http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/tastyisaacsoup/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from tastyisaacsoup en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:39:24 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:39:24 +0000 5 Days in ChengduPrologue Day 0 March 4 2005Itrsquos been ten months since I arrived in China. Five months in Beijing one month in Shanghai two weeks in Guangzhou two weeks in Hong Kong one more week in Beijing another month in Shanghai another week in Beijing one more week in Shanghai and a week in Zhuhai. Got all that Good.This week however I am in none of those places. Right http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-5397.html 5 Days in Chengdu Day 2 March 6 2005 Itrsquos around midnight by the time we turn in. ldquoIt shouldnrsquot take long to explore the mountainrdquo Phil says ldquoso we can have a good sleep tonight and wake up later tomorrow.rdquo And eight hours later Phil tells me to wake up and get ready to go. After what passes for breakfast and what breakfast passes through me we begin o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-5445.html 5 Days in Chengdu Day 1 March 5 2005Therersquos a big difference between 530am and 600am the difference being that with one you get to the airport on time and can check in your luggage. With the other the checkin counter closes about a minute after you arrive thus you are not allowed to actually check in your luggage and you have to leave your Swiss Army knife at the security desk w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-5452.html 5 Days in Chengdu Day 3 March 7 2005One thing I really canrsquot stand is waking up early. Funny then that Irsquove been doing it every day for the past few days. Itrsquos 730am and Phil tells me to wake up and get readyhellipagain. I mumble ok and then stand up. Phil says he will go rent some big parkas for us for when we go outside. I tell him ok you do that while I take a sh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-5501.html 5 Days in Chengdu Day 3 March 7 2005 Dinner At SWUFE When last we left our heroesPhil You want the truth You canrsquot handle the truthIsaac 25 meters Thatrsquos inside the room We must have missed somethingKirk KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHNThe car ride down to the hotel seems faster than the bus ride up the mountain. And you know what it probably is. We arrive at the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-5539.html 5 Days in Chengdu Day 4 March 8 2005 Itrsquos 700am and as usual I wake up earlier than I want to. Phil has already gotten up an hour earlier to go jogging. Now I suppose I could write a paragraph or two complaining about how I hate waking up in the morning but I suppose this isnrsquot the website for that sort of thing. Itrsquos not xanga after all.After showering and changing http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-5580.html 5 Days in Chengdu Day 4 Day 5 March 8 9 2005 Previously on our Chengdu tripIsaac was confronted by Susan about his dark past in underground crocheting rings while the two of them tried to escape from a runaway train headed toward the nuclear missile silos in Fiji. Phil and Rebecca discovered a link between the mysterious deaths of hundreds of army ants in Bali and the recent increase trade http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-6022.html