Home Inn Chengdu Hongzhaobi

... A un moment on etait sur la mezzanine tous ensemble, mais le canadien m'insupportait et l'ambiance commencait a etre electrique, ce gamin de 22 ans, qui d'accord est pas trop mal, est cultive, parle chinois et est prof de francais, se la petait vraiment trop, donc avec Ric************s d'aller fumer une clope en bas, et en fait on remontera pas, ce sont les autres qui descendront. Nous pendant ce temps la on a bu jusqu'a 3h30 du matin, et on a fini bien bourres, pour changer....

... watching the parade in Beijing which lasted all day! It started off in the morning with a massive military parade involving thousands upon thousands of rows of soldiers marching in perfect unison, huge lines of tanks, fly-overs, and plenty of missiles on show! In the evening there was a massive show in Tiananmen Square on a par with the Olympic Opening Ceremony, with thousands of performers and floats and lots of smily-smily Chinese people on show. This was ...

... with waterfalls, golden Buddhas and bright flowers. while walking around you can see the locals gathering under shelter to relax and chat to friends.

There are numerous amounts of Buddha status around the temple with cushions for people
to pray and offer any goods. We were unable to take any pictures and it is forbidden.

Tonight was another night of frustration, searching for an hour looking for food. We thought
the Tibetan ...

... at the same level as one at UW, except that the walls and floor look unfinished. The desks are really nice; I wish they would give us that much writing space at UW.

Our teacher is You laoshi, at least on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. He is a really funny guy, probably about 30 years old, and he speaks really clearly. He taught Chinese at ASU last year. He started out telling us a story about his old cell phone number, which had the ...

... I was surprised and impressed by the 92 acre Center that has imitated the pandas' natural habitat to make it the most desirable environment for breeding and living.

The hostel guides made sure we made it by 9:00 sharp to see the feeding time. Trying to ignore the clicking cameras and chattering tourists, I enjoyed observing the slow-moving, hungry creatures roll around with and devour bamboo shoots, while videotaping the ...

... though, as they all are. Afterwards we arrived back at the school to attend a English speaking contest. I got flower though so it was all worth it. I missed who was announced the winner because the contest went longer than we had planned and made several people somewhat late for our farewell banquet. The banquet was fantastic. Linda danced and then there was an endless string of pictures. Several of ...

... was a rather huge church with small uncomfortable pews. It was way crowded and reminded me a lot of Church back home. I look around for a seat and got waved down by a nice looking older lady so i sat down. The thing was it was behind a very large pillar so I couldn't see the priest. The mass started and the priest walked in from the side. It started off with a song and the normal thing but then all of a sudden we were singing again and the priest was ...

Acute Mountain Sickness(AMS) is common at high altitudes, and depends on the elevation, the rate of ascent and individual susceptibility. Most visitors to Tibet will suffer from at least some symptoms that will generally disappear through acclimatization in several hours to several days. Symptoms tend to be worse at night and include headache, dizziness, lethargy, loss of appetite, nausea ...

... Al & Em xxx (P.S. Al's Mum - despite your heroic efforts & many hours spent toiling at your trusty sewing machine, we regret to inform you that Al's well-travelled camouflaged shorts met their final demise in Chengdu. After an expected rip to the buttocks & some debate about whether to post them home to your skilled hand, the decision was made to toss them rather hopefully into the 2nd hand clothing basket at our hostel.)

... roskikseen. 5. Kaikenlainen huutaminen ja kiljuminen kielletty! No niin, ja muihin aiheisiin... Chengdussa on pandojen lisaantymisen tutkimuskeskus jossa yritetaan ratkaista pandojen lisaantymiseen liittyvia ongelmia. Ajattelin etta tama olisi ok paikka kayda katsomassa pandoja kun en elaintarhoissa kay. Pandoilla naytti olevan paljon tilaa ja virikkeita mutta tuntuu etta tama on vain tapa tuottaa lisaa pandoja maailman ja ...