First Published 27 July 2012 Because of flooding we didn’t go to the Wolong panda reserve today as planned. Instead we got a taxi to the panda breeding centre on the outskirts of Chengdu. Our taxi driver was good. I liked his attitude to using the horn. At every and all opportunities. Beep beep beep. He used…
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26 July – Journey to Chengdu
First Published 27 July 2012 We had an 11.05 flight to Chengdu from Shanghai Pudong airport. After checking out of the hotel, we braved the rush hour metro. Loaded with backpacks this was a bit of an adventure. Our ticket cost 7 yuan (70p) and took around half an hour. It was busy ,and really…
24/25 July – Day 2 & 3 in Shanghai
First Published – 24 July 2012 Day two in Shanghai we met Querida, from couch surfing. She is 19 and studies English at Shanghai university. We went to the Jingan temple, and then she took us to a few different districts. We end up in Dapuqiao – a really cute market with narrow streets, that…
Chinese toddlers don’t wear nappies…
Nope. They just have shorts with a bum hole cut out. Then they poo or wee anywhere they like.
23 July – Day 1 in Shanghai
First Published 26 July 2012 We had sensibly arranged to meet a local to show us around. Linz and I met a girl called Kun, after she offered to show us around Shanghai, we’d met her on the travelling website CouchSurfing. We meet her in the morning and we walked down People’s Street and then…
Rant #1 – They’ll charge you for anything and everything.
First Published 20 July 2012 Photos, I took a photo of a man dressed as a pig thing. I didn’t realise he wanted a pound for the pleasure. I didn’t even really want a photo of him. So I deleted it and I think he was unhappy. Then there was the girl dressed as something…
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