No. 0422.05 — 26.05.2024

Stone steps — Down the steps, past the Three Kingdoms

HangZhou, ShangHai

China · 5 days

#china#hangzhou#shanghai

Moments

04 frames

Give me a day, I’ll give you a thousand years — 给我一天还你千年

Garden doorway — A doorway framed like a painting

The Bund — The skyline that never switches off

Wish plaques — Strangers’ wishes, side by side

Eats

What I ate

Smells worse than it tastes — 臭豆腐 - Smelly, but I finished it

Simple, and exactly right — 肉末面

点心铺 — Too many steamers, one stomach

iced coconut latte, 8:57 sáng, cà phê khởi động ngày — 生椰拿铁

Recap

In 3 lines

Hangzhou is the best part. I’d take a month off just to see all of it.

The Songcheng show is worth every $: “给我一天还你千年”

Not so great: queues are optional, public toilets are crowded and rough

Little tips

Carry tissue and hand sanitizer.

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Video recap

16:9

Shanghai by night, Hangzhou by day. A thousand years in between.