Lakeview Hotel Hangzhou

... threads. The most intricate works of art use only a single thread. A single piece can take 6 months to a year to create. It explained the 35,000+ price tag on some of the top pieces.<br><br>It was like walking through a museum. The embroideries were rich in color and texture and could as easily imitate a photograph as a painting or calligraphy. Had we the money, there would be a lot of great pieces of art coming ...

... all the tour group nonsense. If we can do it, you can do it. <br><br>The best day of the trip, not surprisingly, was the day the bus left us behind. The tour group spent the entire day learning about and buying "animal skin clothes". We respectfully passed on the idea and spent the day roaming Hangzhou's semi-famous West Lake area with our friend, Sandy (or Dai Wei), who may have enjoyed the escape from TGH even more than we did ...

Hi everyone, <br><br>Its been about a month now since the end of the holidays. <br>Time flys so quickly - when you are having fun or when you are just busy. <br>The first day from my holidays I was called upon to teach classes again, this I didn't mind at all as you know when you go on holiday there is usually quite a bit of damage to your wallet. <br><br>I started this update last week and now a week later I have finally found the time and energy to ...

... The Chinese call it Heaven on Earth.<br><br>Our journey got off to a fantastic start: We found our seats on the fast train (China has a great system of bullet trains which go almost everywhere)... we were in 1st class! Whoop! Granted it was a mere 2 hour journey, the shortest yet, but we were still very pleased!!!<br><br>When we arrived in to Hangzhou station we did the usual method of following the hoards to find the exit and found ourselves in an intimidating, bustling ...

... style. Each room is still filled with antiques and is quite wonderful. It is quite obvious that the man was extremely rich by the attention to detail found everywhere in the compound. There is a huge garden on the one side of it and some smaller ones located within the living quarters areas. I really enjoyed this place it was very beautiful. The man had excellent taste to go along with his tons of cash. I thought it was ...

... to say something to the girls who were standing a few feet away and noticed a middle aged Chinese man in line behind me. When the person in front of me was finished I started taking a step to the window when suddenly the guy behind me<br>jumped in front of me like I wasn't there and started buying his tickets. I was kinda shocked and started laughing out loud at the same time (I'm getting used to this now). I turned and said,&#8216;Did you see ...

... made right on the spot. DAY TWO Our second day in Hangzhou was really packed, but amazing once again. We started our day at the China National Tea Museum which was fantastic, learned a whole lot. Exhibits covered the different types of tea and how they're processed, the history of tea, the history of tea sets, showed the various customs and proper ways to serve tea as well. We walked a bit around the ...

... famous attractions and a place treated with almost mythical status by the locals. Ancient Chinese mythlogy was the furthest thing from my mind though, when I arrived at Hangzhou East Bus Station at dusk on Sunday night. Clutching a piece of paper with the name and address of the youth hostel I was planning to stay at, I bumbled through the masses to the taxi rank, where stupidly, I hoped one of the drivers would know some English. I might as well ...