Wuyi Mountain Tour

A visit to the Wuyi Mountain Scenic Resort was always going to be one of the highlights of the trip.  We didn’t have as much time as originally planned as our train was cancelled due to an impending typhoon.  We still had two fantastic days in which to visit the Water Curtain Cave, climb the Great King peak and take a bamboo raft ride down the nine-bend river.  The scenery was absolutely breathtaking.

“The river rafting experience, for me, summed up China perfectly. Seats placed on the raft rather than being connected to the bamboo stalks of which the craft was made, a light warning from our tour guide, Sue, not to move too much and randomly assigned life jackets that felt like they were more for show instead of possibly saving our lives. And yet here I am writing this blog, amazing. The casual cruising into other rafts without much care, when trying to overtake the boats in front, lead me to the conclusion that if it wasn’t for the physical nature of the steering that the drivers would have joined us looking at the stunning views.  If the waterways were roads I’d be dead, but the point is that they’re not. Do I think the drivers are slightly insane? Yes, but I am in China and probably would be disappointed with anything less.”  Caitlin