Wudang Mountain

Hello!! I’m back from my Wudang Mountain trip. 

It sure wasn’t easy but neither was it very tough in my opinion. First of all, it was really very cold up there especially on the second day. I was freezing and my teeth were chattering. But thank goodness I brought along my down jacket and my thick gloves that are able to keep me warm. Secondly, there are lots of steps. You may think that going up steps is easy but it sure isn’t. The steps aren’t even and are never-ending. The Chinese here really seem to love steps a lot. Thirdly, information was not given correctly. I was told it was going to be a three or four hours climb or a one hour cable car ride to the top of Wudang Mountain. However, it is in fact only a 6 minute cable car ride which stops at a point and we all have to climb treacherous steps to the peak.

FIRST DAY

It didn’t start off very well for me in the morning. I didn’t take the bread we bought meant for our breakfast. I also locked my room keys in my room. As we were rushing for time, I could only have it back after we come back from the trip. We set off past 7.30am and only reached our destination at 1.45pm. I had lunch at a restaurant before we entered. The food was fine, with a lot of vegetables that I was in desperate need of. Thereafter, we went in and took a shuttle bus to “Prince Slope”. The local guide then told us that Wudang Mountain is the filming site for the television series “New Journey to the West” and the movie “Karate Kid”. All of us followed her and climb up the steps till we reached the Prince Slope Temple. High red walls on both sides of the steps are built in a zig-zag manner which made the surroundings so cool and interesting. We toured around the area before going back down to visit another scenic spot: Purple Cloud Palace. As the scenic spots do not allow tourists to enter the premises after 5.30pm, we ended our tour for the first day. We checked in into a small hotel situated at the halfway point of the mountain. The amenities in the room were really good. The bed was very comfy as well. Dinner was the same few dishes we had for lunch earlier that day and we all headed back to our hotel rooms to rest.

xoxo

Zayneeer