Holiday Inn Chengdu West Century City

... a lovely gesture, the first of many random acts of kindness shown to mew on this trip<br>he then took us to the panda's<br>he knows they are awake and playful in th e mornign hence the early start<br>We had them to our selves most of the first hour<br>just lovely surroundings acres of open forest for them with huge moat so they can't get out<br>Sw the 3 coming to SA and then one of their mothers<br>I got to pat her<br>Then ...

It started out rainy but cleared to a pleasant warm day and we ventured off to visit the Dujiangyan Irrigation project about a 2 hour drive from Chengdu. On the way we visit a Brocade shop and shown how brocade is made and of course make some purchases.<br><br>The irrigation system which dates back 2000 years is very interesting and fascinating how it was made. It is China's oldest water conservancy plan began during the reign of Emperor Zhao of Qin by a local officer ...

... to be the latest fashion (heat beating) statement here. We saw one man resting his t-shirt on his nipple! The city is great for wandering around its many parks and markets just people watching and going with the flow. <br><br> <br><br>After blowing out a trip to the Panda Sanctuary (on the dubious grounds that we doubted the tourist revenue went back into bamboo reforestation and on more solid grounds that the ...

... though we didn&#8217;t always follow exactly what he was saying. But we got to hear about his first grade son and he had heard of UW &#8211; must have driven some people from Worldwide program before.<br><br>So we finally arrived at the correct Century Mart &#8211; to realize that it was at the same mall we had accidently directed the taxi driver to on Saturday. Yeah, a real bang your head against the wall moment. If he&#8217;d just said "it&#8217;s at the International Mall" we ...

Morgens gings dann mal nicht so frueh zum Fruehstueck, weil uns** Zug nach Chengdu **st um 11.00 Uhr abfahren sollte. Die meisten and**en waren schon viel eh** losgefahren, weil sie schon um 9Uhr den Flieg** zurueck nach Kathmandu kriegen mussten und auch d** Guide war schon weg. Wir haben uns dann **stmal im Restaurant uns**e Scheiben Toast abgeholt und das Ei dankend abgelehnt. Die Daenen und Hollaend** waren dann auch schon da, sahen ab** noch ein bisschen v**kat**t vom Vorabend aus ...

... some suprisingly good dance music they still managed to squeeze in their beloved karaoke with professional singers every few songs, most of which have the odd english word or phrase such as 'IIIIIII LLLLLLOOOOOOOOVVEEEE YOOOOOOOOOOU!' which is something we can all join in on :) that said some of the Chinese there almost dont know how to embrace it, looking like they dont know what they should be doing but a few dice and sharing of drinks soon ...

... while cooling themselves with their Chinese paper fans. The park's center encloses a charming outdoor teahouse, complete with rickety wooden chairs and tables, where waitresses serve small cups of tealeaves aside monstrous thermoses of hot water---bestowing eternal fountains of tea. On my first day, my music-loving ears lured me towards this teahouse. Surrounding a table in the back, a group of elderly men and women were leisurely resting as amateur ...

... Een paar liedjes deed ik mee, maar ik bakte er niet echt veel van. Ze wisten allemaal wat de moves waren, en bij elk liedjes kwam er weer een nieuwe choreografie. We zagen het ook in veel andere Chinese steden. Ik vind het eigenlijk een heel slim fenomeen, en denk dat het ook best goed zou zijn de Nederlandse 60+-ers twee keer per week gezamenlijk te laten line-dancen. Een beetje beweging, en heel wat gezelligheid natuurlijk! Nooit zag ik in heel m`n leven, zoveel ...

Nous voilà de retour à Chengdu, réception des VISA oblige. Nous en profitons pour aller visiter un temple taoiste. Les moines ici portent des tenues différentes des bouddistes, plus traditionnelles chinoises, et ne se coupent ni les cheveux ni la barbe. Du coup déja à la trentaine ils ressemblent à des vieux sages chinois. Le monastère est entièrement orné de fresques représentant les sages de l ...

... area, having a coffee in Starbucks and buying a jar of Cinnamon in an adjacent Carrefour. It was almost amusing dodging the myriads riding down the isles on electric scooters. I took a taxi back. The drivers seem honest and very friendly, enough. Chengdu and the glories of Sichuan; they'rrreee GREAT!! Below are a couple more thumbnails of the Park Left aligned photo tag: Right aligned photo tag: