杭情

TRAVEL • NOV 2011 • HANGZHOU, CHINA

Hmmm what can i say about you. Your lake is apparently famed over generations of tourists yet I find it rather overrated, your food perhaps not half as tasty as compared to the exciting flavours of sichuan, your sky is as blown out as Malaysia, your leaves are not golden at all despite it being Autumn, and your people, oh my your people in this part of China are equally loud and choking from an over-abundance of phlegm in their throats. But thank goodness for the saving grace that is Xi Tang and it's abundance of narrow lanes, old houses and a charming collection of old-school charm that continues to live on, though amidst of a hectic tourist flavour.