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Sun Kissed Bucket List explore Wuhan’s technology and transport, beginning with the suspended Optic Valley Skytrain and its views over nature reserves and the city. They see unusual food vending machines, visit a mall with Spanish, Italian and French-style streets, and try several restaurants. A driverless taxi attempt fails because foreigners cannot verify with their IDs. The visit also includes a sand-timer meal guarantee, self-service fruit and drinks, and an amusement ride with a weight limit.
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Skytrain and European-style mall streets
Sun Kissed Bucket List begin their Wuhan visit with the Optic Valley Skytrain, a suspended monorail that passes above nature reserves and city views. They describe the fare as 30 yuan for a round trip with five stops each way, leaving time to look around. At the station they find distinctive vending machines offering hot food and ice cream, including one shaped like a monorail. The journey continues to a modern shopping mall with Spanish-, Italian- and French-inspired streets. A brief exchange with a curious young girl adds a personal moment to the visit.
Taxi attempt, restaurants and attractions
The travelers try to use a driverless taxi, but the attempt does not work because the verification system does not accept their foreign IDs. They suggest that the Apollo Go app add passport verification for foreign visitors. Their food stops include a restaurant where a sand timer is used; if the meal does not arrive within the allotted time, it is free. Some restaurants also provide self-service fruit, juice and other items. They notice an egg-chair merry-go-round at an amusement park and note its weight limit as a safety issue. The route also visits a steam-engine restaurant, a hotpot stop and European-style streets. Their impressions combine new transport, food services and themed architecture, and contrast with assumptions they had heard about Wuhan. The outing is presented through these specific stops and the taxi verification problem that changed their plans.
FAQs (From the traveler's perspective)
- Q: What was unusual about the Optic Valley Skytrain station?
- A: It had vending machines with hot food and ice cream, including a machine shaped like a monorail.
- Q: How much did the Skytrain ride cost?
- A: The travel notes give 30 yuan for a round trip with five stops each way.
- Q: Why could they not use the driverless taxi?
- A: The app’s identity verification did not work for foreign visitors. They suggest allowing passport details in Apollo Go.
- Q: How does the restaurant’s sand timer work?
- A: If the food does not arrive within the allotted time, the meal is free, according to the restaurant’s rule.
- Q: What self-service items did they see at restaurants?
- A: Some restaurants offered fruit, juices and other items for customers to take themselves.
- Q: What should visitors know about the egg-chair ride?
- A: The ride has a weight limit. Checking it beforehand helps protect visitors and avoid damage to the equipment.
