Emerald Hostel - Hangzhou, China

Comment by Tsering Wangyal, Singaporean

December 2008

Had a fantastic stay here!
My wife, my ten-month old daughter, and I had a wonderful stay at the Emerald Hostel. We stayed here for four nights here and thoroughly enjoyed the peace, quiet, and zen feeling that we experienced here. It is so near to the West Lake and all the nice places you want to go and yet so peaceful and quiet. Unbelievable with the tea gardens just a few metres away. Our room was spacious, clean, and the electric bed warmer was superb idea. They even gave us free laundry, breakfast, helped us book cheap flights to our next destination, and even got our taxi with negotiated good price to the airport for us. John and Jinn were very friendly, helpful, and kind. We had a lot of fun talking to them and sharing our experiences. Our stay at the Emerald Hostel and visit to Hangzhou was the highlight of our twenty-days trip in China although we did visit many other great places like Shanghai, Putuoshan, Suzhou, Guilin, Yangshou, Hong Kong (including Disneyland and shopping), and Macau. We will definitely go back to Hangzhou in summer and surely stay at the Emerald Hostel again. We learnt from John that this hostel is a new business they have just started, we wish to wish John, Jinn, their partner, and the two wonderfully friendly dogs all the best! Keep up the good work!