Going to Hefang Street 河坊街

Entering Hefang Street 河坊街

Entering Hefang Street 河坊街

My friends have decided to call it a day, after being pestered by touts the whole afternoon, we took our taxi back to Hangzhou City, actually near the West Lake area where our hostel was. I wasn’t sure where the hostel was but we were staying in a different place from where I stayed the previous year. Our taxi driver dropped us at the mouth of one of Hangzhou City’s liveliest streets Hefang Street 河坊街. One end of the street starts with two rows of hawkers selling all sorts of stuff.

London?  No, This is Hangzhou 杭州

London? No, This is Hangzhou 杭州

My friend who is a shopaholic couldn’t resist to see what was on sale suddenly came to life and started moving from one stall to the other. There were certainly a lot of interesting stuff from this part of the street. I’d like to think of this part as the more informal portion of Hefang Street. There is a more organized one further up the street. This part of Hangzhou, I was already familiar with as I somehow wandered into this part of the city by accident.

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