ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA

Within 17 hours outside home, I took a single-trip the other day. The destination is 3 hours away in bus, yep, that is Hangzhou which is wellknown for its West-lake, Longjin-tea and cloth materials.

Above all, I followed the guide to 5 scene spots--West lake, the tomb of Yue-Fei, Song City, Lin-yin Temple and Yellow dragon cave. In my point of view, all these places are of the same and has nothing really inspiring.

Well, it was 5:45 when I left home--so early, only to promise that I will be on time--in fact, I waited around the meeting spot for an extra 30 minutes. After the phone call, I took a mid-bus to the train station. Took the driver inside, there were 12 people all together. But only the 3 tourists' family group from ChangChun took the same bus with me. The girl in green shoes left me some impression, but, she looked different from her parents.

During the trip to HZ, I heard some music and watched the video of GuoDegang. It took us 3 hours to reach HZ. What's embarrasing, the traffic in HZ was awful. 

Finally, the first stop--West lake--came into my eyesight. To talk about its beauty compared with East lake, the only point is the willows around the lake.

Then, all the people sailed 40 minutes in it. I saw the Lei-feng Tower and the famous triple altars. After that, we headed to the tomb of Yue-Fei. There, we rested a bit and viewed memorial statues and pictures. We all know that YF's mother wrote 4 words on his back. However, one of the word is mis-spelled--GUO. And this mistake was in conscious, because his mother would like to rectify it after the success of the motherland defending war.

Something unexpected happened the next stop--Song City. Before that, we were introduced to the selling section--some silk made facillities. Inside the city, all the people were wearing in the old style.

Actually, those buildings and hills are all set up by nowadays' people. I also heard that many TV series took shot there. Anyway, the most interesting thing was the marrying experiance. Nothing to hide, the truth is--I was that lucky bridegroom.

Because of that, I could wear the wedding clothes and ride on the horse. See, here is the photo I took on horse.

Since this wedding process, I failed to catch the tour conductor. So, I had to take another bus to Ling-yin temple and I missed the tea-drinking process. Sometimes you have to choose, sometimes not. In my point, there has no pity to me--Riding is better that drinking.

The final destination were Ling-yin temple and Yellow dragon cave. Everything was under control and I walked alone here and there. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera battery, so maybe I lost 3 or 5 scene pictures.

--Ling-yin Temple

--Yellow dragon cave

That's it.

Very tired, very hungry and it was not until the clock turned its hands to ten and half when I reached my home in SH.

This lovely experiance in single brought me a quite memorable experiance.

Thanks God.