River Bank Hotel Chengdu

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... to a 4700 meter pass, so we thought we'd camp below the pass and hike the pass in one day. We found an idylic meadow to camp; Lindsey made dinner and we enjoyed the most wonderful sunset yet of the trip so far. We were stoked; we were acclimatized for the pass - really life couldn't get any better. <br><br><br>A sunset shot from our idylic ...

The flight to Chengdu was a very short, which was good. We were met at the airport by Kevin, who was very helpful and informative about Chengdu and China. We were driven to the hotel,I could not believe the traffic and the way people drive!!!!! No indicators, everyone ...

... and Joshua's place which is in the outskirts of the city and in the middle of flower garden..so its just lovely! beautiful and fresh, spacious and has a real country feel to it which was nice because I was actually feeling a bit homesick! I think because no one else I knew really well was in the crowd watching the bands with me!!! Anyway, they have a courtyard and outside kitchen and lots of arty/musical stuff around the place...Lots of ...

Chengdu day I We got off the train this afternoon around 3. We made a new friend on the train. Her name is Hodge and she is from Britain. It turns out that she is staying in the same hostel as we are, so the four of us (yes 3 girls and I) were wondering around looking for the people from the hostel to pick us up. About a minute later they found us and we rode a cab to the hostel. Mix Hostel is very nice. It is very open with a court ...

Hi, I am stuck in Chengdu now, three days already, still try to find people to enter Tibet. Now, it's very hard to find travel partners to Tibet since there are so many restrictions for foreigners. A lot people canceled the Tibet trip this year. But I am still going, even going alone. I still want to spend few weeks in Tibet. Catch me ...

... and unofficial themselves. Some had preexisting government connections which have allowed an increased ability to operate, many are still building these relationships themselves. I realize that it is a big ask to expect a Chinese organization or business to stick its neck out, risking its own connections and authority to operate to let us piggy back on those relationships to do our work. We have often been able to establish very good relations with a Chinese NGO or ...

Dear Friends and Family, It is about 4:15 p.m. here on Wednesday and I have been unable to check e-mail today until now. Yesterday afternoon, all of us sorted through our luggage and donated clothing and other items. We joked that there was a reason we didn't pack as light as recommended by all because God knew there would be a need here for clothing items. I went through the kid's suitcases with them and they were incredibly generous in ...

... especially me. They had lots of different body parts in display cases. They would normally have a normal organ, then one with a disease and a child version of it. The smokers lungs were absolutely disgusting. There was a case next to it where you could dump your cigarettes after viewing the lungs, and a lot were put there. They had another full cadaver, female, who was in a pose of opening her chest cavity. It was showing all the organs in that area ...