Blogs from Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Asia - page 3

Today I went to the Global Centre with Sienna, Che’la, Awake (Che’la’s buddy) and another Chinese student. The day started out as so much fun. All the rides were cool. I went on one where you stand in a capsule and after about three seconds the floor drops away and you drop straight down. After a while, we decided to go to the change rooms and grab our bags so that we could go and have something to eat. When we got to the café, we discovered that Sienna and I had all our money taken! Sienna lost about 100 Yuan and $50, but I lost 700 Yuan (around $140). The reason all this happened was because we didn’t buy a locker … And we didn’t do this because it would have cost us around $35 ... read more

I expected camp to be a little more fun, but at least the nights and meals were good. We took a three-hour bus ride into the mountains where we camped for two nights, orienteering the whole time. The first night it poured with rain and we realized our tent had holes in it. On the second day I forgot to bring water and basically sweated out any water I already had in me. On the last day we went to an old mountain village for lunch, before a long bus ride back to Chengdu. The next day, Bethany, Che’la and I went to the water park in the Global Centre. The day started out great, until we went to buy food and realized we’d been robbed of all our money. I only lost 200 Yuan, but ... read more

We have started our week of excursions and the first day we went to a biodynamic farm and it was so different from the farm we went to in Australia. We worked on the farm most of the day and spent time digging up worms which was actually pretty fun. We did that for an hour and then got a huge meal because they have a chef on the farm (which is so cool). The food was good, but the best dish was the eggplant, which I normally don’t like but it was the first time I liked it. Today we went to Dujiangyuan Irrigation System and there were so many things to take pictures of. We walked up a mountain and there were temples and beautiful natural views. We walked across a suspension bridge that ... read more

Camp was tiring and dirty but once again an AMAZING experience and, of course, I wouldn’t change a thing!! Throughout the first two days we did plenty of orienteering that was definitely easier than I thought… but that was my impression of it on the first day. On the second day we dealt with a much bigger map, climbing up and down hills, wandering through cornfields and passing many locals- some close to freaking out when they saw us. We were walking through this small village for about four hours but luckily the time passed rather quickly and I wasn’t actually very tired. The Chinese students also cooked some GREAT food for us all to eat. They were all so polite and always fed us before themselves. There was one thing that disappointed me on this ... read more

Sienna, Bethany and I all went to Paradise Island water park and it was so much fun. We went on each ride at least three times before we moved on to the next one. When we got hungry we bought this delicious French ice-cream. It was SOOO yummy. I had so much fun until the end, but I’m sure Sienna and Bethany can tell you that part. Che’la... read more