Most people choose to queue for longer than 20 minutes to visit the pavilions. It wastes time, just like wasting your money. I rather go to see the pavilions of some small countries.
I grabbed some lunch (I was so hungry I think I inhaled it) and headed for the European zone, to try the smaller Eastern European countries, and the less popular African pavilions.
It was interesting to compare the smaller countries' pavilions with monoliths. The smaller countries - particularly the emerging Eastern European countries - were there to advertise their country and culture. To put it on the map for people who ask - where IS Moldova? And, of course, to attract tourism. The larger countries, smugly assuming that the visitors were already interested in them, either tried to sell a concept, like GB, or offered entertainment and gimmicks to the astounded crowd, like Japan.
The gimmicky pavilions were fun, a bit like visiting a theme park. The most popular pavilions, for example, was the Swiss one, which you were taken round in a real ski lift. Attractions like this meant that the queues were horrendous - 4 hours was not the longest! And the queue itself tended to put me off.
However, the smaller pavilions were often staffed by home nationals, which was great from my point of view (we would inevitably gravitate the dancers were great towards one another as two foreigners) as I got to talk to some really interesting people and get their views on China - "different", mostly.
My conclusion, however, was that the Expo is aimed, somewhat naturally, towards Chinese visitors who will not have the opportunity to visit the countries for real, rather than foreign tourists who may well. Hardly a break-through, I realize, but it took a night and day for me to grasp that.
This was nowhere more apparent than with the Expo passports. It was possible to buy - and I did - an Expo passport, and to get stamps for each pavilion you entered. Most of the Chinese visitors I saw took this extremely seriously and were stamp collecting - sometimes not even looking at the pavilion at all. I am told that full Expo passports are sold for hundreds of RMB on Chinese E-bay. I have a few stamps, but I wasn't a serious collector.
Expo's out and tired, I returned back to the hostel driven by my driver, had dinner with a random English guy I met in a restaurant (another person I disturbed over dinner), who, I feel, held me rather in contempt for my poor Mandarin - fair enough, and went to bed. Perchance to rest my aching feet.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wonderful Guilin Trip
Impression Guilin
Has been in place, Guilin, I feel the best, and those different places, in the sense of landscape in Guilin is so beautiful. Guilin has given me the desire to once again, only one will be fewer surprises for the first time, it is now the envy of not there visited a friend.
To Guilin, before reading a great deal of travel, so that their benefits are, very essence of the election sites, run smoothly and came back, though very busy. So appreciated your onlinechinatours.com guysarrangents, met me so well.
Our tour guide, Lily, was marvelous. And the driver, Mr. Li, did a very fine job. As we drove to the hotel from the airport in Guilin. The Bravo hotel was barely satisfactory. The room was, again, slightly cramped for two people. I did not have enough light in the bathroom. Breakfast was good and the mattresses and bedding were very comfortable. We were very pleased to learn that Lily would join us on Li River Cruise to Yangshuo County. We both enjoyed the cruise and thought that the scenery was very nice.
Lily said that she and Mr. Li would take us to West Street for shopping and dinner and to the Impression of Sanjie Liu Night Show, would meet us at our seats after the show and drive us back to our hotel. We were most appreciative. The show was a sound and sight spectacular, but, of course, we could not appreciate the lyrics. Nonetheless, it was quite memorable. Yangshuo Chinatown Hotel in Yangshuo was excellent in all regards. We were very satisfied.
The following morning, we went to Reed Flute Cave on the way to the airport in Guilin City. Lily arranged for a chair lift for Hilda, who would not have been able to traverse the cave without it. Hilda really enjoyed the experience and the cave was magnificent, another highlight on a wonderful five day tour.
Emily
Has been in place, Guilin, I feel the best, and those different places, in the sense of landscape in Guilin is so beautiful. Guilin has given me the desire to once again, only one will be fewer surprises for the first time, it is now the envy of not there visited a friend.
To Guilin, before reading a great deal of travel, so that their benefits are, very essence of the election sites, run smoothly and came back, though very busy. So appreciated your onlinechinatours.com guysarrangents, met me so well.
Our tour guide, Lily, was marvelous. And the driver, Mr. Li, did a very fine job. As we drove to the hotel from the airport in Guilin. The Bravo hotel was barely satisfactory. The room was, again, slightly cramped for two people. I did not have enough light in the bathroom. Breakfast was good and the mattresses and bedding were very comfortable. We were very pleased to learn that Lily would join us on Li River Cruise to Yangshuo County. We both enjoyed the cruise and thought that the scenery was very nice.
