Wednesday morning we rode bus #115 to downtown Hangzhou, checked out some historic architecture, then proceeded to circumnavigate West Lake on foot, lingering into sunset and early evening lights.
Lunch at Hangzhou's most famous noodle restaurant.
Then over to the historic YMCA building with it's very cool clock and water tower. It's now a Youth Hostel with a cafe. Sun-Ling's maternal grandfather's family is from this district of Hangzhou.
The old Post Office building.
The promenades and walking paths around West Lake were crowded but only jammed in a few places; for example, this spot where locals are performing (with amplification btw) for free.
The walkways along the banks and causeways of West Lake are very beautiful in the Spring.
And there are a few fav spots for wedding photos.
Boating on the lake is also popular with boats of all sizes available for hire.
One section of the around-the-lake walkway was particularly popular with white-capped, orange-billed senior tour groups. ;-)
And others.
However, we found a peaceful spot to watch the sun set....
...and the lights come on around the lake.
Not to mention the water fountain light and sound show!
All that walking and we were pretty hungry and could not resist some McDonald's fries before cathcing the Metro home - our first western fast food of the trip.
Sun-Ling and John have been traveling the earth since 2008 while blogging, eating vegetarian and vegan, and riding public transportation. We love uphill day hikes, 20th-century architecture, Roman ruins, all bodies of water, local markets, shopping for groceries, aqueducts, miradors, trip planning, blablacar, and more.
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After the sun set and it began to become dark, how much more of the circumference of West Lake did you have yet to hike?
Astoundingly popular with all these crowds of hikers.
Crash, We were on the Baidi causeway - north central-ish West Lake - when the sun set and had a little less than 2 kms to go in the dusk and dark to complete a clockwise circumnavigation....We were told last night that April is the most popular month for tourists to visit Hangzhou. Who knew?
The lake is so beautiful!
The lake and surrendering areas have been sculpted over hundred years, is considered a fine example of Chinese landscape.
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