Day 31 - China (Wuhan)

So a bit of housekeeping up front. To all my loyal readers, apologies for the delay in getting the China blogs published. The Chinese government and Google have had a bit if a row and now Google is banned in China. That includes my Google owned blog software, hence the delay.

I've done the, 'adventure' leg and am now on to the 'tourist' leg. I've found plenty to write about so far on the whole but the touristy bits might not provide the right material for daily updates. We'll see. At the moment, I'm considering wrapping a couple of days into a single post ongoing but will play it by ear a bit.

Anyway, it's been a long haul into Wuhan;

Taxi to airport

Flight from Almaty to Urmqui

7 hour layover in an empty airport before connecting to Wuhan

Bus to Wuhan Railway station 

Walk to hotel

24 hrs in total with a couple hours of snatched snoozing along the way. 

The hotel informed me that I'd booked a room on an hourly rate (despite my records quite clearly stating not) and couldn't understand why, if I'd only booked for 4 hours, I wasn't checking in with some company. Apparently that's unusual. It's that sort of place. Hey-ho, I rashly splashed out on an entire overnight stay and maybe I'll get lucky later. 

Now I think about it, the swish hotel in Almaty didn't let me put my bag down before asking if I wanted some girls arranged. I obviously have that kind of look about me. Best not overthink that. For the record, and in particular my mother, I have declined in each case. I encourage no further comment on the subject. 

There is absolutely nothing to say about Wuhan. I'm here for the train to Guilin. Bought my ticket for tomorrow with less fuss than anticipated. Well I bought a ticket to somewhere at least. The only thing of note is that it is blistering here. It's got to be +10 outside. I'm thinking about getting my legs out. 

Reception decided not to take any chances in the end...