Home Inn Chengdu

... of the day on a pair of buses to try and get to the airport.  Now, early we had planned to fly home from Chengdu through Shizhiazhuang since the plane tickets to here were far cheaper than those to Tianjin, we could simply take a long distance bus ...

... and motorcycles, well you can pretty much honk at anything you would like (see video).  We arrived in Chengdu and hailed a cab to the Folk Inn where we would spend the next few nights.  First order of business = Starbucks!  There was one ...

... , man I love Pandas so so much! Just want to pick them up cuddle them and take them home. Explored the very touristy Tibetan quarter of Chengdu and sampled some yummy Tibetan specialities. Ate ice-cream and people watch at the 'Peoples Park' - ...

... tickets, etc) but other than that, you can do IT!!! So christianne researcher her travel china book (what a concept!) and we went to Chengdu, bought a map, rode the city bus to where we thought our hotel was, FOUND our hotel, got a room (with 3 beds!!), ...

... teach you how to cook, for a price).  We ordered the Ma Po Tofu (a local specialty, created by a grandmother in Chengdu, generally loved by all, and named after her.  Roughly translated it reads "Pockmarked Granny's Tofu".  Was the granny ...

... category. After settled in at the hotel, we make our way to jinli street, supposedly one of the oldest streets in Chengdu, though despite its reputation, at the front gate you are welcomed by a starbucks (written in English, no Chinese). We followed ...

... that we hear from French tourist in China on Internet site. Chinese people nice, pleasant, clean, like every body on the world... may be less from Kuala Lumpur. We've visit the Secular mosque of Chengdu. Charming... I appreciate Chinese ...

... of more than 2,300 years, it is one of the most famous historical and cultural cities in China. Alex and I traveled to Chengdu along with four other Motorolans; Alex's co-workers from Plantation Florida USA. We spent 4 days in Chengu. The weather was ...

... going to do is start at the end (aka, what I’ve done most recently) and then work my way back. SO! Right now I’m in Chengdu, my home away from home away from home if you will. Mianyang being my home away from home and this being the 2nd best ...

... we made the best of it, I watched Annie Hall and Dirty Dancing on my ipod and Rob read over 300 pages, finishing his book. Chengdu is another vast city, it takes quite a long time to get anywhere but the bus and the metro route seem to be very ...

Day 1 - Transit, Tianfu Square, Mao Statue Spent the morning sitting on a train and not doing much. Arrived in Chengdu East train station around 2pm. Looks like a brand new station so am guessing it hasnt been here long. Saw a metro sign and had been ...

I really wanted to go to Chengdu to see the pandas.  Alex really wanted to go to buy western groceries!  Saturday was his day.  We went to Metro and Sabrina's and bought SO MANY GROCERIES!  I actually packed a small suitcase inside a ...

... at a higher decibel level than normal, and tried to pretend it was not really happening!    And so I arrived in Chengdu.  And stepped out to find a soupy sky, still emptying itelf of rain... all these miles later!  China was ...

... and we talked for a few minutes and said we would stay in touch so we could get together on his next trip to China.  Chengdu is a regular destination for him. We were going to try for the Cherry/Tulip Park tomorrow, so we headed back for a nights ...

... not available in Zigong.  We bargained for a roll of packing tape to seal up our big blue IKEA bag for the trip back home.  We had also brought along our rolly insulated bag for the cheese and butter.  Back over to Peter’s where our ...

Since I am in Chengdu for only one full day, at the top of my list is a visit to the Chengdu Panda Reserve. When I wake up, I notice that I am singing the song Happy Birthday.  It then continues to come out over and over while I am getting dressed, ...

... up with my blog as I am writing too much so I am going to start writing condensed highlights. A few other things I did in Chengdu included, buying myself a small netbook to use for uploading photos and writing, plus checking bank and email on a non-virus ...