Yun Long Chengdu

Today is Moon Festival and the Hotel left us some Moon Cakes in our room, not bad, very different, Michelle had one with an boiled egg in the middle. Couldn't work out just what was in some of them but maybe we don't want to know.

Although a rainy day we head off to Le Shan to view the Great Buddha and on the way we stop at a tea shop to taste and buy the different teas. After 2 hours we ...

When I got up in the morning Satomi told me that she'd decided not to go to Leshan so that she’d have enough money to go to Emeishan next weekend. I was happy to see that the weather wasn’t looking too bad, overcast and warm enough to suggest that it was going to be hot later. I made sure my water bottle was full and I had everything I needed in my backpack and headed downstairs.

Five of the fourth years were already there with their teacher, Shao laoshi. She’d ...

... the unique presentation, it actually was tasted great.

After lunch, we went to the Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum. Du Fu is one of the most signification poets in China's History. It is definitely a serene place right in the middle of a major city.

Tonight, we should get a chance to take a walk around the city. In fact we are skipping dinner since we are all still full from the incredible lunch we had.

... street. I suppose it is a good thing environmentally given the magnitude of the people living in this country, but still. I won't wear sandals outside. I don't know where that street has been. I am going to try and upload some pictures into their own entry. I love reading all of your comments. And if you have any questions just let me know and I'll answer you. I hope everything is going alright in the states! Send me emails to keep me updated on your life! Love you all. Till next time!

... Cottage Museum in Chengdu, where the roofs of some buildings were broken and some walls had cracks in the earthquake, opened on June 14, which was China's second Cultural Heritage Day, with a gathering of famous, amateur and student poets. They recited poems in praise of soldiers and public-spirited people for their selfless relief work in the wake of the earthquake as well as stalwarts saved from the debris. "It is hoped the poems can inspire people who are ...

... slightly more expensive. A Suzuki 150cc cruiser. Only... the black one they had was two years old, and the new one they had was an ugly blue-green. If I'm gonna ride this thing across the world, it's gotta be new, and it's gotta be black. The dealer tells me he could have a new one driven to where we were from another dealership 50 minutes away... great. But.... no black ones. He says everybody wants to buy a black motorcycle. I say, then ...

... three we could see easily tore their bamboo apart. The middle one, whom I silently decided was the ringleader, was the most aggressive toward the bamboo, and I thought he spent more time tearing it apart than eating it. Before the pandas had arrived, our solitary group was suddenly attacked from both sides by other tour groups, and much of the rest of our trip was spent vying for a good place to snap the perfect photo. I didn't really want to leave the sub ...

Heading towards Tibet we decide to take the cheapest way to Chengdu. This being a ************ a train. No sleeper for us. We want to go 33 hours sitting up to save a few dollars. When they say hard seat they don't mean it's like a bench or something. It's a bit like a seat on a coach but when you are on it for 33 hours it lives up to ...