To Wudang Mountain I go!
After thoroughly exploring Shanghai, my colleague and I ventured further into the heartland of China. We headed northwest of Wuhan towards a mountain called Wudang Shan.
During our first night, we just walked around and explored the town. Just a typical Chinese town: dirty, filled with "interesting" odors, chaotic traffic and jam packed with people. Some of the side streets and the public city square were really nice. It had a big screen playing a movie for people to watch. Elderly folk were playing traditional Chinese instruments, while youth were practicing modern dance moves. I liked seeing the strong feeling of community.
I was going crazy over the sheer amount of sword merchants in the town. Some stores were selling weapons and tea. A lot of the swords were junky, but the ones that were good were really good. I could feel the quality in the blade just by picking them up. Of course, the price jumped about 100 kwai for these weapons.
Going back to our hotel, we were surprised to see it all lit up.
The next day, Nicholas and I hit the mountain fast, hard and early...
I'll write more about this awesome part of my vacation in my next blog installment. For now, here are some pictures I took on Wudang Shan. Get excited and come back to check my blog tomorrow!
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