Dragon Well Tea Fields
Longjing tea or Dragon Well tea is China’s most famous tea and is drunk by Emperors of the past and high officials of the present. In fact it was made the imperial tea by Emperor Kangxi though…
View PostLongjin Village
I met some really nice locals in Hangzhou and one lady suggested I spend the day relaxing at Longjin Village. These villages are all done up nicely and belong to owners of the tea fields.…
View PostCatching the train
Early morning with my eyes barely open, I was rushing to catch the train from Shanghai to Hangzhou.
View PostShanghai Dinner
I always love meeting my friends when I travel and our friend in Shanghai brought us to a most sumptuous dinner at a restaurant with glass windows facing the lovely river night scene. I can’t remember the…
View PostAlleyways of Shanghai
I wandered around the different alleyways of old shanghai and found it to be rather interesting. Many homes still preserve the old ways of living despite being in a modern world. Laundry is stretched across…
View PostCentral Fangbang Road
Its the area of old Shanghai on the outskirts of Yuyuan Gardens and I had fun looking at their arts, having little snacks and spending a whole lot of time trying out tea at their…
View PostSoup Dumpling
The famous dumplings and xiao long baos to try in the Yuyuan Gardens is at Nanxiang Steam Buns Restaurant. But you have to be prepared to queue for a really long time! However, what caught…
View PostYuyuan Gardens
Took a cab to Yuyuan Gardens. The old Shanghai area. Yuyuan gardens Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. It was built by a government official, Pan Yuandan during the Ming Dynasty…
View PostA western breakfast in Shanghai
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So I headed to the lobby of my apartment to catch a full western breakfast before heading out to meet a friend who was taking me…
View PostThe bund tunnel
Some of you might have heard of the bund sightseeing tunnel in Shanghai. If you are looking a way across the river from Puxi to Pudong or the other way round, it is an alternative…
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