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Pandas!
... us some chinese swear words and funny phrases - which when we repeated back to her, she thought we were hilarious.
We then drove for 2.5 hours to Leshan where we had lunch and then took a boat to visit the worlds largest outdoor buddha. It measures 71m in height and has a very steep staircase where you can climb down to the buddhas feet from the top (not that we did that, as we were on the boat). There were alot of ...
Holy Land Vegetarian Restaurant is the best vegeta
If you are a vegetarian and plan to travel in
Tibet, you don't need to worry about what to eat during your Tibet tours, at
least, during your Lhasa tour. There
are many vegetarian restaurants in Lhasa offering you a wide range of options.
Holy Land Vegetarian Restaurant located on ...
Giant Pandas
... that meant through scanners. they found my knife in my bag and would not let me in the metro. I expected the knife to be taken from me so it was no real surprise. I was talking to them about 'How can i get it home?' when this other man came and asked if he could help. I explained about the knife and he said he would post it for me. I didnt tell him I had already tried and I gave it to him (It might as well have gone to him. It had to be given to ...
Chengdu weekend - shopping, Wenshu
Sunday in Chengdu - early start for shopping expedition with Louise and Nancy. Went to Silk Street area - many small shops selling clothes and fabrics. Found a gorgeous embroidered silk scarf (red with peacocks), and some gifts. Then to the wholesale market - 10 or more floors filled with stalls of clothes, shoes, handbags, accessories, etc. Throngs of people - mostly girls and women - very lively atmosphere, but frankly overwhelming to see ...
China - Sichuan - Chengdu
... all sat around a big table making chinese dumplings and eating it together afterwards. This is a chinese new years celebration tradition for families.
We met a nice english couple in the hostel who gave us some good travel tips for Vietnam and they also convinced us to travel to Loas. We shared a couple of beers and some chinese rice wine.
The next day we went for the traditional Hot Pot, famous in the sichuan region. Its basically a pot ...