Blogs from Wuhan, Hubei, China, Asia - page 32

Today we headed back to the provincial office. On the way, each family in the group compared notes on how the day and night went. The ride to the office seemed to take forever - traffic in Wuhan has gotten much worse since we were here three years ago when we got Sophia. And Isabella had fooled everyone by being the quiet cute baby on the first day. Today, she proved that she could be noisy as the other girls. She was tired, hungry and very fussy the entire time on the bus and she made sure that the whole bus could hear her and more. At one point, we even had to take her to the back of the bus to change her diaper only to find out that wasn’t the reason she was ... read more

Easter Sunday, yes, yes, it's Easter. This morning I had a pretty nice time reflecting on Easter, reading, and had a nice conversation; however, the rest of the day was, well, less than desirable (some of it was quite nice). I went to lunch with Ms. Jenny (Australian lady who also teaches at my unversity), Ben (British guy who also teaches at my university), and Ms. Jenny's friend Joy (Australian). We went to a really nice restaurant, and the food was really good! I ate some kind of strange bug thing that made me feel adventurous and not so bad about eating western foods like salmon and cake. I always enjoy spending time with Ms. Jenny and Ben so that was nice, but they're still not the same as my old friends--it's like there is this ... read more

Hi again all... Well After a long train ride I made it to Wuhan...While I was on the train I met a nice Chinese girl name Pei Pei... She was in Shanghai for business and was now returning back to Wuhan where she lives... When we got off the train she helped me find a hotel close to the train station... And after that she even helped me find a place to get my laundry done... She helped me do all this before she went home... I must say that she was a inspiration... And what a kind person... She even offered to show me around Wuhan the next day and I accepted... After Pei Pei left to go home I went to look around the city... Now, I don't think that Wuhan is an impressive ... read more

Day 185, 2nd December Xianhondian - Hekou - Huangpi Woke up to more fireworks courtesy of Rory! After we’d packed up the tents and proud that we’d gone un-noticed, we set off on our bikes for another days cycling through “picture-book” China. There were chickens and pigs running about everywhere and those strange looking oxen with the shiny black horns in the fields. My guts were still really bad and I had to stop to produce liquid-gold regularly! The types of vegetation was changing as rapidly as my guts too; few palms were now appearing and many tropical-looking wax-leaved plants dotted the hedgerows. In the small town of Hekou Rory discovered the biggest and the best fireworks ever in a small shop. One spiral of bangers the size of a wheel boasted ten-thousand explosions, and mega-bangers ... read more

The bus took 5 hours to get to Wuhan from Yichang, 1 hour of it spent crawling through Wuhan traffic. When we arrived, no taxis would take us to Wuhan Pathfinder Hostel; eventually a woman in a private car who was hanging around the taxi rank took us for 20Y, which is way too much for the length of journey. She didn't know where it was and we had a badly printed map from the internet. We took a wrong turn and she seemed to be getting exasperated. Bet she was wishing she'd charged 30Y! We knew it was somewhere near an art gallery and had the Chinese words for 'Beijing National Art Gallery' in the text of our Rough Guide. She sussed what we were trying to convey and got us to where we needed ... read more