Travel experiences across the world
Wuhou Shrine We had one last morning in Chengdu before our 3PM flight to Shanghai, so I wanted to find something to do that wouldn’t take too long and, preferably, wouldn’t require us to cross the city center, so as not to end up stuck in traffic on the way back. So I settled on… Continue reading Wuhou Shrine, arrival in Shanghai
I couldn’t have wished for better weather today, by which I mean it was around 23°C and cloudy. The ideal weather to be out and about! Today’s first plan was to spend Sunday morning in the park… in People’s Park! I think every Chinese city has a People’s Park or People’s Square, and Chengdu’s is… Continue reading People’s Park, Wenshu Monastery, Panda Base
Our first full day in Chengdu began, surprisingly, with rain! A gloomy, misty rain that seemed imported from the Basque Country. That didn’t bother me in the slightest, not just because nostalgia and climate change have made me appreciate rain when it comes, but because my plan for the morning was to hop on a… Continue reading Chengdu Museum, Kuanzhai Alley
This morning we bid farewell to a gloomy Xian and took the train to our next destination: the capital of Sichuan, the city of pandas, the Mecca of spicy food: Chengdu! The train journey was pretty much the same as the one to Xian (it is, in fact, the same line): about one hour’s ride… Continue reading Train to Chengdu, Taikoo Li
