Day 2. July 4. Friday. Lakes

Lakes

Our hotel 湖泉酒店 was located inside a park named 湖泉生态园, which I decided to explore more today. I checked out after the breakfast, had my luggage stored for free at the hotel, and walked around the park. There were lots of lakes, lots of trees. It was really pleasant to walk in the tree shades, watch water fowls, and enjoy the beautiful scenery. 






Hotel

I then took Didi to my second hotel 荟语酒店. This one was cheaper than the first one (400 vs 600). This hotel was nice, but I struggled with their WiFi. Their public WiFi required Chinese cell phone numbers for text verification; their room-based WiFi reset everyday. The front desk people used their phone to help connect my cell phone to the public WiFi and one employee went to my room to set up my room WiFi using some hotspot system from the smart-TV. The room WiFi worked for one day, the next day it reset and nothing worked. Since it was the weekend, I did not need to work, so I just decided to not connect my computers to WiFi.

Relax in the afternoon

Within walking distance, there was a grocery store 海伦超市. I bought a 2L can of beer because the package had a really cute cool-looking cat. My room had a fridge, perfect for beer. I also ordered some lychee and cut dragon fruits from Meituan to be delivered to my room. 

My room had a private hot spring pool. I soaked in the hot water, ate fruits, drank beer, listened to audio books. A very relaxing afternoon. 

Maybe I had too much food at breakfast, I was not hungry the whole day. I fell asleep early at 6pm.



Spending

  • Didi ride from first hotel 湖泉酒店 to second hotel 荟语酒店: 6.6 RMB
  • Fruit delivery using the Meituan app: 12.69 RMB
  • 2L beer from grocery store: 19.80 RMB
  • Hotel: 温泉荟语酒店, 7/4-7/6, 2 nights, double-bed room with private pool: 922 RMB



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