The legendary West Lake does live up to its reputation. It has to be the most beautiful lake I have ever seen in my life.
What can I say? The winter was beautiful and chilly. The mist and the drizzle made it so romantic and poetic. The West Lake is indeed an oriental beauty.
My love for it, I don't think words can justify. How I wish I could do the Hangzhou International Marathon which I couldn't.
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Self-portrait in Hangzhou.
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| On a train to Shanghai Hong Qiao Station. Very scenic and peaceful. |
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| Hangzhou greeted my arrival with a drizzle. |
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| My first impression of the West Lake. Dull and misty - totally mystical. There's so much beauty in this monotony. |
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| It does look like those Chinese ink painting except that it was real. Saw it with my own eyes. |
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| Touristy thing. :P |
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| A bit speechless at how beautifully poetic Hangzhou looks. |
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| Another angle. |
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| Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. It's supposedly famous that it's the image of one of the yuan notes. |
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| Love this shot. It was so misty, you could walk on water. Think I might just print on canvas and hang it on my wall. |
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| My deepest regret is I don't know Chinese to know where I was and what things meant. |
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| This must be Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. I can read the "Three". |
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| Beautiful Hanging Willows on a rainy wet day. |
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| West Lake. |
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| Location check. Beishan Road. |
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| Men admiring the beauty of West Lake. |
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| Some temple, I think. |
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| This has to be one of my favourite shots. |
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| Some monument. |
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| Again, misty lake. :) |
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| Some painting. |
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| Some willows. |
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| Enjoyed my sight seeing, West Lake is so big. How I wish I could stroll this with a lover. Gonna be so romantic. |
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| Floating restaurant! Soooooooo gorgeous. |
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| A sampan and its reflection. |
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| Reflection of some leaves on a lake. |
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| It's antique. Some royal column. I was walking on a royal hall! |
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| There were so many musuems in China. Here's one of them. |
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| There was a Chinese artist who painted like a French. |
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| Misty all over due to the rain and cold winter. |
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| Mother and son at play. A very cheeky boy here. |
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| Willows |
"I've never traveled to Hangzhou's West Lake But seem to have met it in my dreams someplace: A vague and indistinct expanse of water and clouds Where lotus leaves merge with weeping-willow branches." —Huang Zunxian (1848–1905), excerpts from A Trip to Lake Abundant (translation by Jerry Dean Schmidt)[7]
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