Mountain full of temples
7 April 2013
Today I went to the Qingcheng mountain, a place which claims to be the source of the taoist religion, whatever that is. I read the wikipedia artic....
Mapo Doufu
6 April 2013
I didnt do very much tonight as I was saving my legs for the mountain hike tomorrow. What I did do was go to the home of Mapo Tofu, or as its call....
New old ancient streets
6 April 2013
I had not really been west of the city yet. Today was the day. And a glorious day it was, sun blazing. The weather forecast said it would be cold ....
An old street
5 April 2013
Ask and you shall receive. I intended to walk north and pick a restaurant for dinner, but on the way I saw a brown street sign (global color for p....
Lets try that again
5 April 2013
Yesterday I tried to go to the polar ocean world aquarium thing, and failed. Armed with further research, I decided to try again. The weather had ....
Drunken Chengdu
4 April 2013
It was very quiet out. I should really have paid more attention to that because it ended in me not really getting any dinner! First I went to the ....
Ocean world where are you?
4 April 2013
Today in Qingming, commonly called tomb sweeping day, a national holiday in China. What this means is that unless you work in a shop, theres no wo....
Swedish horse meatballs
3 April 2013
When I was in Chengdu last week, I tried to make it to the South Railway station and was thwarted by a bridge and construction work. I keep readin....
Bad science
3 April 2013
First up, I headed north, via starbucks for overpriced coffee (but they did understand the concept of non fat milk). This took me to a river, whic....