Hangzhou Hike!

Last week I finally went on a hike behind the west lake. What was supposed to take just a couple hours took up most of the day, but we had a fun time and made new friends.

Popular hikes in China --- always a paved trail. haha. 

Florian and I decided to forge our own trail. It turns out that avoiding all the switchbacks saves some serious time, and we ended up really far ahead of the group (giving us a nice chance to rest).

At first I took a photo of these guys as a joke, but then I decided to join them! : D

It was a fun hike! At the top there was a buddhist temple, and ice cream! I decided to save my money on the temple entrance fee and buy ice cream instead. haha. (the temple didn't look that cool, whereas the ice cream was very cool. ha)