King Chuan Hotel Chengdu
No.144 Yihuan West Road, Section 1, Qingyang District Chengdu, Sichuan, 610072, China
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Pandamonium
... as other westerners working for the 'people's car' company including our new friend Basil – more of him later!
On the first morning we went to see the Panda Sanctuary. Tom has not been a fan of the furry beast (creating many a heated debate with his wife!) His reasons being the many signs around China; “Don't be a selfish Panda” is one of the more popular slogans on buses and trains, encouraging you to give up your seat for those in need, you see, ...
Pandas and Sichuan Cooking
So I am currently in Chengdu. We arrived last night and will fly out tomorrow afternoon by plane for Hangzhou, then Shanghai after that. Although we had a lot of time on the cruise ( I will update that and Fenghuang later) this trip is much more speedy than Busabout around Europe. It's great and there really is no way on earth I could have navigated my way around China without Sophia, but it's kind of disappointing not to ...
Chengdu weekend - shopping, Wenshu
... things to buy in one place (even for an avid shopper like me!). Had our fill after three hours, went back to hotel with a stop at Carrefours supermarket on the way. Found essential snack items - including skippy peanut butter! - and drinks, and enjoyed the spectacle of bizarre food items including some very exotic fruits and vegetables, sea creatures (see photo) and spices. Had a short rest before venturing out again, this time ...
Night at the Chinese Opera
... show (at least for Chengdu) was the mask changing act. This involved a fire breather (helps distract you) as well as people who changed their masks in an instant. At one point saw a mask disappearing and at a guess I would say there must be a string somewhere in the costume that is pulled by the performer in order to remove a mask (rather than change) and reveal the one thats underneath it.
In one case the person ended up with no mask and then had a new mask ...
Karaoke Night in Chengdu!
... concert that they'd be having in Chengdu, with every intention to make it. Then, I walked with my classmates back to the entertainment district that we had gone to last time, but this time it was a much larger group. I suggested that we should go to a karaoke place, and at first they were hesitant because they were imagining the average karaoke bar in the US, where there are usually very few people in a boring bar with one silly person singing. I told ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Jing Chuan



