The bus to Zigong was going to take about three hours and we were taking the public bus to get to the bus station, which would take about an hour. So I left with Angeline and her mom at about 07:00, we had a baozi breakfast with soy milk like Angeline and I had the first day in Chengdu and then we got on the bus.

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I woke up feeling much, much better. We decided to get breakfast at the XiPu station, but were a bit disappointed with the lack of options available to us when we got there. We ate this fried stuffed bread thing that made your tongue tingle, and drank rice porridge. The bullet train platform was near the platform for the metro you just need to go ( Read more... )

Angeline needed to go and visit her uncle in the morning, and we were very tired from all the running around we had done the previous night. So it was decided that we would relax in the morning and go out to see a tomb that was in the vicinity of Angeline’s place in the afternoon around 15:00.

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We got up extra early since the Chengdu Panda Research Base was across the city. Angeline had dressed up for the day since she wanted to look good for the Pandas. The Giant Panda is her favourite animal. We ate breakfast at a restaurant that was near the bus stop (that was across the street from the usual bus stop that we used). We had stewed beef ( Read more... )

We went to a different noodle restaurant and ate simmer-fried beef noodles (红烧牛肉面 hong2shao1niu2rou4mian4) before we got on the bus to get out to the Ancient Village that was a good couple hours away.

Luodai Ancient Village

The Luodai Ancient Village is in one of the suburbs of Chengdu kind of tucked in amoungst the more modern city. Even though the ( Read more... )

The gate of the tomb from the street looked promising as well as a promenade before you reach the tomb. The promenade is lined with animal, mystical beast and priest (I believe) statues. The tomb is of: King Wang of the Former Shu Kingdom which had been re-established by King Wang at the end of the Tang Dynasty and survived into the Five Dynasties ( Read more... )

Spring Festival - Chengdu Day 1: Jinsha Site Museum, Jin Li Street (Gujie), Wuhou Temple, and DuFu’s Cottage
14.01.2014
Breakfast
I got up at about 07:30 stiff, so I decided that I was going to have to start doing the Morning Yoga exercises I found on tumblr, and the Straighten Up and Move exercises that I got from the Chiropractor just to loosen up. ( Read more... )

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