Sunday, April 20, 2008

Old market street, Hangzhou 4-13-08




After a whole day of exploring the outskirts of Hangzhou, we decided to frolic up and down the old street with plenty of crafty and food stands that was close to our hotel. We saw a great display of their craftsmanship, with clothing of unique designs, musical instruments, puppet shows, interesting jewelery, Chinese lamps and knots, and lots of yummy local food. We had our snack dinner and went back to our hotel to pack to go to Suzhou the next day, a town that was about 2 hours by bus from Hangzhou. Suzhou is famous for their gardens and silk. Actually right after we arrived there the next day, we took a short 30 min bus ride to Tongli, a small village next to Suzhou. We felt we had had our share of big cities and wanted some peace a quiet. Tongli was just what we needed, check out the next post.


Después de un día entero explorando las atracciones lejanas de Hangzhou, decidimos darnos un paseillo por la calle antigua cercana a nuestro hotel en Hangzhou, donde tienen un montón de puestecillos con cosas de artesania y comidas tipicas. Vimos una gran exhibición de su artesanía, con ropa de diseños únicos, instrumentos musicales regionales, demostraciones marionetas, pendientes y colgantes interesante, lámparas y nudos chinos, y comidas locales deliciosas. Cenamos en el mercaillo y nos volvimos a nuestro hotel a empacar para ir a Suzhou el día siguiente, una ciudad a 2 horas en autobús de Hangzhou. Suzhou es famoso por sus jardines y la seda natural. Justo después de llegar allí el día siguiente, nos montamos en otro autobus para Tongli, un pueblito pequeño a 30 minutos de Suzhou. Estabamos un poco hartas de andar en ciudades grandes turisticas, asi que queriamos ir a un sitio mas tranquilo y chiquitito. Tongli era justo lo que necesitabamos.

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