Day 38 friday 10 april 09

Today we are going on a tour to four places, the yellow crane tower (Huáng Hè Lóu), beach in wuhan, zoo and pass by the piano concert hall.

The first place we went was the yellow crane tower. From the tour guide, I learnt that Yellow Crane Tower is considered one of the four great towers of china. In its modern version it has the appearance of an ancient tower but is built of modern materials and includes an elevator. Facing to the east on the hill, we can see a large temple bell; tourists can strike the bell (need to pay money). During the week-long celebration of China's National Day (October 1st), ethnic and court dances are demonstrated in the western yard. At the yellow crane tower, there were also poem written by famous Liba.

the yellow crane tower

The second place we went was the beach in wuhan. The weather was really humid. The tour guide told us about the legend of the Da Yu. Beside the beach, we can see a lot huge statues showing the legend of Da Yu. We took pictures with the statues there and leave the place quickly as the heat from sun was killing me.

The third place was the zoo. When I first get in to the zoo, it doesn’t looks like a zoo to me. It looks more like a garden or a park. From the entrance of the zoo gate, we have to walk 15minutes to see one animal. The first animal we saw was the monkey, there were many different species, and one that caught my eye was the golden monkey. As compared with Singapore zoo, I feel that the animals in the Wuhan zoo were really poor thing. All the animals there were kept in a cage and the space are so small. The animals in the zoo don’t look lively; I guess the animals don’t feel good being kept in a cage. Some unique animals that we don’t get to see in Singapore zoo are the white peacock and the panda. I took some pictures of them, but because of the fence, the picture doesn’t look good. We also went to look at the animal show in the zoo. Seriously, I felt that the show was not entertaining at all, I felt sorry for the animals as it was really very cruel. The zoo keeper made the tiger jump over fire ring, made the bear roller skate and spin fire, made the tiger ride on the horse back. After the show me and my classmates felt the same thing (is really cruel to make animals do all that).

White peacock


Panda!!!!


Poor thing




Tiger on horse back


bear on bicycle


tiger jump over fire ring

The fourth place we went was the piano concert hall; we did not get down the bus to look at the hall. The bus just bus by the piano concert hall and the tour guide explains to us on the bus. For dinner, we went to a shopping mall called Chicony. We went to a Japanese restaurant to eat. The food there was finger licking good. I ate a bowl of sushi, rice and many more, the dinner was really worth it.

The dinner was really worth it!!

After dinner we went to our neighbour house to celebrate Eileen’s birthday. I played the drums, kuan played guitar and everyone sang birthday song for her. I guess that will be one of her most memorable birthday. We really had a long and enjoyable day.....