Chengdu airport early in the morning

First Impressions

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June 3rd 2017
When we first arrived in Chengdu, I went out of the airport to take a breath of fresh air and got a lung-full of thick, polluted air which made me cough. It was not very nice. Chengdu is very busy, the roads are crazy and everyone stares at you. Other than that, it is amazing and I love trying out all the new food and meeting new people. When I first got to my home stay, I was very homesick and wa ... 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