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Let's dance
... have been tempted but we were not really in the mood for the rather vigorous head and shoulder massage that we had seen given to a fellow tea drinker.
Refreshed with copious amounts of tea, we wandered towards the sounds of an increasing cacophony of amplified music. The park seemed to have come alive. In the main arena and in little bays surrounding it, groups of men and women, mostly of mature age, some dressed in traditional costumes, sang and danced. Not all of these ...
Panda-tastic!
... we disembarked we made a brief appearance into Chonqing for a hotpot.
The hotpot had two bowls (one inside the other) sat on a gas stove which is set inside a table that you and your fellow diners would share. The outside pot contained chillies and Sichuan Peppercorns, the inner bowl was non-spicy. Dishes of Veg and Meat would be put into the pot to cook and retain flavour. The idea was to take a piece of ...
My journey to Chengdu
To get to Chengdu from Beijing I had to go on a 32 hour train journey – from Sunday morning until Monday night. I think that was the longest time I have ever been in once place for so long! Though I suppose I was travelling right across China, from the north east all the way to the south west. There was pretty much no space at all on the train (see the photos), with sort of cabins made up of ...
Cooking Class Schian Style - SPICEY !!!
So we arrived in Chengdu after 30 odd hours of travel and a severe lack of sleep.
Our hard sleeper train was fine - a step up from the indian trains we had sheets and pillows this time and hot water tanks so we could have tea and noodles. We were however sharing a compartment with a kid and his mum n dad. WELL WELL the only having one child policy in China brings other problems !!! SPOLIED ONLY CHILD SYNDROME !! This kid in our compartment was about ...
Night at the Chinese Opera
... I was the only one willing to go. One ended up bailing due to time restrictions and one of the New Zealand guys bailed because of the cost for 3 people and the fact that they were only at the start of their trip. Given the difference between 3 and 4 people was only a couple of hundred dollars I really dont think the trip was within the guys budget to begin with.
While originally I had not been planning to go to Tibet I had sort of convinced myself it would be ...