Lily said that she and Mr. Li would take us to West Street for shopping and dinner and to the Impression of Sanjie Liu Night Show, would meet us at our seats after the show and drive us back to our hotel. We were most appreciative. The show was a sound and sight spectacular, but, of course, we could not appreciate the lyrics. Nonetheless, it was quite memorable. Yangshuo Chinatown Hotel in Yangshuo was excellent in all regards. We were very satisfied.
The following morning, we went to Reed Flute Cave on the way to the airport in Guilin City. Lily arranged for a chair lift for Hilda, who would not have been able to traverse the cave without it. Hilda really enjoyed the experience and the cave was magnificent, another highlight on a wonderful five day tour.
Emily
Marvelous China Tour
After nearly three months of planning and numerous E-mails of inquire, answer, and re-inquire, re-answer between onlinechina tours.com and I, finally I started my China tour with the help of them.
Upon arrival in Beijing, I received a welcoming phone call from onlinechinatour.com, Taylor, letting me know that our guide Chen would be picking us up early the next morning for our tour to the Mutianyu Section of the Great Wall.
We saw the size and magnificence of this man-made wonder. We spent most of the morning walking (and in some instances, almost crawling) from one guard house to the next. Some areas of the wall are extremely steep with the steps very close together and in many cases, 2 – 3 feet high, thus the crawling description.
We had a very nice lunch and then toured a small factory where vases were made and visited a tea shop where we learned about the various types of teas. Later that evening, Chen took us to a local restaurant for our dinner.
Early the next morning we were again met by our guide Chen and driver to be taken on our next excursion to the Temple of Heaven. Later we were given a rickshaw ride through the Hutongs of Beijing where we enjoyed a really wonderful, home cooked meal provided and served by the homeowners. This was one of the best experiences we had because of the opportunity to come into someone's private home and share a meal. Our hosts were very gracious and friendly and I would certainly recommend this tour to all.
Chongqing - Yangtze Cruise - Yichang
The following day we left for Chongqing to begin our 3 day yangtze cruise on the "Yangtze No. 1". Along the cruise route we visited the famous "ghost city" as well as the hanging coffins along the Shinning River. Last is the huge 3 gorges Dam.
Shanghai
After touring the 3 Gorges Dam we disembarked from our cruise at Yichang and flew to our next destination, Shanghai and our hotel right on Nanjing Road. Nanjing Road at night is unbelievable to say the least. It is almost a carnival atmosphere because of the crowds of people, the street vendors, and lighted buildings.
Our guide in Shanghai was Sarah who took us to the watertown of Zhujiajiao and to Seven Treasures Town. Both of these excursions were very pleasurable and entertaining. We watched silk comforters being made and learned why Zhujiajiao is called "the Venice of China".
If people were to ask me about the services provided by online china tours.com, they would get an unequivocal vote of confidence! Taylor was truly a pleasure to work with in planning our trip and really went out of his way to meet our requirements and requests. In fact, I would have no hesitation in recommending China Tours to anyone planning a long or a short trip to China.
Judy MattoxMar. 03, 2007
Upon arrival in Beijing, I received a welcoming phone call from onlinechinatour.com, Taylor, letting me know that our guide Chen would be picking us up early the next morning for our tour to the Mutianyu Section of the Great Wall.
We saw the size and magnificence of this man-made wonder. We spent most of the morning walking (and in some instances, almost crawling) from one guard house to the next. Some areas of the wall are extremely steep with the steps very close together and in many cases, 2 – 3 feet high, thus the crawling description.
We had a very nice lunch and then toured a small factory where vases were made and visited a tea shop where we learned about the various types of teas. Later that evening, Chen took us to a local restaurant for our dinner.
Early the next morning we were again met by our guide Chen and driver to be taken on our next excursion to the Temple of Heaven. Later we were given a rickshaw ride through the Hutongs of Beijing where we enjoyed a really wonderful, home cooked meal provided and served by the homeowners. This was one of the best experiences we had because of the opportunity to come into someone's private home and share a meal. Our hosts were very gracious and friendly and I would certainly recommend this tour to all.
