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| One of the major roads running around the lake. Why can't all roads be
this attractive?
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| Lunch at Emerald Villa
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Our appetizer: mushrooms in tofu skin. Good.
In the background,
you can see the view we had of the greenery and an inlet of the West Lake.
| Napa cabbage in chicken broth, further enlivened with dried shrimp,
preserved egg, regular egg, ham, and more. All those added something.
Good.
| Autumn knife fish (a.k.a. Pacific saury). Good, moist roasted fish,
practically boneless.
| Dessert plate of fruit.
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| West of Lake
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| Spot the women in wedding gowns. As we walked, we saw many people posing
for wedding photographs. Though this part of the lake is less attractive
than usual, I took the photo here because it was the only place I could
capture so many wedding parties in one shot.
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In this part of the lake, we got to walk along a pier (not for boats, just
for strolling), bringing us even closer to the water than most the other
paths.
| I don't know if you can camp overnight, but we spotted some tents in
out-of-the-way places.
| Hippity-hop!
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| The tea plantation near the National Tea Museum, with hills surrounding
the West Lake in the background.
| Some women picking tea.
| A sample picture of the hills rising above the tea plantation. The hills
looked pretty much the same in every direction. Even though this is a
sample picture, I find I wish I took it at a higher resolution.
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| Bai Causeway
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| This picture captures four things: Bai Causeway (actually a narrow,
man-made land bridge), the Hangzhou city skyline, a boat, and a kite.
| Flowers and trees along Bai Causeway. You can kind of tell how
narrow the causeway is from this picture.
| The path on the other side of the Causeway abuts the water.
| The central road on the Causeway. As you can see, it's entirely
pedestrianized.
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| Dinner at Kui Yuan Guan
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| Dongpo pork. Better and juicier than the previous night's version.
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