Woke up to a particularly hot day today - 38 degrees + 85% humidity. Lovely... . Had a just-so-so complimentary breakfast (don't ask...) and went out to explore two free museums - the tea museum and the silk museum. While the silk museum was just ok, the tea museum was truly nice, with a nice collection of exhibits plus a personal tea-making ceremony, which was awesome. :) After a short break at the hotel, we started walking the banks of the beautiful West Lake. ...

12:30 update. Last half lazy day in Shanghai, getting ready to board a train to beautiful Hangzhou. Due to our Shanghai hotel mistake, we were given a complimentary limo ride to the train station... . Yay!!! Shanghai was great, much more than Beijing. More to come later. :) 1:15 night update. Arrived at hangzhou early this evening, after a rather pleasant train ride (less than 90 minutes from Shanghai to Hangzou), only to realize it's 38 degrees here with 90% hum...