Chengdu Garden City Hotel

From the early days to the present day the handbag is still a fashion icon, and over time the styles have changed but carrying a handbag still means fashion. Now-a-day handbags play an important role in people's life, especially for women who like make a stylish appearance. With so many handbags each having its own personality it is impossible to every get bored. Some look very basic and others very ...

We start this blog entry from 4282m (14k ft) on the sloping hillside of the pass in SiGuNiangShan National Park. The weather has forced us to the confines of our sloping REI Half Dome tent. Most the other parties in the valleys have left and we haven't seen another soul for a couple days. How we got in this tetering position? We were forced up ...

... show on TV and not have to wait for my internet to download it. Satomi left a little bit before 8:30 for the train station &#8211; she and Kaitlin are taking the overnight train to Xi&#8217;an, a 12 hour ride though they do have beds. They&#8217;re going to be in Xi&#8217;an to visit with Satomi&#8217;s friend (who is travelling from Shanghai) for the weekend, then take a plane back Sunday evening. <br><br>Wow, I guess that since I'm here for 61 days my trip is now more than half over. <br>

... raise with the nuts in France? They did get a kick out of me playing blind which for sme odd reason throws people off their game and usually wins me money. I drank a bunch of vodka and played with these guys until 5 a.m. Why do I do this myself? I was a bit panicked knowing I had to be at the airport by 10 a.m. and was quite drunk. Oh well, one of these days I'll learn...maybe.

... pass. My friends went to a small place just around the corner to eat jaozi yesterday and were told to go away by a man and his machine gun. It is definitely an interesting experience and I am being super safe about it because of all of the mistrust, and my passport is now on me at all times. The last place I want to end up is in a Chinese jail because I wanted to eat some yak meat (which by the way I had in the form of a steamed ...

... climbed up the stairs with my 2 hands and 2 feet, but I wouldn't let them carry me up. When I almost reached the top and they figured out therefs no way to earn my money, so they started to encourage me and taught me the correct way to trek. I was so happy and almost tear when I finished it all by myself I felt bad that the lifters didn't earn any money by followed me for 4 hours. And I was kinda appreciated that they were with me ...

... where the two huge hydroelectric projects, namely, the Three Gorges and the Gezhouba, both started discharging water to lower the water level in the reservoir. The discharging would continue as more heavy rains were expected on the upper reaches of the river. The shipping services between two dams were suspended for five hours before they were resumed at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. For thirsty Shandong province, however, the strong ...

Day 10 - Got a flight to Chengdu which is located next to Tibet in the Sichuan Province. Our hotel is located in the Tibetan area of the city and it's a great location - lots of monks, teahouses and leafy streets. The inhabitants look markedly different than those in the other provinces, with rosey cheeks and wider faces - more Tibetan. Charles told us that the Sichuan women are ...