so i'm back from a sorta relaxing weekend in hangzhou. i went with 3 other classmates and separate from the school trip because we thought it was too expensive (90CAD for 2 days). anyways, we took the train over to hangzhou and then took a taxi for 40 RMB to the hotel. we later realized that the it wouldve cost us only 15 RMB but we didnt know that the place was so close...i dunno how that happened. we met my friend from Uvic at our hotel because she lives in the city. then we went to look at the night market that was close by. the next day we went to some historical site with a golden dragon on the mountain. it had lots of gardens, waterfalls, and paintings on rocks. after that we walked about an hour to Xihu or West Lake, the most famous, and probably the most beautiful lake in China. We walked around the lake for over an hour. It seemed more like 3 hours because we were hungry, and the weather was very very hot that day. Fortunately, Xihu is a very quiet place with lots of lotus plants on the water. after that we went to take a bus to a department store where we had our lunch and played games at the arcade. after a little rest we took the bus to WuShan square where we bumped into the Fudan group. i bought some soveniers for ..ppl. back at our hotel we spend the last hours of the day watching old hongkong action comedy movies. they are soo funny, but sometimes very confusing to watch, but i still love them.

the next day we were going to go back to Xihu but my roomate go a heat stroke and was 'out of it' so we just decided to go back home instead. so...yah..that was the trip! yes, travelling takes a long time. the train took an hour and a half from Hangzhou to Meilong which is on the outskirts of shanghai. the subway to the main train station took 30 minutes then we just took a cab back to the dorm because my room mate was too ...delierious to go on any further. my other friend gave him some powerful korean medicine so i think that kinda wacked out his mind a bit. but now he's sound a sleep.

now back to life in shanghai...sigh...