Taking a nap (Taken with instagram)

An exhibit of various waterways found around the world…among them…the Venetian hotel?

As an educational tool, this museum had a variation of… wack-a-mole!

They weren’t really trying to show these animals in their natural habitats either - but was a good display of the different types of wildlife I guess

I think that the taxidermists that were hired to put together this particular exhibit need more training. I’m pretty sure that these lions didn’t look like that when they were alive.

This is the national wetlands musem - unfortunately the cool looking pod on top wasn’t opened yet and it was quite a walk from where I went into the park, but had some interesting exhibits.

Outside the museum they are working on what looks like some cleanup or demolition.  Actually, when I saw this, all I could think of was an old episode of Dirty Jobs

The wetlands are continually being developed into a preserve and park, with several phases completed already.  Most of the paths seem to be cobbled together from random stones, but here is one of the nicer paths.

Over the years, the Xixi wetlands were inhabited by people, and some were quite well off.  Here is one rich guy’s house.   

The Hangzhou Xixi wetlands - the giant orange thing is for the persimmon festival they were having

Hangzhou is really turning into a more commercial city with money, as evidenced by this Aston Martin dealership.

This was an international area on the side of the lake, xihutiandi - that also had a bunch of restaurants and some bars.  

The other side of the lake at night is adorned with nice walkways

The leifung pagoda at night, lit up

View of the lake from the top of the pagoda