After spending too long in Shanghai I decided to go to Hangzhou and Martin went to Hong Kong to take a flight to India. Hangzhou is to the southwest of Shanghai and is ranked as one of the top 10 scenic cities in China. One of the most popular sights in Hangzhou is the west lake.
West Lake in Hangzhou
View over West Lake
I spent two nights in Hangzhou and for one of the days I hired a bicycle from the hostel and cycled around the west lake. I met some Chinese students in the hostel who took me for dinner and later took me to the Wushan night market. Here we tried lots of different food from the various street vendors, some I had come across before in China and some I had not.
A warm fruity eggy drink
Pork and Ostrich Skewers
Using a Chinese-English dictionary we translated various words so I could understand what we were eating. The following was translated as "Beggars Chicken" and it was a small chicken wrapped in leaves. It also came with plastic gloves so you could eat it with your hands...
Beggars Chicken
Beggars Chicken up close
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