Wednesday 27/03/2013, Thursday 28/03/2013, and Monday 01/04/2013 - CHENGDU.
Chengdu is the capital of the Sichuan province (the earthquake prone region of China), a modern city with seven million inhibitants.
Chengdu is the capital of the Sichuan province (the earthquake prone region of China), a modern city with seven million inhibitants.
Street traffic.
Panda Breeding Center.
This is a research center also displays mostly inactive red and giant pandas.
It is known to be one of the best places in China to see pandas.
The ticket counter.
Inside the panda breeding center.
The red pandas.
The giant panda.
Leaving the panda breeding center for Dazu.
On the highway from Chengdu to Dazu.
Toll boot.
Back in Chengdu, Monday 1/4.
(Meanwhile we went to Dazu, Dafo (Le Shan) and Mount Emei, see post "Dafo and Emeishan")
A concrete boat in town (picture taken from the bus).
The Buddhist Wenshu Yuan temple, dedicated to the incarnation of wisdom.
The pagoda of the Wenshu Yuan temple complex.
Obtained Sichuan-opera tickets!
Sichanese trick of face changing (quick removal of a layer of mask).
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