I had a weekend off and was getting a bit stir crazy in Ningbo so I decided to go to Hangzhou for a break!
The next morning I went for an all you can eat buffet breakfast which was amazing, It had all you can Cereal, fresh made juice, an omelet station, Chinese food, bread, croissants muffins, etc etc etc. After eating way too much I went to check out, and was told it also included a lunch buffet! so an hour after breakfast I was escorted back to try again! The food had completely changed! it was now sushi, noodles, roast meat, italian and a few others, all as much as you can eat!
I booked a nice Chinese style hotel in the centre of the city and got the train up, and used the new metro to get to the hotel, it was a nice hotel and not too expensive, a lovely private room, right near the main shopping area in the city, I arrived and walked down to the lake and walked along the lake which which was beautiful in the evening, I wanted to talk back to the hotel but it turned out to be quite a lot further than I thought, I made it back though, taxis in Hangzhou on the weekend are murder!
The next morning I went to the nearby mall for food, On the way to breakfast I saw some chinese guys cleaning a skyscaper, they must of had a real head for heights dangling on the end of the rope!
For breakfast I went to a really good chinese place I know, in the basement of the 3rd hangzhou tower, unfortunately they were out of pigs feet, their speciality! I did have some really nice prawn dumplings, something i've really gotten to like recently!
And after on the way out tried some rather expensive Macaroons, 20rmb each! but so delicious!
I decided to enjoy the weather and go to the island in Hangzhou, I used my zoom lens and took a picture of the lake's lanterns that are far enough from the shore and you can't see much normally!
In the afternoon I switched hotels to the rather swanky and rather expensive wyndham hotel, it was a bit expensive but it was really nice, it had a swimming pool that I took full advantage of, a really great location near the lake and really great service.
The next morning I went for an all you can eat buffet breakfast which was amazing, It had all you can Cereal, fresh made juice, an omelet station, Chinese food, bread, croissants muffins, etc etc etc. After eating way too much I went to check out, and was told it also included a lunch buffet! so an hour after breakfast I was escorted back to try again! The food had completely changed! it was now sushi, noodles, roast meat, italian and a few others, all as much as you can eat!
After eating 9 portions of salmon in the sushi bar and 5 lovely banana leaf wrapped thai chicken, I actually checked out and had an afternoon to spend in Hangzhou. I went to a huge field of flowers near the west lake and took some wonderful pictures, there were so many people there however it was pretty crazy! Getting back however was impossible, the buses had a huge queue, the taxis were full, so I just walked the half hour back to a famous pavillion, took a break to look around, and then walked another half hour to the edge of the centre and then got on a random bus that looked like it was going the right way, and I ended up in the right place!
After that I picked up my bags and got the metro to the station and got the train back to Ningbo, a good relaxing weekend away!
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