We gathered at the Airport at 0530 hrs. Looking at the faces of those I’m going to spend 6 weeks was filled with tiredness. Nevertheless, excitement fills our spirit as we get ready to embark on a trip which we have never experienced before.
The aura of suspense & excitement can be sensed as we get ready to board the plane to Guang Zhou, CZ352.
On the plane, sadly, we didn’t see what was expected of an international non-budget airline. Service was great! A smile can always be seen on the stewardess face. However, the facilities were terrible. Packed like sardines, we endured the long and torturous flight to Guang Zhou which took a painstaking 3 hours.
Upon arrival on Guang Zhou, it was truly an eye opener. Domestic flight terminals are just like any other bus terminals in Singapore. Just that, it requires our bag to be checked for security purposes. We were able to leave the airport, but weren’t able to leave too far as we were afraid to lose our way and miss our transit plane. Stepping out of the Airport, the temperature of Guang Zhou is 11 degrees. Unable to adapt to the change in temperature, of a hot 30 degrees back in Singapore, I caught terrible flu. My friends, being caring people, decided that we should move into the airport so that my flu won’t worsen. We boarded the plane after that.
Arriving at Wuhan was god sent, just calculating the amount of time we had to spend on a sub-standard facilitated airline. As we step out of the Airport (was raining at that time) it was a cold 6 degrees. All of us were just shivering and folding their arms to generate more heat. The bus was roughly 600m away from where we are. Finally! We get to walk on Wuhan ground. Bearing the cold, worse with the wind, we walked to the bus.
We took the hired bus to our hostel, located in Wuhan Institute of Technology, with an estimated 1 hour to get there. Along the way, I was surprise that China was improving and developing faster than I thought. Roads were well constructed and maintained. Highways were lighted up by over head lamps which were modernly constructed.
Upon arrival at Wuhan Institute of Technology, we proceed to our assigned rooms. We were all delighted and happy to see that our rooms were well equipped and clean. The house is cosy! However, it was late, therefore we couldn’t go out to look around as it was dark and cold, the people there made dinner for us which we brought back to our rooms.
I realised that locals are very skilful in cooking fish. The fish was simply delicious, although very bony. The dinner was sumptuous.
As we spent the entire day travelling, we decided to turn in earlier and tackle the morning, filled with surprises, with energy!
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