Just around Hallowe’en last year, I got an invitation from my friend to visit Hangzhou and check out his partner’s new restaurant. Not having travelled for most of 2020, I jumped at the chance to get out of the city. Hangzhou is a beautiful city known for West Lake, tea plantations, and of course, being the hometown of Jack Ma and his tech empire Alibaba.
Hangzhou is about 175km southwest from Shanghai and takes less than one hour by bullet train. From Beijing, it’s only a five hour train ride on the super efficient bullet trains (Fuxing) that zigzag all over Mainland China. Buying tickets for the Fuxing is much easier for foreigners now as the entry/exit gates now accept foreign passports; no more standing in 1hr lineups to get paper tickets!
I’ll let the images speak for themselves, but needless to say, it’s a really picturesque part of China, especially West Lake, the Longjing tea plantations, and the area surrounding both sites.
West Lake; GFX 50R 32mm ISO-200 1/150sec f/8 
West Lake; GFX 50R 64mm ISO-200 1/600sec f/8
Hulu Bistro; GFX 50R 32mm ISO-2000 1/60sec f/4 
Hulu Bistro; GFX 50R 32mm ISO-2500 1/60sec f/4 
Hulu Bistro; LEICA M10 35mm ISO-1250 1/45sec f/1.4 
Hulu Bistro; GFX 50R 32mm ISO-2500 1/60sec f/4
JNBY owned art mall; GFX 50R 45mm ISO-200 1/120sec f/4 
Hangzhou celebrates Hallowe’en. GFX 50R 64mm ISO-1250 1/60sec f/4 
Fuxing trains are amazing! LEICA M10 35mm ISO-1000 1/60sec f/1.4 
% Arabica Coffee from Kyoto; GFX 50R 45mm ISO-400 1/100sec f/2.8