Whiz down to Hangzhou on the high-speed train in a short time, you can walk or take a cruise dawdling around willow-fringed West Lake, on of the nation's top sights. The most famous city lake in China, it's vast, placid and beautiful in equal measure. With its pagoda-capped hills to the north, picturesque causeways and lakeside gardens and parks. You may also have a chance to photograph spectacular photos across the water to the setting sun.