Redstar Culture Hangzhou
No.280 Jianguo South Road, Shangcheng District Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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mattdonna 2 contributions
Perth, Australia
Jan 13, 2012
You really do get the culture of staying in a Chinese Hotel when you stay here. The staff were as helpful as they could be, the room was clean however I am not used to the smell of cigarettes everywhere in the hotel. Thankfully my room did not smell to much, however there was an ashtray on the table, on the toilet roll holder and next to the bed. It is a long walk from the main West Lake however the reason I chose the hotel was its location to the Hangzhou train station
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Week of Traveling
On Sunday we visited Hangzhou, unfortunetly it was very windy for a boat ride on West Lake so instead we visited a Tea plantation on the country side. We were told that Gondeliza Rice and the queen of Britain, to name a few visited this tea plantation. We had an interesting tea lesson from a "Tea Doctor." After that we got on our tour bus and …
Long drive to the teahouse
Aanj and I woke up extra early today to make sure we got a good continental breakfast... and we did! There was my favorite rice gruel, hard boiled eggs, eclairs, and even cereal. Unfortunately with the cereal I used hot milk, so that part was ruined. After breakfast we slept some more and packed, then got on the bus for a three hour ride to a tea …
Hanging in Hangzhou
I was absolutely shattered by the time I checked in at 2am. I met a local girl on the plane and cleared customs faster than she did which was good. We shared a taxi into the city because it is usually a 1hr cab ride and split the cost. My train ticket was waiting for me at the check-in counter so I will be able to get to Nanjing after all.
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Alone...at last.
... couple locals were this "Cart lady" lived. I figured that we would be searching for hours but the first person we spoke to knew the lady and took us to her. The cart lady was washing greens in a nearby moat full of black smelly water. Those greens were going to be part of our lunch. When in Rome... Chen and I were given sugar cane and oranges with a cup of strong loose tea in a cup (no tea bags needed or wanted).
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