hilary met me in HK for her spring break. it was incredible to see her!!!! especially as it was soon to be my birthday! zack, meist, and i did it so so right for the day... or week rather. champagne sipping, HK light show at the intercontinental, dancin' up some storms, massages, uber nice hotel room. i felt like a princess!!!!! after a week of HK life, meist and i took a flight to HANGZHOU to see some beautiful countryside and to get a little taste of the REAL china. we had a fabulous time riding bikes through the tea feilds and up into the mountains. HANGZHOU is famous for its WEST LAKE: a huge, beautiful lake. there are literally thousands of "west lakes" in china, but apparently this west lake is the namesake of all the others. sadly, hil had to leave a couple of days ago and i am on serious withdrawel. i met zack yesterday in SUZHOU to check out some ancient gardens here. im so ready to make it to beijing and eventually get out of this country (i am so sick of the food. i am existing on peanuts, apples and bananas... i feel like a fucking monkey), but i think i will stop over in XI'AN to see the terracotta warriors... we shall see, we shall see.
birthday morn at LIFE! a vegan cafe in hong kong's SOHO. we had a glorious vegan pan cake birthday breakfast. hil and i tried to make it a hat party... zack, however, didn't deliver
i was greeted at the restaurant by my favorite flowers (poppies) from zack
birthday night hil and i stayed in the lapp of luxury at the LAN KWAI FONG hotel in soho. we were on the 30th floor of this 33 floor tower in the "deluxe harbor view suite" !!!
city side view from the room!
champagne popping in a pink jumpsuit
meist got me an array of birthday cake slices!!!!! so so so yummy. best birthday i think so far.
post bday picnic in victoria park: sushi and fruit
at an exhibit at the HK library
getting lost in causeway bay...
we stumbled upon some rad graffiti
just milking some utters at stanley beach, no big deal
on our last day of HK hil and i ventured to the other side of the island to see repulse bay, stanley beach, and aberdeen. this was at a temple (cant remember the name) at repulse bay 
walking over the longevity bridge. supposedly this feat adds a whole 3 days to your life!
at a park surrounding west lake in HANGZHOU
biking through the hangzhou country side might be one of my most memorable days thus far. it was a gorgeous day, perfect weather. zack was horribly hung over/still drunk from the night before and provided much much amusement!
chatting with the tea picker ladies. zack actually snuck up on them crawling through the bushes and scared the shit out of them. hilarious.
hey pookie!
the real deal. fresh green tea hot off the bush
beauty
we biked up into the mountains and stopped at a little tea village to rest.
trying to make it to the sunset on west lake!!!
made it
rose tea, peanuts, and dried bamboo shoots ( i would not recommend the latter)
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