Bright Cheery Ticket Office

Chengdu and Jiuzhaigou National Park, China

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April 17th 2015
We arrived very late at night in Chengdu and checked into 'Mrs. Panda's Hostel'. Linda and Maurice had a room while Lulu bunked in a dorm room for 4. Chengdu has a population of 7,000,000 and there are 30,000,000 in the province of Sichuan. It is a very clean modern city teeming with construction. The huge streets have 6 lanes and another 2 side lanes for turns, scooters and bikes. We woke about 8 ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu » Jinniu

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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