Since at the hostel there is hot water only till 10am, I got up at 9 to take a shower (I was prepared even for lines at the shower room :)). First 5 minutes of the shower there was only hot water and from then on there was only cold water :) And all this you get used to as long as you can take your shower since you never know when/if/how and where you are able to shower next.
This morning when we woke up there was an unpleasant surprise - it was pouring outside :( Nevertheless we decided to go walking by the lake. We wrapped ourselves into waterproof clothes, packed, checked out of the hostel and headed out leaving bags to the hostel. There are 36 lakes in China that are named West Lake - the one in Hangzhou is the most famous one of them. We were pretty good at ignoring the rain as it was all worth it. The lake was beautiful. It is possible to take a walk around the lake and there are nice parks and walkways by the shore, walkways are very clean and windy, edged by weeping willows - just like in a fairytale picture book.
There are 3 islands on the lake. We took a boat to two of them, one smaller and the other bigger - the biggest of the 3. The biggest one has little water eyes inside it and during full moon it gets wonderful reflections on the water. During that night the locals come to the island and decorate it with candles - that must be worthy sight. From the biggest island we were taken back by the boat to the other side of the lake and from there we walked down to the hostel side again by special walkway. By that time the rain had stopped as well.
We had a wonderful dinner at the same restaurant where we ate last night as food there was delicious, it was Muslim restaurant. At first when we got to China we were wondering of how they manage to order so much food that their whole table is covered with plates - now we are mastering that already quite well. Of course the fact that all dishes are brought to the table at once and nothing is cleaned off before the people leave the table helps us a bit as well :)
After dinner we took one more walk on the wonderful crafts street. This time we shopped mostly for local sweets and candy. Now we are back at the hostel where we collected our bags. Loaded up some more photos and sat in a free wireless for 1,5 hours :) No idea when will the next opportunity come to visit the worldwideweb :) But now - to the train station, our train to Wenzhou leaves in 2,5 hours.
All the best to all of you!!!
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Me kohtasime Indoneesias ka analoogset söögikohta. Kõik toodi korraga taldrikutega lauale.
Point oli selles, et maksid ainult nende eest, mida olid söönud. St, puutumata roogade eest ei pidanud maksma. Aga kui mõnest taldrikust proovisid vaid veidi, siis ikkagi pidi selle eest maksma.
Tervitusi Ianilt, Kristilt ja Ekkelt.
Tervitus, palju õnne 1.koolipäeva puhul!
Võrdlesin reisi esimeste päevade fotosid ja viimaseid fotosid. muutused: mütsid on peast kadunud ja ühel tütarlapsel on silmad väheke pilukile läinud:) arvake ära, kumbal?
Hey Dea,
it´s soooooo nice to read, what you´re doing there. I´m already considering bringing my lap with me and bloging during my trip in November.
Anyways, bring some "local sweets and candy" for us too :)
Ian&Kristi&Ekke:
nu meil ikka tuuakse lauda ainult see, mis sa tellid.. aga nyyd me lihtsalt tellimegi palju korraga nagu kohalikud ja s88me m6lemad k6ikidest taldrikutest korraga :) nii tore :) usun, et tallinnas saame shoki, kui esimene kord l6unale l2heme ja peame j2lle yhe taldrikuga hakkama saama :-P
Peeter:
hih.. no seda mu isagi naljatas, kui reisile l2ksin - et 6 n2dalaga peaks silmad kissi kyll juba minema :-P ... no eks kodus siis venitan tagasi.. ehk j6uludeks saab korda :-P
Ave:
oi nii tore on k6ikide kommentaare lugeda :) ikka peab reisip2evikut pidama, kasv6i enda jaoks, et k6ik emotsioonid v2rskelt kirja saaks.
pyyan komme mitte unustada :D
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