Chongqing - Yangtze Cruise - Yichang
The following day we left for Chongqing to begin our 3 day yangtze cruise on the "Yangtze No. 1". Along the cruise route we visited the famous "ghost city" as well as the hanging coffins along the Shinning River. Last is the huge 3 gorges Dam.
Shanghai
After touring the 3 Gorges Dam we disembarked from our cruise at Yichang and flew to our next destination, Shanghai and our hotel right on Nanjing Road. Nanjing Road at night is unbelievable to say the least. It is almost a carnival atmosphere because of the crowds of people, the street vendors, and lighted buildings.
Our guide in Shanghai was Sarah who took us to the watertown of Zhujiajiao and to Seven Treasures Town. Both of these excursions were very pleasurable and entertaining. We watched silk comforters being made and learned why Zhujiajiao is called "the Venice of China".
If people were to ask me about the services provided by online china tours.com, they would get an unequivocal vote of confidence! Taylor was truly a pleasure to work with in planning our trip and really went out of his way to meet our requirements and requests. In fact, I would have no hesitation in recommending China Tours to anyone planning a long or a short trip to China.
Judy MattoxMar. 03, 2007
Savouring the wonders on West Lake
Fabled for its beauty throughout the ages, most noticeably the West Lake Scenic Area (again, thank you China tours for this wonderfully sterile name), Hangzhou sits a few hours south west of Shanghai in the Zhejang Province. This region and the surrounding provinces are considered some of the most scenic in the whole of China and it didn't take long to see why. With lakes, rivers and canals flanked by forested hills dressed in the most intense green you can imagine, the bustle of the city which surrounds this scenic region is lost in an instance. From China Tours in fact Hangzhou city turned out to be another modern metropolis, enhancing the beauty of the lake and surrounding hillsides. I came to China for three main things; the shear volumes of history, the stunning landscapes and of course, the food. I'd hoped Hangzhou would have them all. What Hangzhou is, is a fantastic recreation of its former glories. Emperors throughout the ages travelled here to admire in the beauty and Su Dongpo (a rather famous Chinese poet and all round gastronome) and yes those (architectural) beauties were destroyed over the ages, but the rebuilds, using original plans and building materials (in most cases) are top knotch. So after a day of acclimatisation and recovery after two days of EXPO madness, i set out around the West Lake and admired the many stunning and typically Ming and Qing (i.e. chinese) styled parks that flank the lakes shores and numerous criss-crossing causeways. It is so picturesque, even on a slightly damp, grey afternoon. My first monument stop was to General Lei Fei's Masauleum/Temple. Being my first piece of Chinese history the stone courtyards surrounded by colourful pagoda style buildings and serene ponds filled with fish captivated my interest. The contrast in colour was fantastic. A walk around the densely forested, intensely green and wonderfully peaceful northern hills followed, the highlight being the wonderfully and colourful Bauchu toaist temple, even though it was closed for refurbishment. On a very sad and tragic note, I sitting on the sunrise pavillion atop the hills i recieved news that my cousin, Graham, had died. This put a dampener on the stay somewhat. Graham was a fantastic guy, who loved just living life to the full. I will miss him and the chance for more fond memories to form. I'll take this opportunity to send my condolences to my Aunt and Uncle and cousin again, if you read this at any point my thoughts are with you. So after an evening of torturous decisions as whether to fly home or be with the family, my mind was made up for me. My uncle, pointed out, quite rightly may i add, that Gra would not want me stopping and that i should keep going. So I have, and instead of moping around my (excellent) hostel, i hired a bike and headed off to see some spectacular scenery in the hills south of the lake. In true form it was raining - but that did not deter me. And I start my private trip to the hills this time, some kind of adventures. It gives me another kind of feeling which I never made before.I can officially confirm that the fables of West Lake’s beauty are still true just as the Top China Trip put on the website. The tea tree and forested hills, dotted with (reconstructed) ancient villages and pagodas shrouded in mist quite rightly are things of legend. The ride through tea villages and past waterfalls and pagodas was phenomenal, just what i needed, and the (slightly misty) views over the lake were superb. Soaked i pressed on to the six harmonies pagoda (which had closed for the evening - doh!), and back to west lake where i took in the Leifeng Pagoda. A re-construction, in 2001, the pagoda possesses escalators and lifts so is hardly ancient China but was still highly interesting. The carved beams and classic styled viewing halls were a nice way to round off my time in Hangzhou, and the interactive displays told of the legends of west lake and the history of the pagoda (apparently gods built and then destroyed it). So one last trip to my China tour is to the towns "old street", most notably to the food alley that runs off of this tourist road, and a feast of rice in a pineapple, barbequed meat, noodles and dumplings, followed up by hand-made peanut brittle and an incredibly popular Portguese Egg Tart (thats Pasties du Belem for anyoe who knows Lisboa) i was ready to depart, longing for more time in this incredibly beautiful city. Suzhou will have to wait for another trip to visit China again, after i've come back here first!
