Wuhan Favorites

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Favorite thing: The Pedestrian Street or JiangHanLu is what the locals like most when I asked “ where to go for a walk…? ”. The location is roughly 50 meters near to the main street of Jiefang DaDao (get off at city bus stop XunLiMen) and is also near to Nanjing Road. JiangHanLu is also directly connected to the river side road where the old western colonial buildings are, river view of course. This area is best for photography, people watching, meet foreigner friends and perhaps good for a McDonald’s, KFC and WIFI access at a coffee place. Besides, you can also see quite numbers of disabled beggars around this area.

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Favorite thing: The Changchunguan Taoist Temple is not a UNESCO 5-star attraction but I think is still nice (honest) to be here because I can temporary hide away from the crazy big city pressures and the hopeless traffic of smokes and honks. The temple is not big either, 20 minutes of walk are more than enough, after all do not expect too much from this temple. What is good about this temple is it provides a serene atmosphere for relaxation, cool down modes, toilet, photography and also a big shades for all while waiting for the bus. Furthermore next to the temple, is a public garden with many plants and big trees and also wooden benches for sitting, sleeping and people watching.

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Favorite thing: The street along the Bus station (south bound) has a scene that look like this (photo). What you see here are individual street traders selling mostly artificial guns (the guns look quite like real) and I supposed it can be used for multiple purposes. Further down the street, roughly 400 meters of distance from the bus station (south bound), is where the tourist attraction Changchunguan Taoist Temple located. This entire area is so dense and crowded with both sides of the road stood the high rise residentials both low cost and mid, shops and also many activities like old folks sitting with kids running around, men playing chess on the floor, etc. I spent half an hour here inside a tiny hut-like sallon behind an alley, for hair washing, it cost 10 Yuan only, an experience I never had before, the lady was quite old and still makes a living on her own.

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Favorite thing: Thousands and thousands of tourists are visiting the Yellow Crane Tower each day, I recalled that the last time I saw that many tourists was at the mountain top of Huangshan (the UNESCO Yellow Mountain of AnHui Province). That moment I arrived by taxi I saw at least 20 big buses fully loaded with passengers, the buses parked at the roadside, nearest to the entrance, and I saw a sea of visitors...

I only discovered at the very last minute that the Yellow Crane Tower is actually located at the city center with multiple highways running next to it, which also means the structure itself is completely surrounded by modern flyovers, highways and buildings, the rest are peoples that look like ants from far.

There are many hotels that you can stay around here, with less than 20 minutes of walk to see the Yellow Crane Tower.

Favorite thing: Jiefang Gongyuan was a very nice surprise. I had not much to do but I wanted to escape from the busy city. So I decided to go to Jiefang Park. First I was a little bit disappointed, the Zhongshan Park seemed to be more interesting. I couldnt understand it because compared to the Zhongshan I had to pay to enter this park.

In the Jiefang park was also an amusement park but from the distance I could see a pagoda. More intersting for me....

Favorite thing: Yangzi River or Chang Jiang (Long River) is the longest river of China as most of the people already know. And of course I wanted to be there since I started my China trips. That river has its very beautiful places, in Wuhan you wont find such places. (Maybe I am wrong, so, if you know some beautiful places, please tell me).
In the background you can see the "New Chang Jiang Brigde", or as many local people said: "Bridge No. 2"

Favorite thing: Or Zhongshan Gongyuan. Thats not difficult to pronounce and even the taxi driver could understand my terrible Chinese.
This park is not much different to other chinese parks but I liked to go there very much. Wuhan is a very busy city so I needed to relax from time to time.
In that park you have a amusement park and almost no chance to do your own stuff. Like me, I just wanted to take photos or to read a little bit. Once I even was asked to sing (Karaoke).

Favorite thing: Stop and experience the regenerative energy at Lianhuashan Well-Being Retreat. Take a Energy balancing therapy or learn Kang Fu Dance, a method to gain and maintain good health in Body, Mind & Spirit.

Fondest memory: Making friends was the best part of my trip. Most people that would attempt to bridge the language barrier were kind, helpful and curious. A man seeing me taking pictures wanted me to take one of him with me. As I left he motioned me to get on his motorcycle and I got a ride to where I had been walking to. Children are very friendly and enjoy saying 'Hello' and practicing the odd custom of shaking hands.