Pandas and Jinli Street

Day One Plan

Head to the Panda Base and walk around take photos. The weather is very hot and humid and certainly pandas will be just hanging in the shade, but it’s a very nice park and near the hotel. After that, food and shopping in Chengdu’s Jinli Ancient Street.

First meal in china: Sichuan french fries:

 

At the Chengdu Panda Research Base

 

A good time to visit to see baby pandas.

 

 

Not that great of a day for Pandas. The weather is hot a muggy and in this kind of weather, they don’t really want to move much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hanging out at Chunxi Street

Chengdu’s popular Shopping District

 

 

Evening in Jinli Ancient Street

Delicious Dan Dan Noodles:

 

Spicy pork ribs:

 

 

I think this is some kind of tofu:

 

Hmmm… what delicious food is this lady buying…?

 

Bugs on a stick! A Yunnan delicacy:

 

 

These are sweet glutenous rice flavored and wrapped tightly in plastic wrap:

 

Sweet rice cakes:

 

Snails, minnows, shrimps:

 

Spice shop (free samples!)

 

 

 

Dried Sichuan chili peppers

 

Crushed Sichuan chilies. Goes great on street meat.

 

Tofu soaked in chilies:

 

 

 

 

 

Yogurt frozen on a cold pan, mixed with toppings…

 

This guy makes candy like blown glass:

 

A customer pays, spins the zodiac dial, and the candy maker creates a pop for whatever zodiac:

 

 

Sand sculptures in a bottle:

 

 

Chengdu was the capitol of China during the “Three Kingdoms” period of China’s History. Depictions of the Heroes of  Three Kingdoms are everywhere.

 

 

Stop and get an ear cleaning…

 

Many shops for tourists and locals:

 

 

 

Carved wood:

 

 

I don’t know what fruit this is, but it was pretty popular.

 

A vendor sets up a small table a few stools and a book, and makes a killing doing temporary tattoos:

 

Intricate paintings on leaves:

 

Paper-cut puppets: