20^th day in Wuhan. Woke up earlier than usual to prepare for the climb. Have our breakfast first and put our bags inside one of the hotel room. We started climbing at about 7.00am. At first I thought the climb will quite short. However it was longer than I expected. About one year ago I had also climbed a mountain in Korea. It was winter that time and the weather there was harsher than what I’m experiencing here. There was strong wind blowing against my face and the temperature was about 2-4 degrees Celsius. Most of us who climb the mountain were coughing after finish climbing the mountain. If I was not wrong the cough was due to the breathing of air through our mouth. After that experience, I try to breathe in normally during the climb and try not to open my mouth and it works. It was cold at first, after ¼ of the walk I started to sweat as if I was having PE lessons. On my way up to the top, we saw people carrying things up the mountain, and I think the job was really tedious. It seems that the loads that they are carrying are heavier than them. I think it really hard for them. Besides that they are shops along the way. The prices up there are higher than the supermarkets. I bought a bottle of water and it cost me RMB 5 while I can buy it at RMB 1 in the supermarkets. Actually this is reasonable as all these are carried up by human and it is really a tough job to do. Some of the path way are quite narrow and there are no railings beside it so it is quite dangerous. Those who brought kids up there should pay extra attention to their children. Climbing Wudang Mountain really needs perseverance without it I may not finish climbing the mountain. There are some moments that I feel like giving up. After thinking the money that I had pay for the trip, I try to forget about the ache and continue the climb. Met another person who had the same name as me from the other course and we encourage each other to climb the mountain. After 2 hrs of walk, we finally make it up to the top. According to the others that had reached the top, I was the 2^nd girl to reach to the top and I was quite proud of myself. The scenery up there was beautiful. Actually compare the scenery at the 3 gorges I prefer the scenery in the 3 gorges. Took some pictures and enjoy the cooling wind up there. Took that opportunity to rest as we have a long way back to where we start. Again, it was tiring when we were heading back. I was the 1^st girl to reach the bottom as I need to go to the toilet urgently. Overall, I think this is a good experience not only for but for everyone that had climb to the top and perseverance and determination it’s the key to success in life.

19^th day in Wuhan. Woke up early in the morning to assemble at the school entrance to set off to Wudang Mountain. Had a long ride from our hostel to our destination. It was quite tiring and some of my friends got dizzy spells after that. Our bus driver let us down at the bottom of the mountain and we took the environmental friendly bus up to our next destination. What we mostly had visited are temples so the buildings do not have much different. However there are some that looks like buildings in the palace like what we saw on Chinese dramas. Of course the Buddha sculptures that are place inside are also different. We need to climb a lot of stair to reach those temple and I think it was a good training before we climb up to the Wudang Mountain. We drank some tea and the tea was nice. The person ask us to drink water after drinking tea as it will taste sweet. It true that the water taste sweet after drinking the tea. After visiting we had our dinner and had early rest to prepare for the climb on the next day. (The hotel that we are staying is much better than our dorm.)