Chengdu (Sichuan Province)

November 4, 2018

Chengdu #

Chengdu felt a little more less overwhelming. Still a much larger city than most people in the United States would be used to, but we stayed in an area of the city that could have been mistaken for Chicago, except with everything written in Chinese. And everyone around is Chinese. And they eat crab eggs and fish heads.

The highlight, aside from encountering “Hot Pot” for the first time was visiting the national Panda zoo!

Peacock with a brilliant blue neck and trailing tail feathers stands on grass between tree trunks in Chengdu Visitors in winter coats walk a paved path under arching bamboo groves in Chengdu, China A giant panda curls up on grass beside a rock wall in a Chengdu enclosure, China A giant panda walks across a leaf-strewn lawn beside a log fence in Chengdu, China

A giant panda lies on its back among green undergrowth, chewing a bamboo shoot, in Chengdu, China A giant panda sits upright on leaf litter, paws outstretched, surrounded by greenery in Chengdu, China A giant panda reclines on the forest floor with a foreleg tucked across its chest, in Chengdu, China A school group of children with backpacks gathers on a paved plaza while adults direct them, Chengdu, China A red panda perches on log beams beside a squash hung from a rope in a Chengdu enclosure, China

An empty paved path curves through a tunnel of tall bamboo arching overhead in Chengdu, China A cyclist passes giant panda topiaries and yellow flowerbeds in front of a building under construction, Chengdu, China Hundreds of orange and teal share bikes packed along a city sidewalk below shop signs in Chengdu, China Glass towers rise above a domed shopping podium with a Starbucks at street level in Chengdu, China A whole cooked crab on a white plate with prawns and a mussel shell behind it, Chengdu, China