Overnight trip
It’s Sunday, August 27th as we write this. We just got back from Linan Mountain with our friends Shirley, William and their 16 year old daughter, Elsie. Of course, these are their English names.
It’s been so hot and humid in Hangzhou (today was 100 F) that yesterday when Shirley and William came over at 9 AM they told us that they wanted to take us to the mountain where it would be cooler. This was a surprise as we didn’t know this was on the schedule and what pleasant one. We were their guests for the whole trip and they were very gracious to us. As for weather, it ended up being around 70 F today on the mountain. The humidity was pretty high however but what a beautiful place and a wonderful way to begin our adventure.
With lots of road construction Linan is about 2 ½ hours away from Hangzhou. Presently, the government is building a new freeway that will make this trip much shorter but while they are building it, the road sometimes is less than desirable.
The mountain hotel we stayed at is100 years old and located under a canopy of greenery so beautiful it’s hard to describe. Okay, so we’ll try.
The rooms at the 17 room inn have been updated and were very comfortable. Western style toilets, nice showers with hot water, clean and quaint. Just the picturesque Chinese older structure that a Westerner looks for but at the same hopes is modern. The trees by Chinese standard are tall. Lots of bamboo in the area and some as big as 5 inches in diameter. There is also a monastery with a colorful pagoda at least 6 stories high. and yes, there are monks living there year-around. With fresh, cool water streams, the mountain we were told is 3500 meters above sea level but we didn’t even get close to the top. The pathway is made of rock steps and not that difficult to climb. It was the humidity that stopped us from climbing higher
It was great and the company even better. Thank you Shirley, William and Elsie. We had a great time.
Tonight we meet a few other foreign teachers for dinner. More later.
It’s been so hot and humid in Hangzhou (today was 100 F) that yesterday when Shirley and William came over at 9 AM they told us that they wanted to take us to the mountain where it would be cooler. This was a surprise as we didn’t know this was on the schedule and what pleasant one. We were their guests for the whole trip and they were very gracious to us. As for weather, it ended up being around 70 F today on the mountain. The humidity was pretty high however but what a beautiful place and a wonderful way to begin our adventure.
With lots of road construction Linan is about 2 ½ hours away from Hangzhou. Presently, the government is building a new freeway that will make this trip much shorter but while they are building it, the road sometimes is less than desirable.
The mountain hotel we stayed at is100 years old and located under a canopy of greenery so beautiful it’s hard to describe. Okay, so we’ll try.
The rooms at the 17 room inn have been updated and were very comfortable. Western style toilets, nice showers with hot water, clean and quaint. Just the picturesque Chinese older structure that a Westerner looks for but at the same hopes is modern. The trees by Chinese standard are tall. Lots of bamboo in the area and some as big as 5 inches in diameter. There is also a monastery with a colorful pagoda at least 6 stories high. and yes, there are monks living there year-around. With fresh, cool water streams, the mountain we were told is 3500 meters above sea level but we didn’t even get close to the top. The pathway is made of rock steps and not that difficult to climb. It was the humidity that stopped us from climbing higher
It was great and the company even better. Thank you Shirley, William and Elsie. We had a great time.
Tonight we meet a few other foreign teachers for dinner. More later.
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