Saturday, April 3, 2010

Day 31- Wubei Provincial Museum, 东湖

Hi everyone, today's weather is fine and that the temperature is not as cold.

Lingli, Winnie and I brought breakfast from Duoluojie in the morning and brought up to the bus to eat. Having to assemble at 8.30am in the morning outside the school gate, we brought our quick breakfast up to the bus to eat. Within 30 minutes, we reached the Wubei Provincial Museum and what we saw on the bus was that there was a long queue out there in front of the museum door.
Entrance of the museum.

It was QingMing Festival period and the people in China enjoy a 3 days holiday till Monday. Through this festival, it is not only a festival for paying respect for the beloved people, it is also meant to be a family day, whereby people in the family gather together.

We managed to reach the museum at our time-slot of 9.30am and had the privilege to tour the museum ahead of others. We spent 1 hour plus there and were told to gather at 10.15am. The museum consists of 4 levels with different categories of China history.


With a 3 minute bus ride from the museum, we reached 东湖. After being briefed by the tour guide about the meeting time and the map of 东湖, we were on our own, having our pinic-lunch and touring the beautiful nature scenery.

Tourist website for 东湖.


The food we had for our picnic.

Tourist inquiry.


The tour guide which followed us for all the tour trips around Wuhan.



Gathered at the main gate of 东湖 at about 2pm, took the bus and went back to school. After which, LingLi and I went to 建设二路's 发源地 (SourceMe) to do our hair. Spent about 5 hours there. I went MacDonald for a quick dinner and then headed back to the hostel.


Good customer service satisfaction is given.

Reflection:
After our hair was done, the mother one of the hairdresser whom is of the same age as us came into the saloon. Upon seeing us, regardless of for the first time or that we were foreigners and we knew her daughter for only 2 days, she gave each of us a big hug as a form of courtesy. She even volunteered to invite us to her house for some home-cooked food, saying that she knew what's the life of being of yourself in overseas and that we will surely miss home-cooked food. It was quite embarrassing as a stranger whom we barely know, show her out most hospitality to us in her first sight. I felt that perhaps, this is one of the way the people from China treat their guests like what we had learn in IS, making their guest feel comfortable at home and are humble to provide all sorts of satisfaction to them.