Breakfast time

Look at the cute panda, orrrr - Chengdu

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May 28th 2006
We hit Chengdu at 5.30am, and it is pouring with rain and dark. It seems Chinese taxi drivers aren't the most literate or blatanly refused to take us the 5 minute drive to our guesthouse and we spend ages (well it seemed that way) walking in the rain trying to get a cab. Welcome to Chengdu. However things get much better after a kip. Chengdu is another Chinese city, quite modern with the o ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more