Highlights on my ChengDu trip during CNY 2010

Haven't been blogging for quite awhile. Let me release a bit of stress blogging... a bit on my recent ChengDu trip during Chinese New Year 2010. (13th till 18th Feb 2010)

A brief summary about ChengDu: capital of Sichuan Province, and also home ground to the GIANT PANDAs. It is also famous for its picturesque landscape.

1) 1st time experienced SNOW in real life but not enough to make a SNOWMAN. The weather was real good throughout the trip.

2) FREEEZING to death without proper attire but family members all wrapped up like dumplings. Anyway, I survived the cold weather. Didn’t really like wearing the long johns and the woolly material clothings. We all end up buying a pair of BOOTS for the snow mountain hike. Each pair cost about RM25.

* One of my nephew almost fainted due to latitude sickness while at the top of the Glacier
Falls. We even have to buy a small tube of Oxygen for him.

3) Met the famous GIANT PANDAs but not willing to part with RM250-RM500 just to have a picture together. The prices depends on the size of the panda. Taking picture with an adult panda requires 500 Renminbi while with the baby panda, you got to pay 1K Renminbi.

We end up taking picture with the fake panda instead. Hahaha. * My tour guide mentioned that taking pictures with the pandas is Japanese tourists’ favourite.

4) Visited the famous “Jinli Old Street”, which is one of the oldest shopping street in Sichuan.

5) Visited the “Dujiangyan”, famous for its irrigation system and also visited the famous “WuHou Temple”. You would appreciate it even more if you study China History.

6) Watched the famous show of “Magical Face Change” or more known as "Bian Lian" in Chinese. There are also some other mini shows included to complement it. i.e. traditional dances, traditional musical instruments playing.

7) Tried a variety of their famous local food there. Even tried the “Ma La” steamboat or more known as “Hot Pot” over there. Ate till my tongue went numb.

8) Watched and played firecrackers and fireworks legally there. The way they sell and play the firecrackers like nobody's business over there.

9) Cannot stand the “OPEN” and “SIMPLICITY” concept of the toilets there. i.e. no door, no water and super dirty....

So, depends on where you are heading too... do old on to hydration else you just have to do it in the open. hahaha...

* Sorry for displaying this disgusting picture. Trust me... there are worse toilets out there... just didn't take the pictures. =p

10) Will not be able to survive long with the food there. Food there mostly are hot and spicy, plus swimming in OIL. Our tour guide was a pretty nice lady to actually alter all our dishes to less oil and not spicy to cater for my 2 nephews.