Central Chengdu

Arriving in Chengdu

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February 6th 2009
Will we ever see blue sky again? I think not. The fog seems to have followed us from Xi'an, or maybe it just covers the whole country. But Chengdu seems a lot less grim than Xi'an, probably because it has a lot more open spaces, trees, little parks, etc. We got the plane here rather than the train (55 minutes as opposed to 24 hours, for the same price - tough decision to make!) and arrived at our ... 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