Day 33: LAST DAY, LAST BUS, LASTING IMPRESSION

The last day to shop, so I went out together with Houngsheng, Yuchuan, Haoteng, Zhenzhao, Eliza, Sheila, Joanna, Diyanah, Jiali and 3 local students, YangTao, XiaoGang, and ZhengNa. Our first stop was to a food street, Pu Bu Xiang, for lunch first, before crossing the YangTze river by boat to shop.Inside the foodstreet, which we came at night before, was a vastly different scene from our previous visit! All the stores were open and there were lots and lots of food to buy and eat. However, our main motive for coming here today was to eat the TangBao before we go back home tomorrow! So after buying some snacks, we departed and went straight up the street and into the shop for some TangBaos.

After lunch, we headed back to the main shopping belt of JiangHan Street, where everyone went wild with their money, for real, but just not for me. I also finally bought a tote bag for my sister/mother, depending who likes it better. Haha. While having dinner, I took the chance to pass all our membership cards and other discount vouchers to YangTao, who has been with us most of the time.quite impressive/shocking huh?

After shopping and dinner, our large group, which had joined up with Michelle and Nicholas, tried to flag taxis or illegal taxis to try and reach our hostel early. After more than an hour, most of them managed to get one, except three people. Nicholas, Houng Sheng, and I. We walked up and down the street, trying to board a bus, or flag a taxi, or find an illegal taxi. But luck was simply not on our side, as none of the taxis wanted to cross the river to reach our hostel, and we couldn't find any available illegal taxis, and worst of all, we missed the last bus unknowingly.Luckily we managed to reach Yuchuan, who has just gotten off his taxi and told him to take another taxi down to fetch us, and right after that his SIM Card used up his last available balance so he could not be contacted. As luck would have it, we emerged from a MacDonald's outlet just as he stopped, so we managed to head back, although we had to switch taxis because the taxi Yu/chuan came in was low on petrol. Regardless, meet the taxi that delivered us safely back.

Reflection:

The final night in Wuhan really did not disappoint, because it gave the three of us such a unique experience no one, not even the local students, could have purposely orchestrated for us. Perhaps it could be the Jay Chou concert that is going tonight too, but whatever the case, we finally achieved something, reaching back at the hostel so late that we had to get someone to open the main doors to the hostel block for us.

Oh well, I must go now, the girls upstairs are rushing me to go up for some party sans sleep. See you back in Singapore!