Shenzhen Oct City Inn Kuan-Zhai Street Chengdu

... over quality of the current construction still needs to be rectifed and further work cannot start till these have been resolved. The contractor having spent every penny now has no money for remedial works and so cannot progress with any work?!! I think this can only happen in China. So once again, work has stopped and nobody is on site. Oh..except a lonely rooster that seems to have wandered in and has been adopted by the contractor! It’s now ...

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... There was a lady there who kept after us to try to convince us to take her company’s bus back to Chengdu, plus a free ride from where we were out to the bus. Since it was the same price as taking the first company’s bus back, we decided to go ahead and do it.

We were some of the last people on the bus this time, so I ended up sitting next to a Chinese guy. He slept most of the way, so it really didn’t matter. There was a European couple sitting in the ...

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Several of the tutors had tests to take today, so most people were doubled up. We read through the dialogue and reviewed the vocabulary for chapter 4. At the end we talked about songs, and Dash and my tutor ended up singing a song together. It was pretty funny. Afterward I went to the vendors on campus to get a snack, and ended up buying a bag of mini croissants, since I’d seen some people eating ...

... I had, and he put them back on my bed and said, "No No, Wo qing ni chi fan". Basically he was inviting me, or asking me to eat. I was not clear at what he meant, but he beckoned me to follow him, so I did. Ellie was sleeping so I didn't want to wake her up to come as well. We were on a train full of people, what could he possibly do. Another one of the artists tagged along, and we walked through eight cars until we reached the dining car that I didn ...

Hi folks, After a 25-hour train ride from Guilin, I've reached the grey, gloomy and cold city of Chengdu. Actually the train ride wasnt that bad and time just flew quickly with the help of some good books. The bunk bed was surprisingly comfortable to sleep on too. I reached here about 3pm in the afternoon and made it to my hostel in no time. Here, it feels like the coldest winter months in New Zealand, but the temperature variation ...

... full-time students in their 4th or 5th year of study!!!! Wow, I didn't know that! I have to tell Vivian. He also offered opinions on how Joseph can improve his skills. Boy, I wish he lived close to us to be Joseph's teacher. Luyi decided to stay at his grandma's condo so as to spend more time with his new playmate, so he slept with Joseph in the living room in our condo. Our first day in Chengdu was a fabulous and relaxed one.

May 16th I set three alarms on my cell phone last night, for 8:45, 9:00, and 9:15 a.m. I got out of bed this morning at around 11:00 a.m., when Nick came home with bacon, eggs, cheese and bread from Carrefour. There was still plenty of time to go visit Dujiangyan, a town near the epicenter of the earthquake. I packed up some clothes to donate, grabbed my camera, and started out the door. Nobody wanted to come with me. Everybody asked me to stay away from the ...

Day 12 - Panda Research Centre - Had to leave reasonably early in the morning as this is when the pandas are most active - almost too active it seems as they wouldn't stay still for a photo at first! In the end I saw over 20 pandas including some babies in the nursery! They are such cute animals - most of them spent the entire couple of hours lying on their backs ...

Woken up at 6 am by the sound of pneumatic drills just behind my room. I seem fated on this trip! Although one bus set off early the others didn't leave until midday allowing a bit of time to walk around the city and experience a mid size Chinese City not on the normal tourist track. It was interesting to see that street vendors still operated alongside shiny new ...