Chengdu Hotel

... meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and onion.<br><br>The English classes in the middle school were much more student-centered. There was partner learning, small group learning and lots of on-task conversations among students. The kids were so-o-o-o excited to have visitors. Abbie was a rock star---even signing some autographs for the boys. Cody, look out! The English teachers were so ethusiastic about their teaching, it was a pleasure to watch them. All of the ...

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... very few other options (apart from McDonalds / KFC and Pizzahut) so when we find a place that does other food we are keen to check it out. Chengdu has a large expat community (4 international schools!) so they cater well for westerners. We pick up the free expat magazine on Chengdu and find Pete's Tex Mex. The burritos and Nachos were amazing and the portions gave us serious indigestion!<br><br>TUESDAY 8TH SEPT<br><br>We head off at 7.20am to see the ...

We woke up early on the Xi'an-Chengdu night train, around 6am, with Fuyuyen (service people) were pushing their food carts down the aisles. The train chugged through some amazing scenery, and we still had 6 hours to kill, so I thought I'd give it a go describing the scenery in more detail. It sounds a little theatrical, but it is a pretty accurate description. <br><br>'Mountains rose ...

... hung out outside with the people who didn&#8217;t need phones, and we talked a bit. The group then split up, and I decided to go take my delayed walk around the lotus pond. I think that the pictures describe it better than my words can. It&#8217;s pretty, although it seems forlorn and maybe a little dead surrounded by so much concrete. But it is still a nice change of scenery. I&#8217;ll have to remember to take some pictures of the paths and trees behind it too at ...

... is good because my doctor banned me from eating it in order to save my vocal chords, which he assumed I would need, being a teacher and all...not to mention for KTV which I would be extremely sad to be bereft of) I love the smell of it. Chengdu smells of spicy hotpot.<br><br>I made it back to my room extremely content.<br><br>When I woke up the next morning, I was feeling a bit woozy. After I blew my nose I knew why. Black. I don't think this has happened since Pingyao. To tell ...

... fed. Fortunately there wasn't any type of queue for tickets, so we were able to pay our 30 RMB and sprint for the Giant Panda pavilion. It took us about 10 minutes to find the right spot, and there were a number of Giant Pandas all lined up about 10 feet away from where a group of tourists were gawking them. They were feeding on the bamboo sprouts in various positions and it couldn't really have been any better for taking pictures. A couple tour groups ...

... TV for any significant period of time. Chrissy recently discovered CCTV9, which is an English-speaking news channel, so we may get some updates on the outside world for the next couple of weeks. Our second day in Chengdu was spent exploring locally. We took a bus across town - quite a packed, hot bus on the way back, but not a bad experience. We wandered through the ...

Dear Friends and Family, Chris and team visited the same refugee camp yesterday that had been found a couple of days ago. At that time, the refugees requested specific items like tents, water etc. The team brought these requested items to them yesterday and they were so happy and surprised that they actually received what they had requested. They ...

... We then went out to the RenMin GongYuan or People's Park it the center of the city. It was so beautiful! Again, planned like they knew what they were doing. It was a nice warm day, old people were out playing mazhong, a domino like board game, dancing and badminton. We went to a tea house along a lake, covered in green moss and pink flowers, and enjoyed hua cha, or flower tea. I have so many photos, it was so pretty, really, I was gushing the entire time. Why doesn't Beijing know ...