Countryside - Where?

Where is Jianli?  Good question.  Getting there was a bit of an adventure in itself.  I certainly could not have found it on my own, and, of course, I didn't have to.  My friend Candy joked that she was my 'guide' and she was.  :)

To arrive at Candy's house, you first ride the train to YueYang, which takes about 2.5 hours.  After that you take a city bus and then walk to where you catch the boat.  Once you board the boat, you wait until it's full enough, and then begin down the Yangtze River and get off at the last stop.  

We didn't ride in any of these boats but I enjoyed
watching them 'dock.'  One would pull into a space
and then ram into all the other boats to shove them over
and make space for another.  Those tires are very important.

Candy and her cousin.  We became friends and I taught her 'high-five!'

Inside the boat on the return trip.
These are Candy's classmates and neighbors.
They also go to school in Wuhan.

But this doesn't actually take you to Jianli.  This is somewhere near it; I'm not even sure that I was ever in a city called Jianli.  

After you get off the boat, get ready for a twenty minute scooter-cycle ride.  But be sure to pack light; I think three adults, a four year old and a small carry-on is close to max capacity.