at a great location right on a canal. Quite a charming area.


A boat ride down our canal


Dinner at a snack street. We are outside and paid these guys to sing Stephen's favorite Chinese song. The guy was a great singer. Felt like we were in little Mexico. Oh, and for dinner we had fish and they were so kind to just kill it right then and there. How sweet.


Tongli

A small tourist town about an hour away from Suzhou. A network of canals linking old gardens and houses together. One of my favorite spots.







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