Friday, March 19, 2010

Day 16 (19 march 2010)

Had McDonald’s breakfast and bought some pastry for snacks during the 3 days 2 nights cruise which we’ll be heading this afternoon around 1pm. The croissants at Crown bakery were simply delicious! I regret not buying more to eat during the cruise.

saw the beautiful view of freshly bloom flowers on the bus (:We took 7 hours from our hostel to the jetty which we will be boarding our cruise. Along the way to the jetty, we stopped by shi jia chuan restaurant to have our dinner. The food there is so far the best I’ve eaten since I come to Wuhan. So happened it was a lady’s 60th birthday and the whole family was celebrating with her. It was a total joy to see that she was still strong and happy with grandchildren going upstage to wish her happy birthday. Reached the jetty around 8pm and it was very crowded. The situation became very messy and half of the group checked in first leaving the other half outside. The ticketing staffs refuse to let the other half to enter due to some reasons and end up creating a quarrel with our tour guide. As more tour buses arrived at the area, more people came in and squeeze their way through us. It was like a human stampede and trying to keep as close together to each other, we were being pushed in all directions. Some of the people were even smoking which made the area polluted with smoke. Finally we managed to get in and we hurried check-in to get our room keys. The outlook of the room is pretty fine but actually it is very dirty. The carpeted floor has patches of algae and the toilet is so small that it is very difficult to bathe.
Let the pictures do the talking:

corridor
the drainage system is very poor! the water can cover your toes when you bathe. AND! they switch on the hot water in the early morning and at night. And! only have hot water after the boat move for half an hour! :S

Reflection:
I felt that the grandma whom birthday was celebrated by her relatives and friends was really blessed. She seems so happy and overjoyed with so many people attending her birthday party. I hardly see such grand occasion in Singapore as mostly, birthday celebrations were celebrated by teenagers together with their friends and parents. From the party in the restaurant I can tell that the family really put in effort to bless this grandma with a happy 60th anniversary.
I also wonder how do that cruise is able to attract so many customers with such facilities. Is it that the people there were already very satisfied with the conditions there or they simply just can't be bothered? We'll I guess even Singapore's public toilet is better then that.

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