Purple Bamboo Park

Last week there was a very clear afternoon without much pollution, so we decided to go to the zoo. One of the teachers wanted to stop by a park nearby to check out some geocaches, so we went there first, intending to go to the zoo later on. We were so enraptured by the park that we never actually made it to the zoo! The park is called the Purple Bamboo Park and is fairly small, and from the outside looks unimpressive, but once you step through the gates, the bustle of the entire city is left behind, and you are surrounded by bamboo forests as you make your way to the lotus filled lakes that take up the central portion of the park.

We had a wonderful time exploring, and went back this week with the rest of our group to visit. We spent the highly exorbitant fee of 10 yuan ($1.50) to go for a boat ride around the lake through the lotuses. After spending an afternoon there, it was almost a shock to reemerge to the traffic and noise of the city!