The bus clock spoil -.-“
You heard of roadside stalls… how about on the road salesmen?
Their gates :O
Our tour guide, Ms Lei!
Took a 2 hours bus ride over to East Lake, where we had a short walk! This place is quite beautiful too haha large bodies of water, trees of green and the gentle wind… SHIOK! Haha xD
East Lake!
Bins… and it seems quite rare for quite a few places I found in Wuhan
Natural energy source: wind and sunlight!
Map of the East Lake
It’s so algae infested, I thought it was ground =.=
Eshlyn!
Boats for hired!
Fishing!
An old man playing tennis with himself :O
Good exercise!
Feel the nature
Bridges!
Statue of Qu Yuan, who lived in Hubei during his exile!
Glass crafter selling his works!
A tower, its insides and the views!
And I’m seriously getting used to this kind of toilets already…
The pungent smell, the absence of water to clean yourself… 3 cheers to wet tissue! Haha :D
We then headed over to the Wuhan Provincial Museum! It’s divided into 3 portions… the oldest building here currently holds the artifacts from the Three Kingdoms Age, and requires a payment fee to enter! So we aren’t going in there =( instead, we got the other 2 buildings to visit!
The museum!
First, we went to the building that holds the artifacts from the Yue and Wu Kingdoms. It was supposed to hold the sword of Guo Jian, King of Yue… but apparently it was out on another exhibit =/ toured around this building, and headed over to the next
The weapon of the Kings of Yue and Wu! Rather, replicas
Models of their buildings!
Weapons!
The exhibit of Marquis Yi of Zeng!
Okay, for a short intro, this exhibit is about a high ranking official’s tomb. He was buried together with soldiers, girls, weapons and musical instruments!
We are allowed to have a trial of the instruments… in the form of keyboards! Each key coo responds to a different way of striking a different bell!
Yes I’m obsessed with toilets… and THIS IS THE BEST TOILET I HAVE FOUND SO FAR!
At least, the ‘special’ corner is white :P
But I more or less gave up on following the tour guide and went for my own tour. The tour guide brings us to war artifacts, which is so repetitive… =.= instead, I found pottery and paintings on the second floor! Now that’s what I’m looking for!
Souvenir shop!
Entrance to the porcelain section!
Awesome cups… each cup has a poem inscribed on it to represent the different months, a total of 12 cups for the 12 months!
The art and literature scrolls!
Went over to a snack street after that! They got special cash cards to use there! I got Zha Jiang noodles here too… and conclude that Canteen 2’s is still better… LOL! Also had Tang Bao and slush!
The entrance!
The card!
The insides!
Zha Jiang Mian!
Tang Bao!
Went back, and headed over to the Yellow Crane Tower, the only AAAAA tourist spot in the whole of Wuhan! It didn’t exactly look like anything special to me though… and it’s a modern tower too, equipped with a lift – for use with just 2 Yuan! Third floor has a souvenir shop, which sells interesting things such as medallions and fans, and you can personalize them!
From a distance…
Rows of souvenirs shop!
Ticketing booth!
The ticket!
The first gate…
The long long way we had to go through before reaching the tower!
Went back to the hostel after that!
Day 13! Assembled at 8.30 and took a bus over to Hankou!
The bridge
Big poster of a black American??
Meeting point!
Toilet… and I’m really getting used to it
Dr. Tan says it’s a cyclohexane filled wall =.=
Kite shop!
Chang Jiang!
Super long kite…
Brief introductions first! Wuhan is split into 3 sections: Wu Chang, where Optics Valley and WUST is, Hanyang, which is south of the next, Hankou! Hanyang is named as such as they have a saying that yang is south of a mountain, and north of a river, which in this case is the Han River and Tortoise hill! But of course, the Han River now flows north to Hanyang as it has changed its course!
Basically, we went to Hankou just to shop! Walked round and round that area, and suffered greatly as I was with the girls, whom spent quite awhile in clothes, makeup and accessories shops! I bought two pairs of shoes… one for me, one for Jehanne!
Bank of New York
China flag again~
Interesting way to stop vehicles from going through!
The start of the long long shopping street!
The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classics
Power stations
Another Grand Ocean?
Power cables for the electric trams!
I miss Singapore fast-food restaurants…
Siti getting her wedding gifts!
Walked a very very long way back to the bus drop off area, and took a bus back to the hostel!
Classes again tomorrow… another morning class!
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I seriously think that they should stop setting up souvenir shops around the landmarks… It actually ruins my mood to continue sightseeing
And it also makes me itch… Nonetheless! Controlling of my expenditure is part of my plans here… No excessive spending till the last week!
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