Wuhan: Reminds me of He-mans intra dimensional name

11-3
I took another sleeper train to Wuhan.  This train was a bit more painful because it left at 3pm and arrived at 5:45 AM.  I was afraid I would have to set an alaram to get up, but thankfully the train attendents wake you;  they scream at you in Chinese until you get up.  I took a taxi to the Pathfinder hostel, the flyer for which I managed to lose, but I had a picture on my laptop that I showed the taxi driver.  I was glad that this hostel was well marked from the street.  They had even emailed me a picture of the street view.  The hostel was large and open, nesteled in a dead end alleyway.  It had lots of tables that spilled out in front.  The lobby doubled as the bar, and there were dining booths all around the first floor.  All the rooms were broken up nicely, so that it felt very large and it was easy to find a nice quiet spot to sit or hang out in.  I noticed that most of the other backpackers staying here were Chinese though.  This is starting to become a trend.  After checking in I decided to head out on foot to the "snack alley" for some lunch and then to check out the Yellow Crane Tower.  I met a Brittish guy before I headed out and he cautioned against going inside the Crane Tower because it was actually rebuilt and isn't that impressive.

The snack alley wasn't that impressive.  I got some sushi-like-cigar shaped rolls;  they were filled with veggies and seafood, but soaked in oil.  Then I got some potato balls that were, surprise, fried in a sea of oil.  It was fun to walk around and scope out all the different vendors though, but just about everything was fried and meat.  I'm not sure that it is the diet that keeps people so slim here, but maybe all the walking.  Although they don't seem to consume nearly as much sugar.
I met some Americans back at the hostel that night--a married couple (well one was American but they are from Arizona).  They were traveling around China looking to setup English teaching programs.  Not as many Americans are over here teaching English, but all the kids seem to want to meet Americans most.