Going to Lingyin Temple 灵隐寺

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.

Our destination was the Lingyin Temple 灵隐寺, I have never properly explored Hangzhou so this would be the first time I would visit it. The Lingyin Temple was the furthest one from town so we will be working our way back. Note that there are a few tourist bus lines so make sure you know where you are going. The tourist bus had wooden interiors and it wasn’t exactly very comfortable. It reminded me of those tourist buses that ply the streets of Singapore which pretend to be a tram. We passed through the city including some construction work for their brand new metro which will be done in a few years time. It would take us a while to get to the temple so it would just take it slow for now.

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