Yangtze River Cruise: Fengdu, China
We docked in Badong, China have our China tours of Yangtze River. At some point during the night so that's where we took off from today. We went through the Wu Gorge, had breakfast, and then docked at some city where we hopped on a ferry that would take us thru smaller gorge (called the "Lesser Gorges" or "Little Three Gorges"). Beautiful scenery we then hop onto an even smaller boat to fit into the last and smallest gorge. During this boat trip, one of the guys on the boat demonstrates how we should wear their hat and "cape" thing and most of us give it a shot and have our picture taken (and tip him). Along the way on the Yangtze river (for both the ferry and the smaller boat), there are interesting little tid bits of life. One is that there are quite a few "casket caves". These are aptly named- they have caskets in them so that the departed have nice views still. Some of the caskets are gone, due to vandalism or flooding (some are quite close to the river). Also, at one point on the small boat there was someone up in their hillside home (aka- a hut/tent thing) playing some whistle instrument for us little boats that drove by. No way to tip this person, they were just doing it to add to our enjoyment. Very nice. We start heading back to the MS Fortune and myself, Gloria, Tony, Sue and Shane play some cards (a game that Tony and Gloria taught us- fun, I'll teach ya!) Back on the MS Fortune, we pass through a few more gorges and set our sites on destination Fengdu. That night, after dinner, myself, Sue and Gloria play some Mahjong. The boat has a room set up specifically for this and we have plenty of help to get us thru the game. Another passenger on the trip the same like us travel China –a Chinese local lady, doesn't speak any English, sits down ands joins us and shows us how (reminds me) how to play with just her actions. She is so sweet and nice. Sue has one of the masseuse ladies standing behind her and helping her out and Gloria has some male passenger helping her with her hand. I was on my own and lost. I blame it on not having a team of 2, but it could be 'cause I'm not good at the game. After a few hands of Mahjong we have to wrap it up because tonight is the talent show. Paul is brave enough to get up and sings "If you're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands" in Mandarin. Must have said it was right because the other passengers applauded enthusiastically. Then, Sue and Shane participated in Musical Chairs and later in the final dance (which was the Chinese Bunny Hop). In between all that, the crew had little dance numbers that were interesting to watch. It was so sweet a day boating tour visit China on Yangtze River with the beautiful scenery and friendly Chinese guys. After the show, everyone heads back to their room but not before we snag a couple of shots of the group with Coco.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
My Henan Tour
We started out on Saturday morning for our Private Tour. We left home at around 8.30 for the bus station, we followed the advice of the rough guide for our bus travel. We arrived at the bus station to find that the buses don't go to Keifeng from that bus station. So after much inquiry from my China Tour advisor I'm getting quite proud of my Chinese, we found out which bus to take and it is really smoothly. On reflection perhaps travelling on the 1st May was not the best idea. We arrived in Keifeng at around 12 noon. So we haggled a price for a rickshaw, these are now like electic scooters. And off we went to the hotel. The local Guide from Top China Trip was right about the hotel. It was ideal, a good price and smack in the middle of the city. The city on first impressions was breath taking. Some of the city seem untouched by time.
Anyway we dropped off our bags and the rickshaw driver took us on a tour of the city. Our first stop was the iron pagoda, a tall buddist pagoda built in 974 AD. After a stroll around the park we decided to go back to the hotel for a nap.
That evening we ventured out into the city to be greeted with an incredible sight. There was a very large and boisterous night market right outside our hotel. The sights and scenes at the market were incredible from the Beijing opera being blared over loud speakers to the stalls selling all kind of food. In either direction the food stall lead into an ordinary market selling goods of all types. We had great evening just people watching was great fun.
