An Rong Chengdu

... This school is brand new---a series of very tall buildings with gorgeous grounds---trees, a pond and beautiful seating areas. It was build after the horrible earthquake that occurred in and around Chengdu a couple of years ago. It has a huge track with astroturf for p.e. and for whole-school exercises. There is also a large, covered table tennis area for the students. <br><br>We watched 3 English language classes. They were teaching the students (7th/8th ...

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... and Deon from england, we decided to celebrate by going to the Tibetan quarter to check it out and grab some prayer flags for one of our group who was about to head home and desperately wanted them. We figured this would take 20mins to accomplish but after taking 1hour to get there (Chengdu is a big place!) we only had enough time to catch the last of the tibetan shops before it closed and we headed back to the hostel to enjoy ...

... for a while until her battery ran down. But when I unplugged from the power strip the internet died too, and so I randomly vanished offline. <br><br>Anne, her roommate Amelia, and Krista came by around 6 and we all went out to dinner together. Both of the dishes turned out to be a bit spicy so I mostly ate rice and lettuce and tomato soup. I totally crashed after dinner without meaning to for about an hour, then went to bed for real a bit early.

... Australia where flies tend to make a beeline for orifices, a couple of bugs are not going to make me dislike a place. <br><br>The old section was extremely atmospheric. The noodles and spicy beans (ganbian yundou, a local speciality) were excellent and I was pleasantly surprised to find myself drinking Snow beer again, although a slightly more alcoholic version than they sell in Wuhan. Mind you, those Wuhanese probably don't need any extra alcohol in their beer, as they are ...

... way to McDonalds, the Nun sharing stories with us the whole way. She was one of the happiest people that I've seen in my life; constantly laughing, smiling and saying "thank you" (in Chinese of course, she didn't speak a word of English). She showed us some bracelets and offered us a couple of them, but they were much too small for Lisa's wrist. Once we were at McDonalds, we tried to offer her something to drink but she declined. While Lisa was in ...

... e' stata finalmente sfamata; devo dire che il Panda a prima vista sembra un po' tonto: non fa altro che mangiare bamboo, giocherellare e poi dormire tutto il giorno. In effetti ripensandoci credo non sia proprio tonto! Ci sono solamente un migliaio di esemplari allo stato brado in Cina, questo centro ne ospita una settantina in cattivita': la sfida maggiore e' posta dal fatto che il Panda ha qualche problema con la procreazione. Troppo pigro ...

... story/stor y.php?storyId=90395454 A week later (yesterday) a three-day mourning period started. I was told about the mourning period but I was shocked to my core to experience the three minutes of silence (marked by air-raid sirens) while I was checking out at the supermarket. For three minutes ...

... also fun at the reserve was the loads of Chinese children. For some reason they all had notebooks and pens ready to run up to foreigners to get autographs. I honestly have no idea why, but they swarmed us all day. "Hello!" "Hello!" "Your name!" After pandas, Cary and I decided to skip out the next part of the trip to go to Chengdu. The original itinerary was to go there, but because of the recent Tibetan protests it had been canceled. That wasn't going to stop Cary or I though ...

... us with lesser time for touring destinations. The Chinese are aggressive in selling products and making money. We do feel intimidated sometimes, but can't help but admire their sales strategies, flexibility and perserverance. <br><br>Other wonders that we visited were Mt Leshan and Mt Emei, both sacred places. Nice, relaxing destinations. By then, I think we were too stoned to really enjoy. Don't expect much for shopping though. Nothing much to buy and those brands ...