First Few Days in Shenzhen
19 Jun 2017 - Mateo Atwi
We flew into Shenzhen on the Friday the ninth of June. The next day we learned about the SusTech campus and explored the city. The campus is like a resort in a tropical jungle. It is humid and hot, but it is also very pretty and wild. We explored Shenzhen a little bit. I liked it. There isn’t barely any pollution compared to the north of China. We went to a huge mobile phone market, and the first thing they asked us is if we wanted a fake iPhone or a real iPhone. The fake one was 850 RMB (~$125) before haggling. We got dinner and did some other things.Sunday was the real highlight of my week. We had nothing planned beforehand, and we woke up late. So, George, Roman, and I set out for Mount Wutong around 11 AM. Wutong is the highest peak in the area towering at nearly 3,000 ft. We used the metro and a bus to arrive there around 2:00 PM and began our hike up it. By 5:30 PM we were at the top. It was another long hike with many stairs. I’m almost used to it now although it is still very hard.
We went swimming in a cold-water pool about halfway up. The park security told us to leave after we spent about 15 minutes there.
