I'm back from my weekend trip to the three gorges! Time sure flies now that I think about it. I have officially spent four weeks in Wuhan, China. When I just arrived, I was still thinking how long it will be till I return to Singapore. But now, I'll be heading back to Singapore in a week's time! Super happy and excited :):) I can't wait to get back and see my dear family and friends. I miss all of them so much.
Back to my weekend trip..
To start off, I thought that we might be able to see the Three Gorges Dam for my own eyes instead of just looking at the 10 yuan note. However, we did not see any dam at all. We only saw mountains, hills, buildings, and lots of water. The amount of food on board was not enough for some of us including me. So Jovin and I ended up having instant noodles for lunch and dinner.
It was a tough ride getting there let me tell you. Firstly, we took almost 5 to 6 hours on the bus to reach the second largest city of Hubei, Yichang. All of us had muscle aches all over our body when we got down. However, we still had to transfer to another bus which ferries us to the port where our small cruise, 金太阳 (Golden Sun), awaits us. That took us about a rockety hour as the roads were not even. The reason why we had to change buses was because the three gorges dam area only allows their own city vehicles (meaning Yichang) to enter.
By the time we reached the cruise, it was 9 plus pm. The drastic amount of pressure decrease above my head caused me to feel disoriented and dizzy because of the really low ceiling. I was super scared I would hit my head, but I wasn't that tall to get my head hit. We had our dinner at a restaurant before we came on board but Jovin, Shan hui and I still felt hungry so we bought cup noodles from the small provision shop in the cruise to eat. The rooms were small but sufficient enough for us to make ourselves home for the next two days. However, the toilet was really small in our room. Just getting into the toilet was as if I was challenging an obstacle course. I went to use the toilet in Jovin's room to bathe on Saturday night as theirs was so much bigger. Another cause of headache (literally) was the floor. As the main structure was made out of metal, some parts of the metal would "bend" and come back with a loud and annoying noise. There was a particularly loud one right outside our door. Thus, anyone who walked past our door could be heard by us in the room. Also, the top deck is just right above us, so we can hear anyone who runs on the deck. You can imagine just how peaceful our sleep is..
Throughout the cruise, there are 4 places we could visit. 2 places were sponsored by the school while the other two had to be paid by ourselves if we wanted to go. As most of us didn't want to go, we spent the time studying or resting on the cruise. I decided to maximize time and wrote notes for my upcoming test on Thursday. Jovin and I went to the upper deck and sat under the sun and cool breeze to study. However, it started getting really hot as it neared noon so we scrambled down under the shade.
On Saturday afternoon, we got off 金太阳 and went to this place called 白帝城 (white emperor city). The structure and scenery around that area was really pretty. When we boarded the cruise again, we managed to catch the sunset! It was so pretty with the mountains and water to form the picturesque view.
I woke up at 5.30 am this morning by the music being broadcasted as a morning call. Our breakfast was very simple consisting of porridge, peanuts, salted vege and eggs! We were all sitting at the table when someone said they wanted to catch the sunrise, so we took out bowls and hard boiled eggs up to the deck and sat there to eat and wait for the sunrise. Unfortunately for us, the fog and tall mountains blocked our view to see the sunrise. We left the boat at around 7am and took a dragon boat to visit 九畹溪. There was a theater stage set up and we had to walk on a squishy floating walkway quite deep inside to climb up the steps built at the side of the mountain. It was there where all of us finally saw a glimpse of the sun! All of us headed back to 金太阳 and prepared to leave. We had a very nice lunch at a restaurant in a hotel on land before continuing our 5 hour plus journey back to Wuchang Polytechnic.
Even though the amenities on the cruise was not very good and not what I expected it to be, it was still better than nothing and it still provided the basic things like a bed, toilet, water and plug for charging electronic items. Wuhan also possess many beautiful places that holds magnificent and picturesque views and sceneries.
That basically concludes my whole weekend trip.
Rest well and sweet dreams!
Xoxo
Zayneeer
PS: I managed to finish my notes on Forensic Psychology during my weekend trip. That chapter is the longest and the most wordy chapter out of all the chapters. So, you can imagine how much time I had to actually finish writing everything. :)
My lunch at the restaurant
My dinner at the restaurant in a hotel.
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