September 12, 2009

Day 12 - City Tour (East Lake, Hubei Museum, Yellow Crane Tower)

Gathered at 7.15am and boarded to bus to our first destination - East Lake. The surroundings give me a feeling that I am in Chinese Garden in Singapore. The bridges as well as the tower(photo above) which somehow resembles the pagoda in Chinese Garden too. We saw this old man playing tennis there, where the ball is attached to a string so that it will rebound on its own in the air. We are so fascinated by that.

Next, went to the Hubei Museum. There are lots of artifacts there, all the ancient coffins, bowls and weaponry which the ancient people use. Even though I am not very into such stuffs, but it is still a good exposure for me.

Left for lunch at a street hawker near the Yellow Crane Tower. They have all the delicacies of Wuhan, but of course we do not have so much time to try them all. I had a soup and some dumplings, filling enough as the soup is really a lot.

Yellow Crane tower, here we come! We were told of stories behind this tower, which is somehow interesting. The only nice thing about this place is the overview of some of the Wuhan states when we are up to the top of the tower.

That marks the end of our city tour today, there's more tomorrow!

Reflections
At the street hawker, I noticed something about a neighbouring table. There were 2 empty seats while someone is waiting for his friend. Then, 2 locals came and just sat down even though the friend told them that it was reserved and will only move when the other friends come. Eventually, the friend left for another table. I think, maybe that's just their culture unlike back in our country where we will just find other alternatives and not cause any inconveniences.