Shangri-La Hotel Chengdu

Travel Blogs from Chengdu

Hotel Luxury & Barry

A travel blog entry by davo1764

Day 10

We leave the Intercontinental at Jiuzhaigou and fly back to Chengdu for 1 night. We arrive quite late at 6:00pm back at Cheryl's favourite – The Shangri-La Hotel to find we have been booked into a Club room. After an almost alcohol free trip so far, we are both keen to relax and enjoy the club room benefits of free happy hour …

Pandas, Changing Faces, and Spicy Girls

A travel blog entry by daytonfamily

We spent our last morning in Beijing visiting the Hutongs. Hutongs are traditional Beijing residential complexes. They are a series of narrow warrens and homes built around courtyards. Each courtyard usually is home to an extended family with 4 homes build around the courtyard. The homes are very modest - usually a bedroom, sitting room, and small …

Trip to Chendu CDC for Chinese Physical

A travel blog entry by docandpam

The trip began with a taxi ride to the bus station n Zigong. Taxi rides are an experience in itself. They can make 2 lanes into 4. I have not seen any accidents only one person pulled over by the blue light.The taxi drivers can talk on the phone drive, shift and honk the horn, weave in and out while two lanes into four lanes all at the same time. …

Our last Luxury Fling before Zigong

A travel blog entry by docandpam

Chengdu is the provincial capital of Sichuan Province. We will stay here for two days before the Hospital will send a van and a car to pick us up. Our rooms are luxurious, waterfall showers and giant king size beds, soft and comfortable, truly 5 star. That evening we walked across the street to a very traditional restaurant to enjoy our first of …

I have a monkey on my head!

A travel blog entry by mattcmc22

We have spent the last two days in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. Chengdu has a population of 7.5 million people, which would make it the second largest city in the US, only behind New York. When we first planned the trip, we didn't think of stopping here, but our flight was to have a layover in Chengdu anyways so I thought …