Blogs from Sichuan, China, Asia - page 11

Na een slechte nacht komt de trein gelukkig goed op tijd aan in Chengdu. Paul en zijn vrouw staan ons buiten het station al op te wachten. In het hotel checken wij maar in voor 1 nacht omdat dit hotel blijkbaar ver van het vliegveld ligt en wij moeten vrijdag vrij vroeg op het vliegveld zijn. Gelukkig konden wij vrijwel direct inchecken en even lekker gaan douchen. Dat was ook wel nodig na die nacht in de trein! Ons ontbijt was eerder een vroege lunch ( bij mc.donalds!). We waren op tijd terug in het hotel om even te rusten want rond 13 uur zou een vriend van Paul ons komen ophalen om naar het Panda centrum te gaan. Lisa en ik hadden geen zin om in het hotel te blijven en zijn wat gaan rondlopen. ... read more

Hi All, The hard travelling is all behind us now. The last leg to Chengdu, via Miangyang was hard. An 8 hour bus journey on some rather amazing roads, but unfortunately after about 4 - 5 hours the scenery just becomes a blur and you want it to be over. At the beginning we must have gone over 4000 metres above sea level as at one point we were above the cloud. From here it was downhill all the way through a gorge, at first fast flowing a mountain stream which became a big river. The towering peaks were incredible. We passed through a national park which again was just beautiful. So staying in Chengdu for a few days just to catch up with some friends before heading off into the countryside for some sitting back ... read more

Hey everyone! The new post is up! https://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/blogs/kmcgeepugetsoundedu/weekend-adventure This one is kind of long, so I don't have anything to add here. Hope you all enjoy! Until next time!... read more

This morning I received a text message from my beautiful wife, showing me a photo of the 6 inches of snow that landed in Toledo last night. I almost didn't have the heart to tell her that it was 75 and beautiful here in China, after all she did allow me to go alone. Fortunately, she told me the snow was gone by evening, so at lease she didn't have to shovel. Today we began our tour at 8:30. We boarded our luxury high rider bus and headed out of town to the Giant Panda Breeding Park. This is the largest Park of it's kind in the world catering to a population of endangered breeding Giant Pandas. The Giant Panda is a national treasure in China with about 1600 left in the wild and several hundred ... read more

Geo: 30.67, 104.07After a never ending food hunt (Chengdu still wins no prizes for its food selection) we headed towards our old favourite 'jingli street.' This time we discovered a beautiful park next door that we hadn't found before. It was lovely to see some blossom trees. Jingli street was absolutely packed as it was the last day of the sweeping the tombs festival holiday. Trying to manoeuvre two buggies through the crowds was a challenge! I have to admire Isaac's stubbornness when moving through the crowds, hands over eyes shouting 'no photos!' Unfortunately for him, this makes him even more photo worthy to the many passerbys and his grumpy cross face is likely now adorning many a Chinese mantelpiece! In the evening, we went to watch a sichuan medley performance in a tea house featuring ... read more