The next day we started off by visiting a mosque, which is very different to an Arabian mosque. It's very tucked away but some old ladies pointed us in the right direction. We also met some other foreigners in the mosque. After the mosque we had a pleasant stroll to the Temple of the Chief Minister. This is a living and breathing buddist monastary. It is really breathtakingly beautiful inside. Here I've never had my photo taken so much every 5 minutes someone asked to have their photo taken with me. As I said in a blog before I can feel a business opportunity idea here. I have never seen so many buddhas in my life. My personal favorite was the buddha with the exceedingly log eyebrows, dunno what that's all about.
In the afternoon we went to the Shanshangan Guild Hall. A hall built in the 17th century as a meeting place for local merchants. Again a beautiful building with an opera stage inside very much like the temple here in Zhengzhou. There was a very kind old man who sold us some guide cards for the all the attractions in Keifeng. He also had a collection of caged birds including two miner birds that could say "Nihao". Some of the song birds sang like angels. It was lovely just to sit in the shade of a tree and listen to the songbirds going over their repetoire. We found a model of the city in the main hall and from this we decided to visit the site of the imperial palace which was only just around the corner.
The site of the former Imperial Palace is a huge park now with lakes and in the centre is the Dragon pavillion which is built on the foundations of the former palace. We even went on a Dragon Boat. I loved the rowing men's costumes, gold kung-fu pyjamas. I think I may look good in a pair of them.
We've had a great time in Kaifeng. This is a place that if you travel China you must go here it can seem at times as though you have stepped back in time.
Well people enjoy the photos and until the next time.
Anyway we dropped off our bags and the rickshaw driver took us on a tour of the city. Our first stop was the iron pagoda, a tall buddist pagoda built in 974 AD. After a stroll around the park we decided to go back to the hotel for a nap.
That evening we ventured out into the city to be greeted with an incredible sight. There was a very large and boisterous night market right outside our hotel. The sights and scenes at the market were incredible from the Beijing opera being blared over loud speakers to the stalls selling all kind of food. In either direction the food stall lead into an ordinary market selling goods of all types. We had great evening just people watching was great fun.
The next day we started off by visiting a mosque, which is very different to an Arabian mosque. It's very tucked away but some old ladies pointed us in the right direction. We also met some other foreigners in the mosque. After the mosque we had a pleasant stroll to the Temple of the Chief Minister. This is a living and breathing buddist monastary. It is really breathtakingly beautiful inside. Here I've never had my photo taken so much every 5 minutes someone asked to have their photo taken with me. As I said in a blog before I can feel a business opportunity idea here. I have never seen so many buddhas in my life. My personal favorite was the buddha with the exceedingly log eyebrows, dunno what that's all about.
In the afternoon we went to the Shanshangan Guild Hall. A hall built in the 17th century as a meeting place for local merchants. Again a beautiful building with an opera stage inside very much like the temple here in Zhengzhou. There was a very kind old man who sold us some guide cards for the all the attractions in Keifeng. He also had a collection of caged birds including two miner birds that could say "Nihao". Some of the song birds sang like angels. It was lovely just to sit in the shade of a tree and listen to the songbirds going over their repetoire. We found a model of the city in the main hall and from this we decided to visit the site of the imperial palace which was only just around the corner.
The site of the former Imperial Palace is a huge park now with lakes and in the centre is the Dragon pavillion which is built on the foundations of the former palace. We even went on a Dragon Boat. I loved the rowing men's costumes, gold kung-fu pyjamas. I think I may look good in a pair of them.
We've had a great time in Kaifeng. This is a place that if you travel China you must go here it can seem at times as though you have stepped back in time.
Well people enjoy the photos and until the next time.
Visit Chengdu Panda
There are pandas in the zoos of USA, I love pandas, and their home country, China. My Chinese friends play Taiji and write calligraphy, that is fantastic, also, mysterious, I always wonder what kind of culture can breed such arts? So when I finally got ready the money and time, I decided to visit China . Together with me was Tony, my good pal. He proposed Chengdu, a hot tourist city for China travel, and the hometown of the lovely pandas. Then we moved on to Sichuan, expecting for a grand China tour.
After landing on, our tour guide Jerry was already waiting at the airport lobby, holding a big card, and my name was written in very big size. He works for Top China Trip, the excellent visit China who organized for us this trip. The following was easy, drive to the hotel and check in the room, then a good rest.
