01/10/2010 - 03/10/2010 After travelling 1-2 weeks together with my slovakian friend our ways seperated; he went on to Hong Kong and I'm planning to explore south west China. First stop was Chengdu. It was a nice change, coming from the big cities Beijing and Xi'an. Chengdu is also quit big, however somehow different. More relaxed, bigger streets, even more friendly people, nicer women... they say the more south you go the more you' ll notice this trend, lucky me!! First day I explored Chengdu centre a bit. Not having my personal guide, Roman, close to me I had to rely again on my personal orientation skills and euhm...I saw a big part of the city!:) Visited the local monastery/temple Wuhou Si temple, the local park, big square with hugh Mao statue..etc In the hostal I
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