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Wuhan is a huge city that manages to lie on both sides of the kilometer-wide Yangzi.
And the river pulls most tourists into this metropolis since Wuhan is a popular
start or end point to trips on the Yangzi.
Three become one...
Wuhan actually consists of the three cities called Wuchang, Hanyang and Hankou
separated by the Han and Yangzi rivers. Due to this tourists are confronted
with some unusual problems. For example, Wuhan has two major train stations, the New Hankou Station
and the Wuchang station, divided by the Yangzi and 8 kilometers of unmoving city
traffic. Be absolutely sure where your train departs from, southbound trains often
leave only from Wuchang station.
What is there to see...
It's maybe worth to break up a long row of trips on trains and boats and spend an
extra day in Wuhan. There are some seldom visited sights in the city that are
worth tracking down...
- Hubei Provincial Museum is well worth a visit. Among other things it has
a unique collection of artefacts from a tomb from 433BC including huge
bronze bells and other musical instruments.
- Guiyuan Temple. This is a active place of worship but also a tourist circus due
to hundreds of statues of Buddha's disciples which fill up a huge temple hall.
- The Yangzi Bridge. It's a great engineering feat, considering that it was built in the 50s.
There's a huge tower at the north bank of the Yangzi which commands great views
of the river.
- If you want to visit the Hubei Provincial Museum think about renting a bike and take
a tour of the nearby East Lake and beyond. It's easy cycling and some pleasant
countryside. And local bus lines to the museum are pretty complicated anyway...
Some views...
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At the East Lake
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Street scenes in Hankou
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