Second Day in Hangzhou

Woke up feel pretty disorientated and found that since I was underground the text I sent to Chris to say I was alive and found somewhere hadn't gotten through, and his text saying he had the got the train back home O.K, and forgot for a while I was in this strange massage place. As we came upstairs and out into the sunshine we had no idea where we were in some random part of Hangzhou, but it was morning and sunny, so we walked off into the city!

Walking around the corner we found that we were at West Lake, the most famous place in Hangzhou! And an amount of people you would not believe. It seems the whole 5mile side of the lake bordering the city was packed with people, a continuous stream maybe 5 wide, at least. It was crazy. More people than I even though existed, and it all fell into place why all the hotels were full. It was a national holiday and EVERYONE had decided to go to see Hangzhou in the autumn.

We took a few pictures around the lake and enjoyed the sunshine before heading towards the possibility of a hotel I had booked online the day before.

We got to this hotel, and it turned out to be a pretty expensive and damn nice hotel, I felt a bit guilty standing there in my shorts and t shirt, in this swanky lobby. 
I showed my phone with a screenshot from a computer saying that instead of paying at least £85 i only wanted to pay £35. For a long time they looked for my reservation but eventually found it, and I paid a healthy deposit, but I was promised it back when I checked out. 

I went up to the 11th floor and found a really nice room, a nice view (for china), and was very happy. Having a much needed shower we headed out into the city. We explored the famous traditional street and a couple of temples and shops around town.

In the evening we went back to the traditional street and the food court section, and pressing through a silly amount of people bought some tasty snack foods for dinner!