Well, I did seem to be able to post a blog entry and so I'll try again before I forget the great journey that we just had. We woke this morning to a beautiful, clear sunny day and went for a short walk around the West Lake in Hangzhou. Then we had a bit of a problem. We had to get somehow to Wuzhen, but the route was ridiculously complicated (involving apparently taxi, long-distance bus, bus and then motorbike). That sounded rather fun, but not so fun with two large suitcases. And so, we just hired a taxi. For the price of a trip from Sydney airport to Epping, the driver took us all the way to Wuzhen. It was a great drive through the countryside.
(I can't believe this. Sha has been eating non-stop since arriving in China and now she's working through the hickory nuts and dried beef ... "you can't get this in Sydney")
We had to pull our suitcases for a short walk at the end as cars are not allowed in Wuzhen. In fact, it would be hard to get a car in as you have to go by boat. We then found the house that we're staying in tonight and had the wonderful lunch (whilst watching the boats float pass - one of which was full of cormorants which are trained to catch fish for their owner). Every house has some meet drying outside the windows (Sha got excited by seeing some very dead ducks hanging outside one house).
We saw a buffalo!! :) I also walked across a rickety bamboo bridge! We ate a strange bread-like thing that was cooked on the inside of a huge pot. This really is a wonderful place!
Sha and I have just woken up at 5:30am to go for a quiet walk along the streets. It was very dark! After breakfast we're going to try and work out how to get from here to Xi'An.
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Your experiences recall memories of our travels in (dare I say) Northern India. keep up the travelogue please.
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