Sheraton Chengdu

... Liang's temple. Mask changing dance in the evening 23Oct: flew to Huang Long Gou and traveled by bus to Jiu Zhai Gou (Sheraton) 24Oct: Jiu Zhai Gou (UNESCO World Heritage 1992) west route 25Oct: East route; peacock, colorful lakes, pearl waterfall and ...

... more) are brought to be taught how to survive in the wild and returned into the mountains. Today we visited the famous Chengdu research and breeding base which is a state of the art research and breeding facility with lots of English speaking guides and ...

... guide said hat the earthquake had an affect on the city, as family and friends have become of greater value than making money. Chengdu is much warmer, even today, and there is no pollution problem, as industry is much less common here. At lunch, we ...

... to be a monk. Our tour group is staying in two different hotels. Our hotel is the nicer one next to the Sheraton, not too far from the park's entrance. MONDAY, MAY 15 Northern Sichuan Province, 9 Village Valley The valley is very beautiful but ...

... English maps, and the ones they do have are quite inadequate. Nevertheless, luck finally directed me to a concierge at the Sheraton who graciously offered a wallet-sized map---by this point, I'd have taken anything---and I was on my way! Chengdu, ...

... no rain. The sky was still overcast so we didn't see the sun, but it was hot and muggy. We didn't do much. Went to the Sheraton for lunch, which was excellent. They are very proud of their cakes. When the maitre d' asked how we liked the meal we responded ...

... we would give it a go. Had relaxing walk around gardens and temples and then had huge meal....lovely. Walked back to hostel via Sheraton Hotel as Hels needed a nice loo and decent cup of tea. Very nice tea and coffee in clean china cups. Booked bus for ...

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... too. I highly recommend visiting the Panda bears while in Chengdu. You will be hooked for life. Our very nice Sheraton hotel was on the border of Chengdu's city and next to the Soccer arena. The other great hotel is the Holiday Inn in the middle of ...

... in public place and the smell of it in the heat, that is not really my thing either. Anyhow, moving on. We are staying the Sheraton and I had wanted t stay in a more local place but they did not accompdate families of for so we had to stay in an American ...

After an uneventful flight, with some fairly good views of Central Asia, particularly the region around Bishkek, we arrived at Chengdu, in Sichuan province, at 2330.  During the arrival we are slowed down and vectored around due to other ...

... : a. go visit sleeping pandas; or, b. climb to the top of a Taoist temple mountaintop. I chose mountaintop. I find myself in Chengdu, Sichuan province.  Sichuan is a unique region known for it's distinct dialect (sounds very different to my ear) and ...

... couple of weeks.  Finally departed, enjoyed the first class perks on the short flight, arrived in Xi-an and settled in at the Sheraton, a glittering hotel with all the creature comforts.  It was late but we wanted to see a bit of the city, so we ...

... gives us a chance to check up some on world news and find out what we missing out there. Finally the bank of china atm in the Sheraton lets me draw 2000 yuan. Relief, we have money again. The taxi lady drives us to the airport, and it’s a crazy ...

... white silk scarf, kind of like in Hawaii, you get flowers, well in Tibet you get silk. The bus ride was about an hour to the Sheraton in Lhasa. Our room is so cute, its very modern but at the same time has a rustic feel. Our view of the mountains is ...

... life.  We invite Helen to join us for our last dinner in Jiuzhaigou and she suggests a cozy café in walking distance of the Sheraton called the Star Café.  Here we try non-Chinese foods such as a potato pancake that turns out to be like hash ...

After our day of luxury in the Sheraton it was back to the basics and our 3.50 a night hotel - which means no hot water, dodgy fittings, lots of noise and people irritating you. But you do get a flufffy duvet!! Anyway, on Sunday it was time to start our ...

... At one of these experiences, a young woman strikes up a conversation in English with Harvey.  Amy is a studying polymers at a Chengdu University.   She is 19 years old, speaks English very well, loves science and is quite interesting.  ...

... that we were the last flight for the day because of fog and driving rain; we met some people who had to spend another day in Chengdu waiting for the weather to clear.  I guess we’re lucky that we had an early morning flight, even though it was ...