Sichuan is also where the earthquake was in May where an estimated 70,000 or more people died and around 18,000 still claimed as missing. We got to talk to some of the people there and it was interesting to hear how people are still fearful for another earthquake, and if they hear of a report will sleep outside. One lady we spoke with said her daughter is still very scared about having her class on the 3rd floor-however it was cool to hear how she said people are really coming together as a community and she explained how she is experiencing how people are looking after one another.
It was such a great trip-to get away for a few days, rest, and have a lot of fun! I also just posted tons of pictures from the trip - Click here to see!
A bowl full of red hot lazi (Spice-Sichuan is the spiciest) and green beans with ma (hot numbing spice) - What a great lunch!
We got to see the cute pandas!
Bamboo walkways!
The cubs were adorable!!
I ate Yak! Its Tibetan food- and definitely is now considered one of my favorites!
Our hostel was located in the Tibetan section of town- the streets were lined with these stores full of golden statues of Buddha, clothing, jewelry, everything you can think of to use to worship Buddha...
It was very interesting culturally... to be passing Buddhist monks from Tibet on the streets and then to be eating with them in the restaurants
Downtown they had these huge dragon water fountains/statues
The huge statue of Mao in front of the university
We found a TCBY in Chengdu!! Chengdu is definitely more western then our city, so this was a special treat!
Sean and Krista standing in front of the museum-just loved this pic
One of the BEST highlights of my trip was visiting this museum!
These were the two owners! - It was located in the most bizarre place-middle of a neighborhood
It consisted of a small room completely packed literally from the floor to the ceiling with Mao Zedong paraphernalia
The owner had collected all the stuff from the Cultural Revolution-he had an amazing story!
Look what we found!! This is definitely not in our city!! We were so excited!!!
This was such a special treat for us to be able to eat real pizza!! We don't eat a lot of western food in our home city - mostly stick to noodles and rice dishes (and some home cooked meals)- but this was so great!
It was very interesting culturally... to be passing Buddhist monks from Tibet on the streets and then to be eating with them in the restaurants
Downtown they had these huge dragon water fountains/statues
The huge statue of Mao in front of the university
We found a TCBY in Chengdu!! Chengdu is definitely more western then our city, so this was a special treat!
Sean and Krista standing in front of the museum-just loved this picOne of the BEST highlights of my trip was visiting this museum!
These were the two owners! - It was located in the most bizarre place-middle of a neighborhood
It consisted of a small room completely packed literally from the floor to the ceiling with Mao Zedong paraphernalia
The owner had collected all the stuff from the Cultural Revolution-he had an amazing story!
Look what we found!! This is definitely not in our city!! We were so excited!!!
This was such a special treat for us to be able to eat real pizza!! We don't eat a lot of western food in our home city - mostly stick to noodles and rice dishes (and some home cooked meals)- but this was so great!
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papa johns is like my favorite pizza place ever! excited for you!
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