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Chengdu Slideshow
Chengdu
Travel Blogs from Chengdu, China
May 12-14 Two days in Chengdu and ride to Kunming
... heard of. They were all making fun of our mosquito bites too - Ellie and I had been massacred the night before in Chengdu. I had four bites on my face and Ellie had five on her face. Our arms were COVERED in mosquito bites and swollen ...
A cool city Chengdu and the pandas
... China with a way of generating money from tourism. They are great to see but a bit of an Anti-climax but still worth going, and I had to see them for the first time in chengdu and of course in China. I think Gavin really enjoyed the whole experience too. ...
33 hours on the train
... 33 hours it lives up to it's name of hard seat and we get zero sleep. So just under 2 days later we arrive in Chengdu, completely knackered, no hotel has been booked, nobody speaks english and we are still without a guide book. Luckily we run into a ...
'Panda' monium
... a long journey to get to our hostel (which is actually more like a hotel) and have a nice hot shower! Chengdu is my favourite city in China so far. It's still crazy busy, but seems a tad more laid back. Walking through the People's Park ...
Buying a motorcycle
... - How to get things done in China The day began at noon. My Australian friend and former roommate here in Chengdu, Nick, and I had a lunch date with our favorite Chinese teacher, our study abroad program director, and her assistant (also our ...
Xian to Chengdu
... fall now so no more outside pictures - must remember to get some inside ones before getting in tomorrow. 12.33:- In the Mix Hostel in Chengdu now which seems good and availed myself of the tomato and egg omelette. A bed in a 4-bed dorm is Y25 - a/c etc. ...
Eats, shoots and leaves
... male panda before AI is carried out on the female. Apparently the job of Panda W!&%er is held in very high regard in Chengdu. The tour was definitely a highlight of our time in Chengdu, well worth the 1000km or so train journey to get there, not to ...
Pandas, Temple and Dumplings
Early start this morning to see the Panda Research Station 10km north of Chengdu city centre. Although only a short distance, you have to start early as Pandas tend to eat early and then go to sleep. I went on a tour from the hostel - could have gone by ...
Our holiday and a few other things
... if things arent exactly as they should be. Anyway, We've been back a few days from our holiday down to southern China to a place called Chengdu. we were ment to be going up north to somewhere called Datong, but due to the train system in China, we ...