Author of LGBTQ YA Fiction. Flâneur. Playwright. Poet. Pilgrim. Supporter of Fellow Creatives.
We arrived back in Shanghai today. An absolutely full and exhausting day.
It began with a tour of a tea plantation. We had green tea after a tea ceremony and enjoyed the beautiful hillsides where the tea grew…
We also watched a man hand-drying tea…
From there we hit a famous marketplace in Shanghai that had a garden attached to it…
Lots of little stores with souvenirs…
So much happening, it’s hard to keep track. Today, we toured a pearl factory.
And then took a three hour bus ride to our current city. 8 million strong. We are staying in the heart of Hangzhou.
Went for a cruise on beautiful West Lake!
And later enjoyed a ‘show’ that was more a collaboration of random events..
But ultimately a lot of fun.
And later still… We were able to walk around downtown outside the hotel!
Onward ho! Shanghai, here we come!
Just a few picks of our Thursday in China…
This Buddha was stunning. It stands 88 metres high. Inside the base is a beautiful shrine filled with thousands of foot high Buddhas, a museum with different Buddhist statues and a souvenir shop.
Wuxi (pronounced Wooshie) is another city of beautiful canals. The circle on the top of the building is a Starbucks sign. (-:
Wuxi is a small city of only 3 million. In the downtown core there is a protected area of older houses that now serves as a shopping street. It’s beautiful… filled with lanterns, discos, restaurants and lights. With a canal running parallel behind one side. Between the houses were beautiful canal views, each worthy of its own picture…
Friday! Today, a pearl factory and then a three hour bus drive to the next city…
KEVIN CRAIG 