Went to the “Leaning pagoda of the East” today. It is 2,500 years old. Called the Crouching Tiger. There was an emperor who died and his son had him buried here. He had all the workers killed so that no one would know how to get to the grave to disturb the grave. Soon after this burial a white tiger was seen close to the grounds. They think this may have been the emperor himself having come back as a tiger. Thus the name “Crouching Tiger”. It is leaning and they have put supports to help it temporarily fix the problem. It was beautiful all around.
We went to a silk factory and saw how the silk worm is raised, fed, etc. I really wanted to buy some silk comforters, but they were too expensive to ship home, and I do not have room to bring them home in my suitcases. I was really discouraged.
Then we drove to Hangzhou about 3 hours away. It is really a beautiful city with 7,000,000 people in it. It has a beautiful lake in the middle of it and is surrounded by mountains. We went up in a high pagoda for an amazing view. We are doing more sightseeing tomorrow. Everyone is tired and I think I speak for most of us that we would just like to sleep in and relax a little. But we must be up by 8 and ready for a full day tomorrow.
Interesting Facts:
-In China they have a very good public transportation system. They can get a pass for $20 a month and ride wherever they want to go. If you are over 60, any bus ride is only 10cents.
-Because of high gas prices, they are now asking every rider in a taxi to pay the driver one more RMB than the meter says. They are really hit by the oil prices too.
We went to a silk factory and saw how the silk worm is raised, fed, etc. I really wanted to buy some silk comforters, but they were too expensive to ship home, and I do not have room to bring them home in my suitcases. I was really discouraged.
Then we drove to Hangzhou about 3 hours away. It is really a beautiful city with 7,000,000 people in it. It has a beautiful lake in the middle of it and is surrounded by mountains. We went up in a high pagoda for an amazing view. We are doing more sightseeing tomorrow. Everyone is tired and I think I speak for most of us that we would just like to sleep in and relax a little. But we must be up by 8 and ready for a full day tomorrow.
Interesting Facts:
-In China they have a very good public transportation system. They can get a pass for $20 a month and ride wherever they want to go. If you are over 60, any bus ride is only 10cents.
-Because of high gas prices, they are now asking every rider in a taxi to pay the driver one more RMB than the meter says. They are really hit by the oil prices too.
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