I spent last week in China attending a friend’s wedding. I visited two heavily populated central cities: Chengdu & Chongqing. It was Golden Week, so it was exceedingly busy with domestic tourism.
London to Chengdu (LHR-TFU)
Majestic views over KazakhstanA tale of two colorsOver the Gobi Desert
Chengdu
To each their ownLuxury retail meets "traditional" architecture~$90 for a little over an hour in business class between Chengdu and ChongqingConstruction boom at 347 km/h
Chongqing
construction boom at 347 km/h
Great Hall of the People
Food
Xiao Mian - a Sichuanese classicHot pot, lots of innards, makes you sweat so it's important to drink a lot of beerThis was very spicy, and very good.Turtles uh ohArguably heavy handed on the vegetables here