There's a saying which goes like this: "上有天堂，下有苏杭," which means that "just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." Indeed both cities are very beautiful, but I still like Suzhou more... Although people say these two cities are where China's most beautiful women come from, I could say Singapore has more pretty women. One friend told me it was only a legend. Another friend told me over the years the pretty ones did not get married and only the ugly ones got married, thus giving birth to ugly babies. And yet another friend told me pretty ones went to big city Shanghai to look for job.
Anyway I've been to Hangzhou once in 2001 with mum, and I am back here for one purpose: to buy longjing tea. Haha. It is very tasty, in fact, we call it 吃茶(eat tea) instead of 喝茶 (drink tea) because the tea leaves are usually eaten instead of throwing away.
Bought only one small bottle, top grade longjing tea leaves, because it was very expensive at 75 rmb per bottle.
West Lake
Big tea pot
Ox is both my zodiac and horoscope; 牛上加牛And oh, my shoes were wrapped with 鞋套 because it was raining lions and tigers, instead of cats and dogs this time round; nevertheless, rainwater still seeped into my shoes and I wondered why. Only when I reached home did I then realise that my shoes now have a MOUTH! There's a hole now! My shoes can now really talk =(
Fengshui Caves; which almost cheated us of paying for a boat ride at 25 yuan, to buy a torchlight for 10 yuan; fortunately this time round I am not to be swayed
Tram ride which was included in the admission fee
Took this photo and when I took a closer look, I realised my shoes were extremely "tak glam"
I was reminded of my trip to jiuzhaigou 九寨沟 in 2006, where I could see the bed of the lake, even though it was 9 metres deep; the water at jiuzhaigou was really crystal clear... It really lift up to its reputation of “黄山归来不看山，九寨归来不看水." I shall make a trip to Huangshan come May, maybe
Incessant rain, which is called 春雨, a rainy season as we enter the spring season; although for now, it is still 春如冬寒
Our dinner at homeAm now having stomachache because I drank 1 glass of fresh milk plus 1 cup of green tea with fresh lemon squeezed into it... must detoxify myself...
