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Echoing people's question about how to get to Hangzhou from Shanghai, here are some suggestions I gave before:

Besides that, here is more general guidelines. Take it as strategy while others as tactics.

Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at August 1, 2005 11:52 PM
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Comments

JS, please post some pictures you took in Hangzhou if you have. As a person grew up in Hangzhou I always like to see it's latest scene from any sources though it was not far from my last returning trip there :)

Posted by: Shane on August 2, 2005 3:34 AM

When I first came to China the ticketing agent accidentally booked me to Hangzhou instead of Guangzhou. I can read the characters now! Imagine my surprise when I ended up spending the night there.
I finally got to Guangzhou, married a wonderful Chinese woman and decided to return and stay as a professsor. work at a great school and maintain a blog of my experiences. Stop by!

Posted by: Lonnie Hodge (external link) on August 2, 2005 10:44 PM

wow, check the BBS,

"HACKED By KavaLye TURKISH"

Posted by: joel on August 3, 2005 2:15 PM

Ops. It is bad news. I didn't have time to maintain it and I believe a lot of data got lost. I may need to pay to get the back up rolling back.

Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on August 3, 2005 11:31 PM

Hi,
I plan to go to Hangzhou by train from Shanghai. I will be staying in a hotel near the West Lake. Can you give more travels tips about Hangzhou like
1) Where can I get the train ticket in Shanghai?
2) Which train station should I depart from Shanghai and get off in Hangzhou? I realised there are so many train stations in the city?
3) And any good recommendation places for food and shopping?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks a lot.

Posted by: DC on June 10, 2006 4:38 PM

DC, you can buy ticket at the train station. There are many trains and many seats, so I never have a problem to buy tickets there, even no problem if I buy it at last minutes. (I mean those none rush hours) Rush hours may be Friday night, or Sunday night.

You need to go to the Shanghai South Station - you can get there by Metro. On Metro line #1, there are two stations: Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai South Railway Station. Use the one near Xinzhuang.

I always have hard time to recommend places for food and shopping. But for sightseeing, in Hangzhou, the number 1 rule is, stay near the West Lake, spend time on the West Lake, and the nearer the place to the West lake, the better.

Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on June 10, 2006 4:58 PM

May I know what is the easiest way to get from Hangzhou to Shanghai Pudong airport?

Posted by: Po on September 3, 2006 5:57 AM

I am planning travel in shanghai, then take a train from Shanghai to Hangzhou at Christmas time, any problem to get a train ticket?

Posted by: LL on September 12, 2006 11:40 AM

hello, im planning to go shanghai and hangzhou next december.. the only problem is that i couldnt speak chinese and i am a muslim. im only english literate. can i survive there especially with the food???

thank you

Posted by: aki on September 20, 2006 12:56 PM

Hi. If going to Hangzhou from Shanghai for vacation, is it a good idea to get a package tour? Or is Hangzhou easy to go around that we should just go ourselves? How much would a tour to Hangzhou (from Shanghai) usually cost?

Hope someone can help.

Thank you.

Posted by: Michael on May 17, 2008 1:13 PM
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