Today we flew from Chengdu to Wuhan (capital city if Hubei province) and then drove ~ 2 hours to Hanchuan. As we drove from WUahm to Hanchuan the scenary was definitely of farmland. We saw lots of fields being prepared for rice planting, other vegetables were growing and fish farming. It wasn't unusual to see water buffalo plowing the fields.
Hanchuan itself is a small city of about 300,000 people. So a small city compared to the other cities we had been in to date in China. The city has cars, motorbikes, bicycles - both motorized and regular as well as small ponies pulling long narrow wooden carts! Hanchuan is a poor city. It's not clear if this is a city that is up and coming or a city that once was more prosperous but is having hard times now. To the best of our knowlesdge there are no tourist attractions.
Up unitl Hanchuan we had been staying in 4 or 5 star hotels with sumptous western/eastern buffet breakfasts, fast food options for lunch or dinner, and plenty of shopping opportunities. Hanchuan has no fast food options. All our meals were Chinese fare, so after 2 days we were dying for anything western! Our hotel, Green Sea, Blue Sky (also known as Blue See, Blue Sky) was a no start hotel. The beds were HARD - like sleeping on a rock. No complimentary bottled water, which means you have to go buy some because the tap water is not potable.
We were in Hanchuan 2 days, 2 nights - other than going to Grace's SWI - we really didn't leave our hotel room. When it was time to leave, we were ready to move on.
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