On the second leg of my two week business development trips in Central China we focused on the area of Hubei. This is the land of a hundred lakes and historically has been a very significant area for Chinese Politics. We started our three day trip in Wuhan and eventually ended in Wudang.
Business development went well, we ended up getting two signed proposals on site and have a large design competition in the works. My companion Lijun Wang was very successful in reaching out to new clients and projects, I think it's a promising area for tourism growth.
As part of the trip we were able to spend a day to see Wulong Mountain which is the birthplace of Tai Chi. Starting the very "Chinarific" trip to the mountain we stayed in a farm house (not five star by any means), then took a bus to the first leg of the mountain. It's important to note that before this I said to Lijun that I only had my work clothes on and wasn't keen on climbing a mountain with dress shoes, something obviously got lost in translation.
Making the best out of bad situation I proceded with the 14KM hike to get to the top of the mountain. All in all, I wasn't the happiest person during the hike, but was very satisfied to reach the top and being able to see a place that only few tourist have seen. Lijun later told me that the route we took was for Tai Chi Masters training to become men. The route was counted once at over 100,000 stairs... wow, I guess I've become a Chinese Master.
With love,
Aaron
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