Laidback Panda

Chengdu - Pandas and HotPot

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February 12th 2008
Chengdu - December 07 Chengdu is a enormous city but we hardly spent any time there, it was just a flying visit to go and see the panda breeding centre. The hostel we stayed in was quality, the rooms were good, it had a bar and a nice restaurant at the front. the only downside was that being the middle of winter it was dead! We played this to our advantage though with cheaper beds in a empt ... 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