CN – Chengdu

China CN - Chengdu Miguel

Clarifications

You might be thinking (as I read from a friend) that we are not enjoying the trip, as the last few post about China were negative. Traveling is not only about enjoying things, but mostly discovering things. We have been discovering that most of China cities are unbearable because of pollution, way of driving and […]

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Photos from China

Two pandas – eatingOriginally uploaded by eva_p Blogging is more difficult in China because of censorship. You will have to wait for the “spicier” stories for another couple of months, but you can already see some of my photos on flickr (which, miraculously, is not blocked):http://www.flickr.com/photos/photos-eva/sets/72157622402530708/ I will try to update the photo site whenever […]

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China CN - Chengdu Miguel

Pandas

Today we went to see several of those pandas. Yes, they are cute and you just keep staring at them as they eat the bamboo.

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Travel moments of indecision

Today we are in Chengdu, in Sichuan province, near where one year ago there was the huge earthquake that killed 65 thousand people. The hostel where we are is a bit the hub for travellers who come from Xi’an to visit Sichuan or that come to China to go to Tibet. There are dozens of […]

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