Tuesday, August 18, 2009

hangzhou day 3

the hostel that i stayed in had an extremely beautiful and playful male kitten:

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he’s an amazing kitten and i REALLY wanted to bring him home soooo badly.

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look at how he was trying to play with my arm and gnaw and claw at it.. so cute!!

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on the hunt and distracted by a hand

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stalking his prey over the couch

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we were on our way to Qu Yuan Feng He, a collection of gardens on the other side of the lake. however, the taxi driver dropped us off halfway cos there was a traffic jam up ahead and he didnt want to get caught in it. we ended up having to walk about 2km :S

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there are a lot of lotus plants along west lake

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bridal shoot:

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the weather was very hot that day though..

one of the gardens in Qu Yuan Feng He:

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more rocks

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i like this lotus, cos i’ve never seen dual-toned ones like this before! unfortunately it wasnt blooming very prettily..

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the name of the gardens – things are a bit confusing in china, cos sometimes you’re meant to read from left to right, and at other times from right to left. in this case, it’s right to left:

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i like this view:

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i thought this was very innovative too, incorporating the pavilions and the round walls:

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we caught a double-decker tourist bus on the way back, and here’s the view from it:

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the man united team was in hangzhou as part of their asian tour, and a group of fans was waiting outside hyatt hotel:

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