Blogs from Sichuan, China, Asia - page 151

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu April 25th 2004

We left the hotel at 930am for the three minute walk to the train station, finding the correct waiting room crowds of commuters are smaller than in the larger Chinese cities. We boarded the train just before 10am after walking straight to the front of the queue and passing through the entrance gate first, it was then a matter of finding our carriage on what is quite a long train, there were at least 16 double story carriages. We have purchased hard seat tickets costing Y73($16) for this seven hour section of our journey and the upright seats are in fact very hard and uncomfortable and the carriage is cramped and full of sick people. The boy opposite me is snorting & snuffling and not putting his hand over his mouth when he coughs he is ... read more

into SiChuan

Asia » China » Sichuan April 16th 2003

the Yi land

3xuok

16 Apr 2003 hotttt...is the expression for today! what a day...what a trip!!! spending the whole day traveling on different buses, since my body doesn't agree with me today...pain almost every junction of my body. have a quick look of the market in town today, not much offer as it was same like all the other market I'd seen so far. so...catch the bus go further south along the river by noon, surprisingly with not many people, got a seat by a window on the river view side...great! and the scene is quite impress as well, JinShaJiang is wild with different shade of mountain and rock, but in this part of the area, transportation are rear, so...when I got to HuangPing,( a nice little village just by my instinct, if not because some people are impolite ... read more

Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu May 6th 2001

Panda

XuJia

Our first close encounter with so many giant pandas was in Chengdu - Sichuan Province. The province is a.k.a. Home of the Giant Pandas. We have travelled the Silk Route and back to Chengdu, our starting point. ... read more

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