China 2017: Chengdu and surroundings
Chengdu, Sichuan: In September 2017, work brought me once again to China and more specifically to Chengdu in the province of Sichuan. I spent most of my days at the […]
Category Archives: Sichuan
China 2015 (part XVI): Leshan
Leshan, Sichuan: On our last day in Sichuan, we took the public bus from Chengdu to Leshan, 130 km towards the south (for a map click here). Visitors from all […]
China 2015 (part XV): Chengdu
Chengdu, Sichuan: After spending the morning with the pandas of the Chengdu Panda Base, we returned to the city centre to visit some more sights of the capital of Sichuan. […]
China 2015 (part XIV): Chendgu Panda Base
Chengdu, Sichuan: On the day following our arrival from Kangding, we got up very early to visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base on the outskirts of Chengdu. In stark […]
China 2015 (part XIII): Kangding
Kangding, Sichuan: A short bus ride brought us from Tagong to Kangding, the capital of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (click here for a map). The city is crammed into […]
China 2015 (part XII): Tagong
Tagong, Sichuan: Our next destination after our days in Litang was the tiny village of Tagong (click here for a map). This sleepy, little settlement is quite popular with backpackers […]
China 2015 (part XI): Litang
Litang, Sichuan: Situated at an altitude of more than 4,000 m, Litang is one of the highest settlements of the world. In contrast to our previous stop Ganzi, the town […]
Video: Bus journey from Ganzi to Xinlong (China 2015)
After our days in and around Ganzi, we took the minibus to Litang. The journey followed a narrow river gorge towards the south (for a map of the trip click […]
China 2015 (part X): Ganzi (Garze)
Ganzi (Garze), Sichuan: The public minibus brought us from Yushu in Qinghai (~3,700 m) to the mid-sized town Ganzi in Sichuan (~3,400 m). However, we wanted to see something from […]
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