Hangzhou photos, June 2002

These are some photos taken in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province, during my trip to China during June 2002.

Other pictures you can see:

• Recent pictures from Maine, taken after I moved to Maine in August 2002.
• Older pictures, mostly from Ithaca NY, but a couple from Harvard and New Mexico.
• Pictures from from Hangzhou during my 1998 trip to China.
• Pictures of the Chinese children's magazines containing a couple of stories I wrote: "The Little Monkey's Adventure", and "Why Did the Deer Stomp His Foot?".

A small pond and bridge at Nine Creeks, southwest of the city. There is a waterfall behind the bridge, which you can't see because of the trees. 在久溪烟树。 桥后面有瀑布。	The view from the top of the hill behind the bridge at Nine Creeks. 在久溪烟树山上。
I am standing in a bicycle parking lot in Hangzhou. It's hard to get used to parking lots containing as many bicycles as our parking lots contain cars in the US. Too bad we don't use bicycles so much in the US though. 在一个停车处。	Li Min and I at Yu Huang Shan. This wall has a narrow ledge you can stand on, and it's supposed to be good luck if you can walk all the way across. The problem is, the wall leans outward, making it essentially impossible to do it. Small children can do it, however, since they are shorter and so the wall doesn't force them to lean out so far. 李敏和我在玉皇山的“紫气东来”墙。
You can see West Lake off in the distance, from the top of Yu Huang Shan. I prefer to see it from a distance, since West Lake is somewhat crowded. 在玉皇山上面,往西湖看。	One day, a bunch of girls were dancing in front of the Hangzhou Bai2 Huo4 department store, to advertise some kind of orange drink. It was about 37 degrees that day (98 degrees Farenheit), and unbelievably humid; I don't know how they had the energy to dance. It was fun to watch, though. 杭州百货大楼前面有姑娘跳舞做广告。
On the stone steps, climbing Yu Huang Shan. As you can see, there aren't many people around. The nice scenery and lack of crowds makes it one of my favorite places. 我爬玉皇山。 那边的人很少。	Hanging from a vine at Yu Huang Shan. 我玩在藤上,在玉皇山。
Playing around the 7 water vats (Qi1 Xing1 Gang1) at Yu Huang Shan. 我在玉皇山的七星缸玩。	By some stones near Yan1 Xia2 Dong4 (Hazy Sunset Clouds Cave). 离烟霞洞很近。
On top of the stones near Yan1 Xia2 Dong4. 离烟霞洞很近。	Doing my impression of a statue inside of Yan1 Xia2 Dong4. 我模仿烟霞洞里面的雕像。
Imitating another statue inside of Yan1 Xia2 Dong4. 我模仿烟霞洞里面的雕像。	On top of Nan2 Gao1 Feng1 (Southern High Peak). All of the plants behind me on the terraced hill are tea plants. 在南高峰上面。 我后面都是茶叶。
I really like to stay at this hotel. This is the view of the Hua2 Jia1 Chi2 small lake from my hotel window. 我的宾馆房间窗户外面的华家池。	The view from my hotel window when it was raining, zoomed in on the small walkway across the lake. 我的宾馆房间窗户外面的华家池, 下雨的时候。
Another view of Hua2 Jia1 Chi2 from beneath the willow trees. 在华家池旁边的柳树以下。