This is a combination of two report from two different traveling families.
| City: | Hangzhou |
| Province: | Zhejiang |
| Month/Year of Travel: | Feb 1998, Nov 2000 |
| Travel Route in China: | Hong Kong via China Southern airlines to Hangzhou; Flew from Hangzhou to Guangzhou |
| Name of Hotel: | Wanghu |
| Comments about Hotel: | - 4 star hotel across the street from the government building where we received our child. Accepts credit cards, good inexepensive laundry services.Very hot in the rooms in Nov. Nice gift shops on the ground floor. A camera shop next door offers reliable same-day developing. |
| Office or Orphanage: | YiWu Social Welfare Institute, QuZhou Social Welfare Institute. |
| Sights to See in this city: | Westlake, Tea farm; zoo (fairly primitive - can have picture taken with a live panda for a nominal fee) - don't bother to see the botanical garden. Silk factory a few blocks away with great gift shop; boat tours and walking along West Lake; an absolutely gorgeous park where they hold a chrysanthemum festival in the fall. |
| Baby supplies can be purchased at: | Local department store. For baby shoes we took a cab to the downtown shopping area to more upscale department stores. |
| Places to eat we liked: | Ate only in the hotel. Nice restaurant on the top floor of the hotel. We had fabulous meals at several local restaurants, all selected and ordered by our guides. Near the notaries office a few blocks away - TCBY and HaggenDaz! |
| Things you ought to know while staying here: | Crowds formed around to see the babies - people were friendly but it was good to have our daughter in a carrier on our back because people were a little too friendly at times. Next to the notarys office is a Chinese bookstore where we bought children's picture books - perfect for when my daughter starts Chinese language school in a few years. |
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