Hangzhou - Bamboo Forest

"I always come here," Joy says. Although it's not convenient, whenever she's in Shanghai she likes to take the two hour car ride to get here. She says she likes the peace and tranquility, "when you want to think about something."

In the background there's the constant sound of the stream tickling down little waterfalls, and sometimes birds calling.

Most places we went were crowded with Chinese people on their New Years holiday, but as we hiked through the bamboo forest we had it pretty much to ourselves.