There is [1] photo and [5] stories tagged with "chengdu".
CHINA | Mon, 6 Oct 2014 | By adaptive | Views [664] | Comments [2]
A fellow traveler told me that Chengdu was only worth a three day stay for pandas and the national parks. I ended up staying longer and it was worth it. Maybe this is because national week made everything really busy, and maybe because I'm not an efficient ... Read more >
Tags: chengdu, night markets, traffic inn hostel
CHINA | Fri, 17 May 2013 | By moresbbb | Views [12099]
As I sit in a vegetarian restaurant in the Tibetan district of Chengdu, chewing on particularly tasty chunk of imitation lamb, I observe a Tibetan monk on the table opposite, thumbing messages in to his smart phone with one hand, lips moving silently ... Read more >
Tags: chengdu, china, monks, temples
CHINA | Mon, 6 May 2013 | By moresbbb | Views [1381] | Comments [2]
Among the frenzied ruckus of blaring music, ballroom dancing, opera singing, and endless chatter in Peoples Park Chengdu is found a network of paths intersecting through the trees. People young and old gather here and shuffle up and down the pathway ... Read more >
Tags: chengdu, china, marriage market, peoples park
CHINA | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [2692]
If flying is cheating then call me Rosie Ruiz , the journey by bus and train from Lijiang to Chengdu would have taken the best part
of two days and had multiple points of failure, so choosing the hour long flight was an easy option.
... Read more >
Tags: chengdu, emei shan, huanglong, jiuzhaigou, leshan, pandas
CHINA | Thu, 30 Mar 2006 | By warrenr | Views [1030]
A Texas lawman leaves his gun at home ... In everyday life in downstate Texas, Dennis West has to carry a gun, even when this soon to be retired law enforcement officer is off duty. On the seldom occasions that he has been ... Read more >
Tags: chengdu, china, panda, travel, warren rodwell