In mid December, we travelled to Hangzhou, a 180km distance from Shanghai. We covered the distance in a little over 40 minutes via China's efficient and impressive fast train network. We travelled with our friends Gilles and Dana. It was winter, so we had to rug up. Hangzhou was absolutely spectacular as the photos below attest - with most of our sight seeing centered around the lake. We hired a row boat (and obligatory row man) for a 30 minute cruise around the lake. A lowlight (as opposed to highlight) for Max was reaching over to point at something in a pond and seeing his mitten drop off into the slow moving water. A couple of minutes later and thanks to a large stick, Max and mitten were reunited albeit a bit wet.
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| On the way to find our hotel: a cabin in the woods by the lake. |
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| Our cabin - highly recommended. See www.lotusglades.com |
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| Zara |
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| Zara |
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| A surprising find. |
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| Bonsai |
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| Reflections |
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| Reflections |
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| Boat ride on the lake |
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| Boats |
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| Tanja has no idea who these people are - but they wanted to have their photo with her. |
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| And autographs. (ok, email addresses). |
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| Morning tai chi |
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| Reflections |
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| Max had it. |
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| Tanja and Dana |
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