Chengdu

After an early morning flight, I am now back in warm weather! Chengdu is beautiful, warm, and finally some blue sky! I am very very close to Tibet right now, and it is apparent by the number of Tibetan people walking the street. As well, the chinese people look different here as I am around a minority population. The majority of the people are Han in China, and these people look more like Northern Natives (Eskimos) than chinese. Anyhoo we went out for Tibetan food, and I didn't fair to well. As we move further west the food (sechuan) gets spicier and spicier.. which I am not good with. Poor Steve just gave me half his lunch as he knew I didn't like mine and I couldn't stomach it. But I did eat Yak today, tastes like roast beef, but one more for the books :).

We spent the afternoon walking down Jinling road and through the Wooshu monestary. Very beautiful, serene and just lovely. Tonight we are heading to a sechuan cultural performance (opera), so it should be a good time. Tomorrow off to see the Giant Panda.. and my kin Po.

I caught a cold, and am fairly sick, but I figure with the amount of spice I ate today, I am sure it killed anything that was bad in my body :).

China is nice, but something I don't think I would do again. It's a great country filled with so much history and culture, but I am ready to leave. Whether its the food or the lack of consideration for you neighbor that the chinese portray, I am ok not to visit here again. However, I am very thankful I did take this opportunity to visit this country and make some new great friends :)