It is a funny old thing life. There we are, driving through China, as you do, looking out the windows, taking photos of all these different peoples and cultures and then wammo the watchers become the watched. We are the attraction here. The circus really has come to town, send word there is a weird vehicle full of weird looking people.
Brilliant, turns it all the other way round. So to continue this theme we visited the Irish pub last night and had a horribly expensive Guinness and Pies night...sooooo tasty. George battled through one pint and the use of a knife and fork before calling it a night. We awoke this morning to pictures of Calypso, Jim and Denis in the newspaper, see I was not kidding the circus really is in town.
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| Chengdu newspaper fame for Jim and Denis |
Other than that, a cookery course took place yesterday, I battled, with some limited success, to make bookings for further on. Foot and back massages, clean ones, have been had, sites seen and the Beijing guys got back safely, albeit horribly delayed. We discovered, thanks Sally, a little bakery that makes real cakes and something that is actually almost, nearly, just about, close to, a good copy of, BREAD. Oh it is the simple things in life. Annoyingly yet again the credit cards, and my own one have all been blocked so another hour of painful calls will need to be had, not sure I am feeling up to it at the moment. Ok, other than that, look at the photos, thanks Wendy, and get a good feel for where we have been and what we have ben doing. Laters, CJ
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| Jason and the team |
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| Jim does some culture, a day out at the warriors |
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| Part of a carved wall on the way to Chengdu |
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| Lots of roof decoration on this building along Quintai Road, Chengdu |
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| A tea house in Wenhua Park, Chengdu |
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| A pagoda near the entrance to Baihuatan Park, Chengdu |
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| Mahjong players in Baihuatan Park, Chengdu |
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| Entrance to a restored building in Kuan Zhai Lane, Chengdu |
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| The Odyssey group ready to cook at Holly's Hostel, Chengdu |
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| Steve, Mandy & Colin walking down the ancient street of Jinli, Chengdu |
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| Message of wishes left in Jinli Street, Chengdu |
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| Feeding the fish in Huanhuaxi Park, Chengdu |
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| A tea ceremony in Qintai Road, Chengdu |
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| A bread seller on the street in Old Town Kashgar |
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| The old city walls of Kashgar |
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| Colin with a 92-year old woman in Kashgar Old Town |
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| Making a carpet in Kashgar |
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| The mountains on the edge of Kashgar |
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| Jaiohe Ruins, Turpan |
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| George with local girls at Jaiohe Ruins, Turpan |
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| Outer wall of the Jiaohe Ruins, Turpan |
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| A street in the Jiaohe Ruins, Turpan |
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| Campsite and visitors, Hami |
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| The Mogao Caves, Dunhuang |
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| A pergola at the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang |
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| Emily with George our guide in China and the girls from the hotel in Dunhuang (and her stuffed camel birthday present!) |
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| Dunhuang night market |
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| The Great Wall |
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| Sunset on the Great Wall |
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| Guandi Temple, Jiayuguan |
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| Wooden Yhangye Pagoda, Zhangye |
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| Zhangye |
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| The giant Buddha, Zhangye |
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| Yellow River at Lanzhou |
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| Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an |
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| Happy hour! |
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| Toffee apple seller, Xi'an |
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| Musical fountain, Xi'an |
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| Dayan Pagoda, Xi'an |
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| The start of the ancient Silk Road at the west gate in Xi'an |
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| The warriors (or a shed full of pottery men, depending on your perspective!) |
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| Cheers to China |
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| CJ explaining the finer points of beer drinking to George |
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| Cookery shenanigans |
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| George sees the light... |
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