We heard a lot about Chengdu but never been to this city until now. We were grateful that J. has been here a few times and he knows this city quite well. He booked us a hotel within walking distance to many attractions in this city.
We enjoy walking a lot and this was a bonus for us as we could pretty well walk to a lot of the interesting places we wanted to visit.
Staying at the Sichuan Garden Hotel for a few days and enjoying a nice buffet breakfast daily at the dining room allowed me to have a relaxing start each day. We were surprised there were not a lot of hotel guests for breakfast. I guess many people had gone back to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year.
Our first impression of Chengdu was how modern, busy and vibrant this city actually is. For people living in the west, we very often have the impression that China is backward, densely populated and poor. But Chengdu is very different from what the media images we have seen reported on TV in North America.
Chunxi Road, a very famous street in Chengdu, was the first area we visited in that city. It only took us about three minutes to walk there from our hotel. We reached Chunxi Road after climbing a flight of stairs to an overpass enabling us to safely cross to the other side of the street without interrupting the constanly flow of vehicles in a super busy area.
Chunxi Road is a busy pedestrain street without any vehicle traffic so that visitors do not need to worry about moving cars and crossing the streets. This popular toursit district received lots of visitors from around China. There were numerous shops selling everything from clothing, shoes, jewellry, sportswear to leather good.
We were amazed at the multitude of teashops and cafes serving excellent pastries and different types of beverages on Chunxi Road.
We loved our few days in Chengdu!
RT, Chengdu, China
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