Today was Typhoon Maria Day – meaning that everything was closed in anticipation of Typhoon Maria barreling through Wuyishan as a forecasted Category 4 Typhoon. When it hit the coast, it quickly dropped to a Category 3. And by the time it reached us, it had pretty much petered out into some blustery conditions with a bit of rain sprinkling here and there. So everything was cancelled for nothing. We ventured out in the morning to find ourselves back down at the wet market and decided to return home when the wind started picking up. Having decided some tea tasting should be on our travel agenda, we popped into a place that had a host that seemed to know a bit of English. We stayed there for a while trying out many teas and learning the proper tea tasting techniques before busting a move for the hotel – but not before she gave us the hard (but nice) sell to buy some of her inflatedly priced tea.
In the afternoon we called the Typhoon’s bluff and ventured out for a walk. We thought we would cross the bridge and see what we could see of the national park. Having not paid any park fees, we were being somewhat cautious about trespassing, but of what we did discover, we were very impressed with its beauty. There were beautiful old temples and a string of shops in a beautiful setting green lush setting. If it weren’t so ferociously hot, we would have taken a stab at climbing the peak.
