Chengdu July 8-24, 2007 (video)
The queue to catch the Beijing to Chengdu sleeper train (30 hours).
The mountains in the Sichuan Province.
Another view from the train.
We shared a cabin with three Chinese soldiers.
Rob and Yuki's little boy, Ronan.
Michelle meets Chairman Mao.
A big bonsai in a bonsai garden.
Our local wet market where we got fruit and vegetables.
Downtown computer plaza. This was taken from the 7th floor where the illegal DVD shop is.
Yuki and Ronan.
The Mccues.
Michelle inside the Wenshu Monastery.
Chengdu's only vegetarian restraunt. Still, most of the dishes had meat in them.
Fyl at the Wenshu Monastery.
Turtle pond!!!
The gang at the local Irish bar.
Sweltering over a hot pot. We got to cook our own meat and vegetables in boiling spicy water.
BABY PANDAS! The largest panda center in the world is in Chengdu.
We were in panda heaven!
WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Daddy panda has a snack.
These pandas were so cute it was un-BEAR-able.
I'm bamboozled about why pandas find this so delicious.
Fyl gets his chance to hold a giant panda.
Fyl and Michelle meet some red pandas.
Our apartment for 3 weeks. It was a mezzanine of 2 floors. We slept upstairs.
Chinese man on a bike.
We ate at this bridge-restraunt over the river (it wasn't very good).
Karate kids!
The view from our apartment.
Chinese building site. The woman is carrying 2 buckets of cement on her back.
We went to KTV (karaoke), where you can hire a room for yourself.
Taxi ride.
A nearby restraunt's chicken delivery service.
Ronan gets a mohawk!
