Nothing much to do in Xi Tang.. just laid back and relax.. drink tea and eat by the river.. The whole area has covered corridor " good for rainy weather" and its worth to experience walking in the dark and narrow lane around the old town. I found the locals there as friendly and nice ppl. :) 
Day 2#, we took a bus to Xi Tang which is in Jiashan county. The journey took us 1.5 hours..no doubt China is still into agriculture.. It is spring, so you can see the land is covered with yellow flower from far.. " learnt from the locals it is the vegetable flower.. and its harvest season soon.
Cherry blossom
Plum blossomWent to China to explore my root.. all this while, i always have the mindset to only visit China during my retire age ( may be i learnt that from the elderly). I am absolutely wrong..that is so vain!!
i found china as a very beautiful place, scenic and rich of well preserved historical building, cultures, hand-crafts.. and folklores..
This round, i have new travel partners "Mic and Hilde".. i need to confess.. "banana" like me cant survive long in China as everything is in mandarin. At one point, i felt alien and useless but thanks to the sisters whom did enuff R&D and too accomodating to make me felt comfortable and not lost again.
Day 1#.. reached HZ airport ( dont expect me to put a name to it~ coz i dunno) at 11 pm++, and took a cab to Ming Tang hostel. Gosh, highly recommended to all budget travellers.. the location is just so stragetic by the Westlake *Xihu*..cheap and clean. Problem is ; you only get hot water heater up till 1 am.. so, obviously Day 1 is "mandi kerbau".. for us!! LOL
