Chengdu, China

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Pandas and stuff!

So next visit on the list was the Panda sanctuary just outside Chengdu. You had to get up early to get to the sanctuary during feeding time before they go to bed to sleep of there meals. A note on Pandas. There a ridiculous animal, I knew they were cute and were nearly extinct but the latter...

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Dan on May 02, 2008 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Made it to the Du

An epic journey but we made it and Chengdu seems nice if a little hazy. Its certainly the most humid place I've been so far, though not to warm. The trip itself was a bumpy 7 hours bus from Lijiang to a town called Panzhihua in southern Sichuan. This place was horrid, thick layer of grime on...

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Dan on May 01, 2008 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Descripcion

Chengdu (成都 Chéngdū; [1]) is the capital of Sichuan Province in south-west China. [edit] Understand Chengdu is located in the fertile plains of western Sichuan province. Due to its agricultural wealth Chengdu is sometimes called "Land of Milk and Honey". The Fulan river bisects the city...

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garisti on May 01, 2008 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Viaje por Asia

Hello Word!

It is hard to find a free blog that is not blocked by the G F W. I hope the Blogabond is at my taste. --memorial of wrodpress and blogger.

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xpol on March 25, 2008 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: XPOL

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jiuzhaigou

After Misty Mountains and Giant Buddhas we decided to go north in Sichuan. Our target was a National Park 10 hours by bus from Chengdu called Jiuzhaigou. The bus ride was indeed entertaining, we know now that all chinese busdrivers are psychotic madmen. They drive like hell and honk the horn...

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agnesola on December 06, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

Home of the Giant Pandas

Hi there! Chengdu - home of the Giant Pandas! What a great place....this city has everything...and yes we were happy to see Starbucks again, isn't that sad!! Today we visited the Panda base, about 10 km's out of town...we had organised to be taken out there by Mr Wang, through a local...

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arterra on November 29, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: China Adventure

PAAANNDAAS!!

Helloo everybody! After our time in Xi'an, we took a train to go all the way to Sichuan, which is a region situated west of China. We arrived in the capital city of the region called Chengdu. There we found a lovely, very stylish and charming hostel for us to stay a few nights. Well, the...

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agnesola on November 29, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

Back in Chengdu

Sorry this didnt post at first, its a bit old now - but I will post a more recent one in the next few days. We are back in Chengdu now, and thankfully the weather has improved greatly. It had been raining for a few days so the temperature dropped, and the smog and pollution cleared enough...

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Jakeb on September 01, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Siguniang Shan

back in Xiao Jin

So we've left Rilong for good on this trip, it turns out that we are not going to climb Siguniang shan right now. It has been one of the warmest seasons they've had and there is very little snow and practically no ice. We met up with a polish climbing team in Rilong looking to put up a first...

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Jakeb on August 28, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Siguniang Shan

Rilong at last

Hey everyone, so we finally made it up to rilong the other day, however I am writing this from Xiou Jin where there is internet and phones to call internationally. The bus ride from Chengdu was soooo long, it took about 17 hours in total - thats longer than our flight across the pacific. We...

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Jakeb on August 25, 2007 from Chengdu, China

from the travel blog: Siguniang Shan

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