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Hong Kong to Chengdu
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We took the hotel shuttle back to the airport for our flight to Chengdu. We had a dim sum breakfast at the airport, where the food is wheeled around on trolleys and your point to what you want. The veggie was better than the pork, which had a hidden shrimp inside (I don't like shrimp, especially when they sneak up on me like that). We flew on Air China and they treated us very well. We had the feeling they were reading the airplane safety notifications in English just for us. Our first Chinese plane food was not bad, see photo. It did have some unidentifiable goo on rice, a strange meat product and a very spicy hot radish in a package. The radish we brought home as a treat for friends (not well received).
We arrived in Chengdu midday and Dylan picked us up at the airport. We took a taxi to our hotel, the Ke Hua Yuan, located south of the city center near Sichuan University and the Peace Corps office. It was a nice hotel, and where Dylan had stayed previously for some training. We spent the afternoon planning our visit and walking around the campus and neighborhood. We visited the Peace Corps office, or as it is known in China, the "US China Friendship Volunteers". Apparently China views the Peace Corps as only being stationed in developing countries, and does not consider themselves to be so.
Dylan wanted Western food so we ate dinner at Peter's Tex Mex Grill. Tacos, burritos, etc. The food was excellent and inexpensive, less than $4 US per person, which was typical pricing.
Where I stayed:
Ke Hua Yuan Hotel
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