Friday, June 24, 2011

25th Day in Wuhan

Other EPs were planning to go to the Hubei Provincial Museum before 1pm today. I woke up at 10am, get ready for everything and they all only ready after 1.30pm. By the time we finish our lunch, its already 2.30pm and we will not make it to the museum in time as no entries are allowed after 3.30pm. One hour is a long time to get there, however with the traffic condition in Wuhan, who knows what will happen. I'm not going all the way there late and not being able to enter the museum. Therefore we decided to go to Optics Valley to shop. The weather was freaking hot, similar to in Malaysia and I really hope that the mall would be air-conditioned..

Upon arrival, the mall is an open-air concept and most of the shops has no air-condition. The entire building was warm and it is unbearable. I wonder how people can shop under this kind of temperature. The girls were indecisive, wanting to go here and there but just stand there and keep discussing. I mean come on, its a shopping mall, you suppose to shop and walk around, not debating where to go, whether to split up or not. End up, me and Rosebud and James(UK) walk on ourselves. We accidentally venture into a lane where all the shops sell anime stuff. One shop sells ready made cosplay costumes and another shop selling The Sword of Elendil (280yuan) and Frostmourne (1200yuan) ONLY!!! I so wish i could bring it back but think again, it doesn't serve any purpose having that at home just for display. 

The return home journey was quite some thing. We waited half an hour for the bus and no bus came. Eventually it rains and i have to wait under the rain to see if the bus is coming. Finally, we couldn't wait any longer so we went to take a taxi but when we wanted to stop the taxi, 2 buses came and we ran to the bus instead. The bus was terrible, having people squeezed inside despite there's no room left. I almost suffocate in the bus and the people smells terribly. I hate the buses in Wuhan!! So many people and always not enough bus. Skipped dinner tonight because its raining and i don't want to get all dirty again after bath.