Monday, December 15, 2008

TRIP TO THE HANGZHOU





The last three days i went for a short trip with my friends, we enjoyed so much. we first started our journey to Suzhou which is 2hours drive from shanghai city, In china for all the places i have travelled to The roads are technologically advanced and really beautiful, you never feel rolling tyres. Suzhou is a small industrial town with not many people like you often expect in many areas. we arrived in the morning hours of Saturday, there were few people in streets. we were hungry so we had breakfast inside the park which is famous ancient building in china. i was so excited because this will be experience for me. after breakfast We went to for a walk inside the park and take some photos. it has mountain and its tiring to climb coz i had my bag on my back. half way i was exhausted so i have rest. we went to the top and its beautiful down the city, at the top there was 200yrs old writings and how it was written was amazing. the park was not very large but has beautiful view above the town. after 1hr in the park we went to the number one silk factory in China which is situated at the heart of the town, the factory partly modern but then it has ancient way of producing the silk. they products are original with good quality. i don't mean to advertise them but as a matter of fact there are good, we went inside the manufacturing hall and witnessed how its made. but the shocking side was the price tags that varied from scarf of 100$ to curtain sheet of 1500$! This is ORIGINAL hundred percent silk they replied when i asked them why its that expensive. the place cool and nice. the went to factory museum where they showed us history of silk and how its was manufactured. we were getting tired after climbing the mountain so we had our lunch near beside the factory and then left for one hour walk in the streets. in the afternoon we left to Hangzhou. Hangzhou one of the important tourism cities in China, the lake is very large. its was quite in the evening when we arrived but after few hours of relaxing we went the lakeside and walked around, their were so many people mostly locals who were too enjoying. its was very actually colder than in shanghai and winder, we took some snaps and drunk a cup of coffee while watching the Evening water show. Fresh air in cool place its was really beautiful and i like it so much. different colours with different types of water play. the next we woke up at 6 to prepare for the boat ride to two small islands. The was the best part of my trip i always wanted to a place like this somewhere where no one can interrupt the air, the clean water falling down the mountain and spectacular landscape. the trees were not very green bcoz of the winter season but its was really where i always wanted to visit, the birds calling next to you. the cuisine, culture, night life , and the island were all amazing and i liked it so much.




My trip was over and am back to class. what a beautiful city Hangzhou maybe three days was not enough for me

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