Hang Zhou Trip ( Part 2)

 

Get Ready To Embrace The Nature. :)

 

Let’s follow me to continue my journey in Hang Zhou! =DD It was turning evening and the sun was setting. I always think the sunlight during sunset is the most beautiful ever!

On our way to Yue Miao（岳庙）, which in this case is 纪念岳飞的庙。=)) Some really beautiful pictures taken on the way!

 

 

 

 

 

The stairway leading up to the temple. We didn’t know how high it gonna be, we just keep walking upwards!

 

 

 

 

The really awesome hut I loved! It emanated some sort of aura, don’t you think? It was sooo special! And there were some lavender-look-alike flowers beside it too!

 

 

 

 

There should be a statue but kinda washed away as the years passed.

 

 

 

 

Continued going upwards.

 

 

 

 

Almost there! Pictures with the Tower! It’s not the temple yet though, it’s called Ren He Ta (仁和塔）, a tower in the middle of our journey to Yue Miao.

 

 

 

Hahaha.. Ignore my stupid face. XD

 

 

 

 

At first sight, this tower had the European feel. Isn’t it? XD

 

 

 

 

 

T________T I’m afraid of the height.

 

 

 

 

Stunned when I climbed up the rock and looked down. OMG SO HIGH!

 

 

 

 

 

The very top of the building makes it looks more Chinese! =) Washing away its European mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More rocks to climb.

 

 

 

 

Orange juice for energy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

GYAAAAA! Look at how high we were!!!!!! Took this pic on the top of a rock without any protection. T_________T

 

 

 

 

Look at the ppl climbing the mountain. The guy on the left was soooo courageous, look! He was climbing the steep rock with bare hands! O.O!!!

 

 

 

 

Finally going down!! Look at how steep it was! My boots wasn’t equipped enough for mountain climbing. T.T It was too soft and slippery, so it was a treacherous trip going down!

 

 

 

I had to go down here. O.O

 

 

 

 

Fine, I’ll do it this way, the safest! LOL!

 

 

 

 

Ahhhhh, finally a decent road to walk on!!!

 

 

 

 

Bamboo~

 

 

 

 

Back to the world where staircases existed! XD

 

 

 

 

 

A Bar in the middle of the forest. O.O

 

 

 

 

 

Help me to hold my bag pls, I wanna go toilet~ XDDD

 

 

 

5 mins later, all freshen up. XD

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the “gate” of the temple! Though weird thing is we couldn’t see any temple at all. O.O Just this gate thingy. Hmmmmm.

Btw I declare this the best shot of the day! It’s like a beautiful out-of-the-world scenery inside a photo frame!

 

 

 

Going back. Saw this interesting woman selling the Mister Potato spec which you can blow and had moustache like the pic below! XD

 

 

 

When she isn’t blowing it, no moustache. LOL. “Miss, do you wanna buy one?”

 

 

 

 

 

A kid trying out the spec. XD

 

 

 

 

My fav place again!!! Really really beautiful!!

 

 

 

 

 

The sun is setting. At the side of the lake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another AWESOME SHOT! I love the fruits growing on the branches. Like little “stars”!

 

 

 

 

Sunset of West Lake.

 

 

 

 

End this post with a super blurry picture of me before boarding the train! LOL!!

 

 

My whole body is soooo sore now, but I felt so fully charged and energetic! This trip is truly awesome and I felt myself pulled closer to Mother Nature once again! =))))))

Hang Zhou Trip (Part 1)

Went Hang Zhou with Miki 2 days ago!

Woke up around 4.30am to get ready and departed for the train station around 5.30am!

The narrow alleyway behind our hostel. =) Quite a cool effect right? Blurred in the middle but not on the sides! I seriously didn’t know how it could become like this! XDD

 

 

 

At Hong Qiao Train Station!

 

 

 

 

Very spacious and clean train station, me likey!! =) Hang Zhou train station isn’t this nice. =(((

 

 

 

 

We reached around 8.37am! Too sleepy for words! Didn’t dare to fall asleep on the way because we were worried that we might miss our station! LOL!

Grabbed 2 mochas from Starbucks to keep ourselves awake and also this yummy Strawberry yogurt!

 

Our first destination is the famous Xi Hu! (西湖）A must-go place in Hang Zhou!! =DDDDDD

 

 

 

 

We were excited to find boats there!! Hmm. Very comfy boats with padded seats and a boatman rowing the boat for us!

 

 

 

 

 

Look at the swirls on the water! Sooooo pretty right! =))))))

 

 

 

 

 

The boatman. He was really cheery and talkative. =))

 

 

 

 

The awesome water fountain! =))

 

 

 

 

This was the kind of boat we took! =)))

 

 

 

 

Spring is here!!! Beautiful blossoms everywhere!

 

 

 

 

Had our lunch at Zhi Wei Guan （知味观）, a very famous restaurant nearby Xi Hu. =))) We decided to try out the well-known local cuisine!

I gues you guys should know this right? Dong Po Rou! 东坡肉~~ Just a very small piece but I think it’s WAYYY enough coz it’s soooo fat. =.= Anyway the taste is great. =))

 

 

 

 

虾爆鳝背~ Fried Eel with shrimps. Really hearts this one! =D  The sauce is sweet btw. We could only try out 2 dishes coz we were too full! XD

 

 

 

We went back to Xi Hu again after lunch.

And…… we spotted SELF-ROWING boats!!! Only RMB 15 PER PERSON OMG!!! We were like T___________T when we saw these coz the previous boat with the boatman costed us RMB 160.

Super T____________________________T Right!!!

 

 

 

 

Boat-rowing was definitely an energy-consuming-fat-burning-muscle-training exercise. LOL. We rowed so hard and it only moved a little. Anywayyyyy, we got better and better when we discovered how to manipulate the direction the boat heading and stuff! =DDDD

I’m totally confident that I can row a boat myself next time when I see one! =DDDD *Burst with pride*

 

 

 

It was noon that time. The sun was soooo bright!!

 

 

 

 

Feeling all drained up after rowing the boat for 2 and a half hours. Yes, we took freaking 2 and a half hours to get back to the shore!!!!!!!! It was definitely not an easy task! And the funniest thing we discovered there was a lot of ppl got mad and threw their tempers on the boat, looking sulky and gloomy coz it seemed like no matter how hard they row, they could never get back to the shore! LOL!!!!

It was like they paid to have fun, but in the end turning up sulky! XDDD

 

More beautiful sceneries! Spring is in the air, I can smell it! =DD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was already almost 3pm and we had to catch the train around 7.30pm, so we gonna rush to another destination! =D Stopped by this Tea House to try out the super famous Xi Hu Long Jing. (西湖龙井）

 

 

 

 

All the teas there were really expensive, but we decided to have a try, since it was like sooo super famous. A glass was RMB 60. =.=’’’

Me checking the pics in my camera. =D

 

 

 

 

 

 

This little glass of tea costed me freaking RMB60. =.= For me, it tasted just like normal tea, no difference at all. SWT. Anyway, it was still a good memory! At least we tried it out once! =) Better than nothing right? XD

 

 

Alright! Have to continue this Hang Zhou Trip in the next post! Coz too much pictures!! =DDDDDD Stay tuned for the 2nd part!!!