Hangzhou:Day Seven

On day seven, we had a more relaxing day. Until about 2:00pm we just relaxed in our hotel room and read or used the computer. When we got bored, we went and had lunch and took a boat out on West Lake. The boat was like the boat we took in Su Zhou for the night ride. There are many medium sized islands in the lake that you can walk around on. Some had beautiful walkways, gardens, or ponds. The boat we got took us to an island with some pagodas and bridges. The second island we went to was one of the same islands we went to in 2001. There were some big ponds in the middle of the island. I thought that was an interesting touch; there were ponds in an island that is in the middle of a lake. By this time, it was getting dark. We caught the last boat back and went to a night market. I remember going to these the last time we came. It is very enjoyable to walk around a market at night and see all of the lights and stores. There was a new attraction this time, a puppet show. You would pay the person working it and peek though a little glass hole. Through the hole was the puppet show. The puppets were made out of paper or wood and had little sticks holding them up. They weren’t like finger puppets or stuffed animals. That was our day to relax and so we didn’t have as many little adventures as other days.
Lianne