First day of the year - Have it in paradise

As I wrote before, there are two islands in the middle of the fantastic Hangzhou West Lake. We wanted to appreciate the first morning of this New Year with a boat trip to the islands and a "natural" walk in this very peaceful after-party atmosphere; fireworks still illuminating the sky though.

I’ll pass the first island we visited as it was 5 meters large and 10 meters wide, with one classic pagoda in the middle, the kind you see everywhere in China.

The second island we stepped on is called Xiao Yingzhou, we are supposed to watch the moon reflecting in the three central pools. In fact, the island is split by a zigzag bridge which lets appear four tiny lakes: "an island in the lake, lakes in the island". What a shame the moon is not around at 10am. Anyway, the scenery is the nicest I have seen since I arrived to China. Bamboos, pools, lake, paths look like a movie set in this foggy morning, I wish there were less people around. Hang around, enjoy the landscape, take pictures for yourself, take pictures with Chinese people amazed by the foreigner presence, practice Taichi, be an R'n'B lover..the pictures say it all.

"Above is heaven, below is Hangzhou and Suzhou"