Blogs from Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Asia - page 80

15.oct. Chengdu Heute gibt es viel Neues. Am Mittwoch gehts los nach Westsichuan (Tibet). Ich habe hier Vivi aus Belgien kennengelernt und wir reisen zusammen weiter. Habe meine Route wieder ein wenig umgeworfen und werde erstmal mit dem starten womit ich letztes Jahr aufhoerte. Eigentlich wollte ich erstmal in einen Nationalpark und in den Norden von Sichuan. Aber wir fahren nach Tagong und bleiben dort erstmal. Von dort werden wir sehen ob wir zusammen weiterreisen oder nicht. Das Rad bleibt hier in Chengdu und ich werde spaeter zuruck kommen und es abholen. Mehr oder weniger habe ich die Variante mit Rad abgehakt. Einer der groessten Gruede dafuer ist, dass ich mich nach Ruhe sehne und mich drauf freue nun in die Berge zu fahren und es ruhig anzugehen. China ist sehr laut. Die Menschen sprechen sehr ... read more

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We all leave tomorrow morning (the 29th) for a 6 day adventure into Western Sichuan. Traveling into some very high mountain areas we will be heading towards Tibetan areas (although we won't actually go as far as Tibet). We'll visit the Tagong Grasslands northwest of Kangding as well as several smaller towns that aren't even on the map. This should be an adventure in so many ways! Included are some photos highlighting a few other events of the past two weeks. We've enjoyed hearing from some of you (even if we haven't been able to respond personally)!... read more

So now it is the 2nd time to go to Chengdu but this time it was with different people and later in the year. Our schools had a 1 week holiday so we all took advantage of the cheap flights and went to the city, which left me with the chance to re-visit the things I didn't get to the first time. Day 1 We arrived late the previous day and planed for our first day to visit the giant Buddah, which had be carved into the side of a mountain cliff. The pictures looked amazing and the place lived up to the expectations. We took a small speed boat over to the place and took pictures from the boat so we could actually get a photo with the whole Buddah inside of it. And then ... read more

We had the unique opportunity to receive a personal tour by a zoo veterinarian. A friend of my brother and sister-in-law's has been a vet at this zoo for two years and he is the only Western zoo vet in all of China. (This is also his last week there as he is planning to go into private practice where he can offer more of his services to farmer's in need of vetrinary care to keep their animals (and their subsistance) alive. We learned all kinds of interesting facts, and laughed at the animals reactions to him as some of them recognized him. Since we are going to the Panda Reserve on Friday, we'll save the panda photos for then.... read more