The lovely lake Xi Hu at sunset, with a silhouetted Vicki looking a bit sheepish. It is a lovely place - imagine a 3km long lake, surrounded completely by gardens with willows, bridges, pagodas etc. It contrasts completely with the roadworks going on everywhere throughout Hangzhou town itself.
Gary at dusk by the lake, with more willow trees and a pagoda in the background.
Now this is where it starts to get a bit damp. But there were stupid people like us braving the weather, and even boaters on the lake who didn't seem to be too bothered by it.
A rare break in the clouds! Gary by some pretty water lilies.
One of the Pagodas lining the lake, with a small, damp, umbrella wielding Vicki somewhere in front of the escalator leading up to it! It's a very modern pagoda - built directly over the ruins of an ancient one that are preserved in a glass chamber below the building (straight ahead as you enter). This space-age pagoda comes complete with glass lifts which zoom you up to the top floor. Very authentic! But it still looks pretty.
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