Hangzhou Pt. 2

A boat trip thru the water streets of Hangzhou.

Boatman

My friend Kris

Street cleaner/Litter removal

 Some of the picturesque sights in this very old part of the city:

Some of the delightful people we waved to as we floated by:

 Back to the regular tourist streets:

Young love

Chinese pancake

Holiday crowd

Lantern store

Hangzhou - "Paradise on Earth"

Last week's 3-day vacation trip.  First stop was to Hangzhou, one of China's smaller towns - only 7.2 million people! As this wall suggests,  this is a garden city. I took almost 200 pictures in just this one city and I don't know what to cut out.

 The walk on the way to West Lake where we took a boat ride.

 A cutie-pie and her beautiful mama on our boat.

Some scenes around the lake:

Then through an exquisite park on the other side of the lake.

Intricate designs in the walkways

Yes, those are hands

And a few of the people enjoying the park with us.

Tai Chi

Performance pavilion

Spring Walk Around Campus

Lots of workers out painting, pruning, clearing, sprucing up,

and beautiful blossoms popping out everywhere. It really is a delight to walk to class!

But I've never seen anything quite like these trees. I'm wondering what they'll look like when they leaf out.