Tag: Sichuan
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Litang to Chengdu
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Riding Busses in China
Here is one of my China posts, from my backlog of drafts. In China, busses are a primary means of transportation for most people. Busses range from city busses up to large coaches, similar to Greyhound. You haven’t really travelled in China unless you have ridden a local country bus. The kind that stops in…
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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…
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More Chrysanthemums
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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…
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Good Wood Coffee
They must put Viagra in the coffee.
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Wolong Pandas
The Wolong Panda Conservation Center is about halfway (by time) between Rilong Town and Chengdu. I decided to stop and stay there overnight, and get another dose of Pandas. It as also nice to break the nine hour bus ride into a five hour and a four hour segment. The Panda Inn is right outside…
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Mt Siguniang
I spent three days in Rilong Town, which is the town outside the Siguniang Shan area. (Siguniang = Four Sisters, Shan = Mountain). Mt. Siguniang is 6250m tall (20,505 ft), and is the second tallest in Sichuan province. The route to Siguniang from Chengdu goes over the 4487m (14,721ft) Balang Pass. This is higher than…
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Does this Look Like a Swoosh?
Li-Ning sportswear has a familiar looking logo.
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And I Thought I Was Crazy
I thought I was crazy for lugging a 4×5 camera around China. This guy is in Jiuzhaigou, shooting with an 8×10! Here is my setup. It looks puny in comparison:
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