All things are ready, the hotel room is clean and tidy, with good air-conditioning. I am not so skinny, so you know air-conditioning is vital for me in summer.
Next day is to see the pandas for me, we got picked up at 8am and drove to the Rehab center about 30 minutes from the city, the giant pandas are so cool, cute and cuddly but extremely strong animals, they thrive in bamboo forests but their habitat is being taken away by development so they are endangered, we were there for 3 hours and went to different sites, all the pandas are eating bamboos and I enjoyed taking photos of them.My pictures are very arty as the pandas refused to stay still and pose for pictures. If anyone has advice on taking pictures in low light, where the flash makes it appear darker, but no flash makes things blurry please let me know. They are very cute looking lazy creatures who sprawl out on their backs to eat tons of bamboo.
Also Tony and I visited the Dufu Thatched House, the memorial of a very famous ancient Chinese poet, the guide introduced that he lived a poor life, and loved very much his country and people. He was praised to be the Poem Saint. Maybe I will read his poems when I back home, Jelly said his poems are very important in China culture.
In the evening, we had a taste of the famous Sichuan local cuisine, the hot pot. On the table there is a simmering metal pot of stock which is kept simmering and ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. The raw food include thinly sliced meat, leafy vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, and seafood. They are supplied on the huge glass plates. We tried to figure out what each dish is, but probably is best not doing so. You pick them off the plates, drop them into the sauce and then a few minutes later fish them out. From then on, it is all about texture. And we ate the cooked food with a dipping sauce. Jelly told us that Sichuan hotpot is markedly different from the types eaten in other parts of China. Quite often the differences lie in the meats used, the type of soup base, and the sauces and condiments used to flavor the meat. The broth is often divided in half and a bubbling, fiery red chilli broth on one side, and a cooler white chicken broth on the other. The more the peppers in the broth boil, the spicier it gets. And we got a less spicy one, advice from Jelly, she said the peppers in Sichuan is famous for its hot taste!
I enjoyed this trip very much, perhaps I will come again! The next time I plan to visit Tibet, a mysterious place in China.
After landing on, our tour guide Jerry was already waiting at the airport lobby, holding a big card, and my name was written in very big size. He works for Top China Trip, the excellent visit China who organized for us this trip. The following was easy, drive to the hotel and check in the room, then a good rest.
All things are ready, the hotel room is clean and tidy, with good air-conditioning. I am not so skinny, so you know air-conditioning is vital for me in summer.
Next day is to see the pandas for me, we got picked up at 8am and drove to the Rehab center about 30 minutes from the city, the giant pandas are so cool, cute and cuddly but extremely strong animals, they thrive in bamboo forests but their habitat is being taken away by development so they are endangered, we were there for 3 hours and went to different sites, all the pandas are eating bamboos and I enjoyed taking photos of them.My pictures are very arty as the pandas refused to stay still and pose for pictures. If anyone has advice on taking pictures in low light, where the flash makes it appear darker, but no flash makes things blurry please let me know. They are very cute looking lazy creatures who sprawl out on their backs to eat tons of bamboo.
Also Tony and I visited the Dufu Thatched House, the memorial of a very famous ancient Chinese poet, the guide introduced that he lived a poor life, and loved very much his country and people. He was praised to be the Poem Saint. Maybe I will read his poems when I back home, Jelly said his poems are very important in China culture.
In the evening, we had a taste of the famous Sichuan local cuisine, the hot pot. On the table there is a simmering metal pot of stock which is kept simmering and ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. The raw food include thinly sliced meat, leafy vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, and seafood. They are supplied on the huge glass plates. We tried to figure out what each dish is, but probably is best not doing so. You pick them off the plates, drop them into the sauce and then a few minutes later fish them out. From then on, it is all about texture. And we ate the cooked food with a dipping sauce. Jelly told us that Sichuan hotpot is markedly different from the types eaten in other parts of China. Quite often the differences lie in the meats used, the type of soup base, and the sauces and condiments used to flavor the meat. The broth is often divided in half and a bubbling, fiery red chilli broth on one side, and a cooler white chicken broth on the other. The more the peppers in the broth boil, the spicier it gets. And we got a less spicy one, advice from Jelly, she said the peppers in Sichuan is famous for its hot taste!
I enjoyed this trip very much, perhaps I will come again! The next time I plan to visit Tibet, a mysterious place in China.
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