Thousand Island (Qiandao) Lake

This area which is a couple of hours from Hangzhou, has some of the most amazing scenery in China.  The Valley was flooded in 1959 to make way for a Dam project, thus creating the man made lake with tiny islands all around.  There is an underwater ancient city that was buried in there that you can take diving expeditions to.  The weather when I went was not exactly the best as it was rainy and cloudy, but the area offered some magnificent scenery and fresh air.  This is definitely a place that I will head back to when the weather is good as some of the lookout points are beautiful.

I had a chance to return a little over a month later to 1000 Island lake in hopes for better photos and better weather.  Seems like it all remained the same….