Weekend Getaway to Hangzhou
Last month, we went to Hangzhou for a weekend getaway. We’ve been wanting to go to Hangzhou for a long time, but traveling is always stressful when one of us has some serious dietary restrictions. So we’ve decided, since we’re DINKs making more than what we spend (on what?!), we will eat only at 5-star restaurants/hotels if we have to eat out. Not that we can guarantee what we eat is 100% Jason-friendly… but at least, we can find an English-speaking chef who will at least ask a few questions instead of just nodding his head saying “ok ok ok ok…”
We stayed at the Orange Hotel, recommended to us by a friend. The hotel was very nice and clean, and service was great. We didn’t get to see what the other rooms looked like, but ours had an interesting bathroom design (see pictures below). We also had a goldfish and a Rubix cube to keep us company. Very nice touch! The room rates were incredibly cheap for a hotel right infront of the West Lake! We paid around 450RMB/night! All the nice hotels on West Lake were at least 1500RMB/night! With all that we saved on hotel, we lavishly spent on buffets (lunch and dinner) at the Hyatt.
The main purpose of our trip was to find a nice resting place for some of Iris’ ashes. She’s always wanted to travel around the world, so the whole family has planned various trips throughout the year to places she has traveled to (and liked) or wanted to go. That’s another post for another day.
Here are some pictures from our trip.
 Resting place for Iris
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 Interesting bathroom design…
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 Very nice and clean room, for only around 450 RMB/night!
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 Staying at the “Orange Hotel” across West Lake
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 Rent bikes to go around West Lake
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 Our room companion, Francis. We were told not to feed Francis, but if we solved the Rubiks Cube, we get free coffee!
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 The only picture of our Grand Hyatt buffet we took before we were told not to take any pictures…
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