Day 11-13 (Yangtze River Cruise)
Day 11: Friday, 240910
Hello! I’m finally back from the 3D2N Yangtze River cruise. Let me update you guys on this trip! On Friday, 24 September, we set off for the cruise. The bus ride took around 4 hours and many of us took the opportunity to sleep on the bus :P We were told that the cruise boarding area is in another city, which is not part of Wuhan, hence the travelling time is longer. Have you ever imagine how big China is? From one city to another city, it takes 4 -6 hours. For Singapore, within 1-2 hours of bus ride, we would be able to reach the other end. That’s how big China is as compared to Singapore.
The bag provided for our Cruise trip.
Jasmin and I.
Yan Fang and Sarah.
Tour guide.
On the way there, we stopped at a restaurant in a hotel for dinner. At the entrance, we saw many buses and groups of tourists as well. To my surprise, we actually saw the ICT and FMS students from NP. They were also in Wuhan for Overseas Immersion Programme but departed on a different date as ours. All of us had dinner at the restaurant and it seems like the whole restaurant is for the NP students to have their reunion dinner. Haha!
The restaurant we went for lunch.
All of them are from NP!
Veggies.
Soup.
Colourful flags:)
Boarding the cruise.
After dinner, we proceeded on and finally reached the boarding area at around 6 plus in the evening. After we had received our keys, we went to have a look at the rooms. The room was quite small, designed for 2. Carol and I shared a roomJ But, we realized that the carpeted ground in our room was wet! Melissa’s room as well! So, we went to informed the person-in-charge and they cleaned it up. However, the worst thing about our room is that there are many mosquitoes on the ceiling! In the end, Dion suggested that we swop room with him and both Eddy and him carried out a mosquito’s warfare and cleared the mess. They found small cockroaches and bugs too! I guess we can’t expect much since the conditions for cruise is really suitable for mosquitoes to breed. I heard that the previous batches that went for the cruise had even worse living conditions. They even witnessed the presence of rats! Can you believe it? Luckily ours were better, not by much though. Haha!
Yan Fang and Sarah.
Carol and I. We are roommates for this cruise trip:)
TV.
Our room.
After settling down, all of us went around to explore the cruise. We went to the highest level, the 6th floor to enjoy the cool breeze and to take photos. We then explored the other levels and found out that the scenery from the 2nd floor wasn’t that bad either. It was closer to the front of the ship and the view was clearer. Some of us went there and sat on the ground. We even chatted while waiting for the ship lock. There were karaoke facilities on the cruise too! I love the temperature and the breeze! J
Yan Fang and I.
Yan Fang and Carol.
Yan Fang and Carol with their wide-eyed look! :P
Day 12: Saturday, 250910
The next day, we had our breakfast and visited several places. All the programmes for this cruise trip were mainly scheduled on this day. Before setting off to our destination, we went to the highest level and took some photos.
3 funny scenes (It looks like some scenes in a movie) :
Breakfast on the cruise.
Yan Fang and I.
Hidayah and Yan Fang.
Hidayah and I.
Yan Fang and Melissa.
Group photo.
Yan Fang, me and Jasmin.
Hidayah, me and Jasmin.
The mountain looks like a thumb!
Me.
Firstly, we visited the Wushan Goddess Creek. We were split into groups and took the boats to tour around the place. The scenery was magnificent and the breeze was cooling! Below are some photos.
Ticket for the Wushan Godess Creek
Those at the back are the boats.
Hidayah and Jasmin in life vests.
Me and Yan Fang.
Hana and Rani
Setting off.
Here's our tour guide.
We were lucky to have the chance to alight at the other end of the creek and have a walk along the bridge they built, as well as to take photos of the beautiful scenery! Most of the photos featured Yan Fang and I as her camera battery went flat, so we shared the camera :D
Kimberley.
Us.
Yan Fang.
Me.
Yan Fang.
Me.
Yan Fang.
Yan Fang.
I'm trying to grab the flag.
Yan Fang and I.
Holding the heavy rock.
After that, the tour guide recommended some of their local products such as tea leaves. I bought 2 packets, for both my grandmas. We were told that it has the effects of lowering blood cholesterol, burn fats etc. We then went back for lunch on the cruise and rested before departing for the next location. The next place we visited was called the 白帝城. We took many photos there and climbed 300+ steps. Although all of us felt tired, it was fulfilling and we had a great sense of accomplishment. We then went back and had our dinner on the cruise.
Lunch.
Cruise crossing under the bridge.
I saw this cruise when i was in the room. It looks far better than ours!
Tickets.
Carol and Dion.
Dion, Carol, Yan Fang, Jasmin and I.
Yan Fang and Jasmin.
I'm holding the flag.
Me.
Street lamp.
Yan Fang.
Me.
Me using Carol's Dslr. Photo taken by Yan Fang, i think:)
Close up view of the yellow flowers.
Me, Yan Fang, Jasmin, Carol and Dion.
Yan Fang trying to blow out cold air. Haha!:)
Dion and Carol.
Cindy, Jasmin, Yan Fang, Carol and I.
It's raining.
Wooden coffin and zombie Yan Fang. Haha! :D
$$$
Yan Fang and Sarah.
Yan Fang.
Me.
Jasmin.
Dinner we had on the cruise.
Day 13: Sunday, 260910
It was the last day on cruise. We had breakfast at 6.30am and alighted at 7am. For today, we visited a sight-seeing area to view the dams.
Entrance.
Signboard. Spot the mistakes! :)
Morning dew.
Look at the 3rd point, Waiking stick!
1st point, Left luggage!
Ticket.
Flowers.
Garden.
Yan Fang.
Me.
Jasmin.
Fountain.
Hana, Yan Fang and Jasmin. Look at what Yan Fang is doing! Haha!:D
Jump shot (failed)
Jump shot! succeeded after the second try :D
Gigantic Book.
Signboard.
Yan Fang.
Me.
Sarah trying out the bookmark pose.
Sarah! :)
Choo choo train~!
Yan Fang.
Me.
Cindy, Hidayah and Jasmin.
Yan Fang.
Jasmin and Yan Fang.
Carol and Dion.
Flowers.
Screwdriver.
Gigantic Tractor.
Yan Fang.
Leaves.
Love this photo! :)
Jasmin and her funny expression! :)
These bushes have such weird hairstyles!
Exit.
HFC. Shouldn't it be KFC? :P
After that, we returned to the coach which brought us to a restaurant for lunch. We finally headed back to Wuhan after that. The bus ride was really long and many of us spent the time sleeping on the bus. It was delayed as there was an accident on their expressway, which caused a heavy traffic jam. At last, we finally arrived at our dorms! We missed the place very much, especially the food nearby, the aircon and the internet connection!
We had lunch at this hotel.
Lunch.
Jasmin:)
Jasmin wrote this when i was asleep. Hehe! :)
There was a traffic jam when we are on the way back to the hostel. This caused a delay of about 30min. Look at how impatient the China drivers were.
Sea of cabbage.
This truck overturned! It was the cause of the traffic jam.
Group photo i bought for 20 yuan.
Reflection: I realized that the Chinese locals love smoking. Wherever we go, we would meet smokers. They are really inconsiderate! They would smoke as and when they want, even in air-conditioned places such as shopping malls, tourist attractions and airport. It seems to be hard to avoid meeting these smokers. I also think that the locals are impatient. For instance, as mentioned above, we came across an incident today, regarding a traffic jam. The people were so impatient that they would leave their vehicles and climb on to the railings to have a look on what exactly has happened. This is definitely not seen in Singapore and we should be glad of that.
That’s all for the updates on the Cruise! Seeya soon! :D
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