after 4 nights in Wuhan
we switched to a cheap
apartment hotel with
really small room
for storage purpose
before we left for Wudangshan
for 3 days 2 nights
the next morning at 6 AM
were ready to go by 6AM
since our flight was at 8:50 AM
and touched down at
Shiyan Wudangshan Airport
an hour later
there was supposed to be
an express bus to Wudangshan
but was told that
it had departed
yeah
from my research
the bus departs at 9:50 AM
just once on a daily basis
while our flight is
scheduled to touch down
at 9:50 AM too
i know right…
so as suggested by
a driver for the express bus
of another route heading downtown
i may take the bus to town
and change to a city bus to
Wudangshan instead
okay then
i didn’t catch what
he was saying properly
in his local accent
so when he dropped me
somewhere in the middle of the city
i found that there were
actually no direct bus
to Wudangshan from the city
and i had to catch
another city bus to Shiyan train station
for the bus to Wudangshan
and the bumpy bus journey
took us 1 hour and 30 minutes
it kinda got me mad
as it made me felt that
i have planned the journey
all wrong from the very beginning
we were staying right opposite
Hankou Railway Station
it would have taken us
4 hours via train to get here
at Shiyan Railway Station
then we catch a city bus to Wudangshan
but taking flight means
an early rush to the airport at 6AM
1 hour flight to
Shiyan Wudangshan Airport
missed the direct bus to Wudangshan
and i ended up at
Shiyan Railway Station
as if I have taken a train
flight didn’t actually
save us much time
but anyway
we managed to make it there
at 3 PM in the afternoon
everything related to Wudangshan
would be parked under
a completely different
set of posts later
two days later
we were suppose to
catch a flight back to Wuhan
departing 10 AM from
Shiyan Wudangshan Airport
at 10:30 AM
was told that the flight
would be delayed due to heavy fog
overheard conversation
saying that the flight
would probably would be canceled
since the plane which was
suppose to fly us to Wuhan
actually didn’t manage to land
and flew back to Wuhan
true enough
by 12 noon
the flight was officially cancelled
the earliest train
back to Wuhan was at 12:10 PM
nobody could have made it
and the next one was
at 5:00 PM
my connecting flight
back to KL was 12:30 AM
thank goodness
Shiyan airport
arranged a bus transfer
for everyone who would like to
head back to the city
so we got back to the city
again!!!
in the middle of nowhere
and caught a local bus to
the Shiyan train station
history was repeating
the frustration
i felt during the beginning
came back to me
what the hell
i was staying right opposite
Shiyan train station
on the night before
i could have just
crossed the road
grabbed a train ticket
and got a good sleep
during the 4-hour journey
back to Wuhan
instead of
waking up early
going to the airport
got panic over
flight cancellation
and got back here
with 4 hours to kill
before i boarded the train at 5 PM
we alighted at Hankou
4 hours later and
ran back to our
backup hotel
with only 30 minutes
to pack and go
managed to get to
the airport Station by 10:30 PM
finally took a deep breath
at least we were in the vicinity
of the airport 2 hours before departure
wait
the rush was not over yet
caught a shuttle bus to the airport
it stopped at Terminal 1 (domestic)
and was told that
the bus would not proceed
to head to Terminal 2 (international)
you either have to
wait for another shuttle bus
or walk your way to Terminal 2
we actually walked our way there
Terminal 2 was
relatively way smaller
than the domestic terminal
these are the only counters available
it was almost midnight
yet it was super busy
at the departure hall
the 3 water dispensers
were out of water supply!
four flights were heading to
South East Asia
90% of the passengers
were on holiday mood
flight refund?
what a pity
it was 1/5 of what
i initially paid for
as taxes and fees
as well as the compulsory
hotel promo vouchers were
apparently not refundable
but anyway
our loss has already been
minimized to the max
being able to make our way back home
Journey to Wuhan 01: Almost Mid-night
Journey to Wuhan 02: Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓
Journey to Wuhan 03: Hubu Alley 戶部巷
Journey to Wuhan 04: Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street 江漢路步行街
Journey to Wuhan 05: Hubei Provincial Museum 湖北省博物館
Journey to Wuhan 06: Wuhan Museum 武漢博物館