Hangzhou

This city which boasts of its West Lake is very beautiful. The walkways around the lake is very well landscaped and built - lots of willow trees. The weather is quite steamy as it is already Summer, but I would think during Autumn and Spring it would be really lovely here.

Just strolling around the lake will take days. So Peter and I decided that we will spend our two days here meandering around the West Lake. This morning though my brother's friend and interpreter, Rose, will accompany us to the Leifeng Temple. Unfortunately, she's having examinations at school every night from the 25th until the 27th, so she can only meet with us during the day. At least we will get to meet her once or twice depending on her schedule.

Rains poured last night but it seems to have cleared up this morning.

Our hostel is located just 5 minutes from the Lake and right next to a primary school. The room we have is very modern, just like the one we had in Munich. This is the best hostel out of all the others (seems that each city we visited the hostel improved), very much like a regular hotel for cheap.