Hangzhou Hiking - Part Four

Sunday, Sun-Ling, Aunt, Uncle and I drove to Xianghu Lake for a walk. The plan had us then driving over to West Lake for an evening stroll but the weather did not cooperate; rain.

Monday, I was under the weather so only a short 10km stroll on the Qiantang River Greenway near Uncle's apartment.

Aunt and Uncle live in this apartment complex.


Uncle's car, a 6 y.o. Buick Excelle (manufactured by Shanghai General Motors), recently failed inspection, the license plate numbers were not clear enough (for the ubiquitous car license plate recognition cameras I suspect), so with new plates installed we dropped by an inspection station but left defeated; more paperwork needed.


It's the prime season for digging bamboo shoots, but not in this "protected" area at Xianghu Lake Scenic Area.


Uncle, Aunt, Sun-Ling and I.


Looking down on Xianghu Lake.




These guys are building a wooden pavilion with hand tools.


Sunset on the lake.


These yellow We! vending machines sell meals ready-to-eat. They were unplugged when we walked by so not even a chance to try them out. I'm not convinced they are 100% automated; I think there may be a person inside. ;-)


After dinner we headed over to West Lake but did not get out of the car; too much wind and rain.






The Qiantang River Greenway is about 1 km from Uncle's apartment.






Along the greenway are two large statues depicting the slaying by bow an arrow of the Black Dragon that is the Qiantang River Tidal Bore; the world's largest tidal bore.