Chao News client reporter Nguyen Si Nei.
I can't finish rowing, I can't stop at all! ”
Since Chinese New Year's Eve, Hangzhou has been continuously sunny. The West Lake is crowded with people, and the number of visitors on the second day of the Lunar New Year alone exceeded 710,000. As an excellent way to enjoy the West Lake, the cruise ship is also continuously popular, and the queue is hundreds of meters at every turn, and you can't see the end at a glance.
Tourists waiting for the boat by the West Lake. Photo by Nguyen Sinei.
Boat boats, sightseeing cars, and hand-rowing boats are popular
February 13, the fourth day of the first lunar month. At less than ten o'clock in the morning, I came out of the Longxiangqiao subway station and headed for the West Lake, and Wu Yang was full of people.
The sightseeing bus pick-up point near the West Lake ** fountain is surrounded by a large circle of tourists.
Sightseeing buses are very popular. Photo by Nguyen Sinei.
Don't worry, stay in the middle, and stay safe. As soon as the security guard's voice fell, as soon as the sightseeing car stopped, the car, which could accommodate nearly 20 people, was quickly "stuffed" by tourists.
I didn't have time to sigh at the "hard to find" sightseeing car, and the team of painted boats at the pier of Lakeside No. 2 Park next to it was already lined up to the hand-rowing boat.
According to the staff, the two park wharves mainly have painting boats that come and go to the three pools and the moon, as well as sightseeing boats around the lake; **70 yuan per person and 50 yuan per person.
A boat full of tourists. Photo by Nguyen Sinei.
Here is the 70 yuan team on the island, please don't make a mistake. "Due to the need to buy tickets in advance to get on the boat, and the queue for the boat is very long, the staff has to shuttle back and forth between the queues, repeatedly reminding tourists to buy tickets in advance and not to line up in the wrong line, so as not to delay time.
The queue started at 10 o'clock in the morning, and now it's almost 1 hour, you have to sit and hurry to the back of the queue, and there are more people later. A tourist at the front of the line for a hand-rowing boat said.
A boat full of tourists. Photo by Nguyen Sinei.
There are three staff members on the boat who are responsible for guiding and maintaining order, and near noon, the line is more than 100 meters long, very close to Jixian Pavilion.
There are too many people, look at this posture and start in 2 hours. "Many tourists were going to try hand rowing, but when they saw the long line, they had no choice but to give up.
We are local to Hangzhou, and we feel the lively atmosphere during the Chinese New Year. I won't experience the cruise, so let's give it to tourists from other places. Aunt Luo and her family said.
Orderly, long and good attitude
At the dock of Lakeside No. 2 Park, "one boat departs and one boat returns", which is almost seamless. It takes about 5 minutes for a boat to fill up with tourists, and each one is "full" and orderly. In the ticket gate area, everyone asks me a word, and the staff will answer patiently.
Busy" West Lake. Photo by Nguyen Sinei.
The queue for the tour around the lake has already lined up at the hand rowing dock, and it takes half an hour to take a boat tour, and you have to queue for 1 hour to get on the boat. The staff said to the tourists.
Mr. Hu's family, who came from Jiangxi, talked and laughed after coming down from the hand-rowing boat: "We scan the code on WeChat to place an order, 150 yuan for 1 hour." The master boatman will also tell us a lot of stories about the West Lake, and his attitude is also very good. Mr. Hu said that if you want to get the best of the day, you can do it, as long as you have enough time.
Mr. Hu's family just arrived in Hangzhou last night and plan to visit for 3 days. Today I took a hand rowing boat and was ready to taste some local dishes, "It's a good start." ”
The West Lake is crowded with people. Photo by Nguyen Sinei.
We only rowed for 40 minutes, which was requested by ourselves," Xiao Wang, a native of Hangzhou, specially brought his girlfriend and his family to the West Lake to take a boat during the Chinese New Year. Xiao Wang said that he had only taken a big boat before, and it was the first time to experience hand rowing, although the time was short, but the experience was still good, and the scenery was great.
The boatmen were so busy that they couldn't stop, and as soon as one wave of tourists landed, another wave slid into their seats.
A boatman told reporters that although it is now the peak tourist season of the Spring Festival, there are many tourists on the boat, but their service can not be discounted.
In addition to boating, we will also tell the stories and history of the North and South Peaks, Leifeng Pagoda and other points to tourists. ”
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