Tourist Bus at Hangzhou 杭州

Outside the train station of Hangzhou was some sort of bus station. A lot of city buses pass through this station but we were on the lookout for the tourist bus which will take us to our destination. It was actually not very user friendly here and they could really need to fix this place up. For a major tourist destination it is quite a mess. The signs were hard to find and we ended up having to ask people where the tourist bus was. Adding to the confusion were the numerous touts in the vicinity. The moment you step out of the train station, we were beseiged by numerous touts. Initially flustered by the touts, my friends finally heeded my advice. Simply speak English or pretend they don’t exist.
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