Michael Chmilar's Travels

Tag: Chengdu

  • Qinglong Lake

    Qinglong Lake

    Public park in Chengdu.

  • Back in China

    Back in China

    I am starting a six-week trip to China, focussing on Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. My starting (and ending) point is Chengdu. Tomorrow I take the bus to Jiuzhaigou. A high-speed train is opening very soon, but I will have to make the 7 or 8 hour bus trip there and back. Chengdu recently hosted the…

  • Chengdu Kite Fliers

    Chengdu Kite Fliers

    I have a backlog of China photos and stories to post, so I’ll continue to post China material from Australia. All over China, kite flying is a popular activity. I’ve seen kites in every city I visited. These particular kites are in the People’s Park in Chengdu. You can see three kites, and the Monument…

  • Sichuan Cooking Class

    Sichuan Cooking Class

    Yesterday, I took a Sichuan cooking class. Ten people attended the class, and we learned to make Sweet and Sour Pork, Gung Bao (Kung Pao) Chicken, Crisp Rice with Vegetable Sauce, Fish-Flavor Eggplant, and Three Shredded Vegetable Salad. Pictured above is my Sweet and Sour Pork. These are the tools we used to cook. That…

  • More Chrysanthemums

    More Chrysanthemums

     

  • Chrysanthemum Day In the People’s Park

    Chrysanthemum Day In the People’s Park

    Today is my last day in Chengdu. Tonight, I take an overnight train (soft sleeper) to Huashan. Unfortunately, I think the train will arrive too late tomorrow to get up onto the mountain tomorrow evening. I wanted to have an easy day, so I wandered around a bit, and, in the afternoon, I went to…

  • Good Wood Coffee

    Good Wood Coffee

    They must put Viagra in the coffee.

  • Does this Look Like a Swoosh?

    Does this Look Like a Swoosh?

    Li-Ning sportswear has a familiar looking logo.

  • Panda Express

    Panda Express

    I am back in Chengdu, after a grueling 12-1/2 hour bus ride from Jiuzhaigou. There was construction that caused a 1-1/2 hour delay. This morning, I visited the Chengdu Panda Research Base, where they are working on breeding Pandas to increase the population, which has fallen to 1000 animals. The research base has a number…

  • Colorful Karaoke and Dancing in the People’s Park

    Colorful Karaoke and Dancing in the People’s Park

    The last post made it to flickr, so I am assuming it made it to the blog. So, I am sending another one. The colorfully-dressed people on the left are performing a dance while the guy on the right sings karaoke. Don’t ask me why, but it was entertaining. They had quite a crowd. Once…