Chengdu Travel Blogs

Hello people. I had to go into Chengdu today to the medical clinic to have them poke and prod me for goodness knows what. I have the biggest bruise on my arm from where they took my blood; and not five minutes after they took the blood, they took my blood pressure from the same arm. She woul…

I explained to Jingjing a week or more later “Ya know, of all the beautiful scenery and experiences I have had in China so far, one of my favourite moments of all was just sitting and reading with cups of fresh jasmine tea in Peoples Park in Chengdu.  Such a wonderfully laid back city.”.&n…

        We checked out of our hotel at noon and decided to explore Baihuaton Park, an area near our Chengdu hotel that we had yet to venture into. We walked slowly down Qintai Road, trying to avoid sweating in the midday sun since we would be sleeping on a train t…

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia), Russell (England) So the main reason of going to Chengdu was to visit the Panda research base.... a must for any lover of wldlife, or soft cuddly things! We set off at 7am accompanied by an English guy called Russell and…

I was fortunate enough to be able to fulfill an ambition of mine to see a real live panda, and preferably in China.  I was visiting Shanghai on a work trip for two weeks so decided to make a weekend trip to Chengdu - specifically to visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. …

Yesterday the boys and I checked out the "Panda Research Base," or whatever they call it.  Really, it's just a zoo.  With pandas.  Only pandas.  I had no interest whatsoever, but the boys were pretty keen on it so off we went.  Pandas are nocturnal, which means we had to ge…

If ever there was a species ripe to be branded evolutionary losers, pandas are it. A trip to Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Centre confirmed this for me. We arrived early to witness the black and white fur balls chowing down on their daily bushels of bamboo. As soon as the daily masticatio…

DAY 1 We arrived in Chengdu at 3.30pm after 26hours of squalor on the train, we had to make it to our couch surfing host place, but unfortunately, Stacey made me get on the wrong but which I was against. And SHOCK! We got lost. A few sweaty hours later we found the place and Dhane, our host, invi…

The Panda Breeding Centre was huge; it was also built on rather a steep hill surrounded by beautiful bamboo forest. The park is built with several enclosures where the pandas are kept in as natural habitat as they can, a lake-land, museums, gift shops and a cinema (breeding program). Try to get the…

I arrived in Chengdu this morning after a 36-hour-long train ride that I thought was going to take 10. Somehow when I asked what time the train would arrive, I assumed the information leady meant 5:45 am the next morning, and not 5:45 am the morning after! If I'd thought about it at all, it should'…

Photos from my visit to Chongqing city in 2006

Everyone we met who had anything to say about Chengdu told us that there were so many fantastic things to do that we'd end up staying ages; "You'll never want to leave," people would say. Well, because of our time constraints, we ended up spending one whole day there! We arrived on an overnight tr…

We arrived at Mix hostel around lunch time, although the hostel is big it has a relaxed atmosphere.  After unpacking we went to the station to get our train tickets to Lhasa, this was easier than expected. Our first full day was spent relaxing, then on Friday we got a minibus to Leshan to see…

One of the highlights of a visit to Chengdu - and, indeed, China - is to get a glimpse of those elusive idiots of the animal kingdom, the giant panda. "Why an idiot?" you say. I'll tell you. This is an animal who can only eat certain types of its food source, bamboo, otherwise it will die. Thi…

Chengdu is the largest city in Sichuan province and is best known for 2 things: spicy food and pandas.  So, not surprisingly, top of our list are sampling the local cuisine and visiting the Pandas.  Phil and Mike had already spent a night in Chengdu on their way from Xian to Lijiang and M…