Chengdu, China

From Bangkok, the three of us flew to Kunming, China. Josh stayed here while Paul & I continued to Chengdu. We had to wait a couple days in Chengdu while our Tibetan Tourism Bureau (TTB) permit was being granted. When we traveled to China in May, you couldn't buy a plane ticket to Tibet without the TTB permit. So, while we stayed in this city of 4. 1 million, we thought we'd check out a little of town.

This was one of the historic areas of the city.

I loved the trees growing through the roof!

Chengdu has a 2300-year old history. When was this area built? I'm not sure.

The Tibetan Tour price included a hotel stay that offered this view.

We went from sunny Thailand, to a rainy day in Chengdu.

Everyone has to be somewhere.

Wuhou Temple was initially built in 223 AD. You can read more once expanding the picture to it's largest size.

As you can see from the rest of the photos, much care has gone into the temple grounds.

Side Note:

At this point, the swelling was gone & my leg was doing much better. Yet, it was still infected around the wound. We were leaving for Tibet the next morning & I thought it may be a good idea to visit a doctor before departing. I only had 2 more days of antibiotics & knew once off them, my leg could get worse. While at the hospital, as one might guess, the language barrier was difficult. Although, eventually one of the lady doctors came to assist me. She made it sound as if they wanted to perform surgery on my leg again! There could have been some miscommunication, but if we understood it correctly... Well, that scared me! I told them I was leaving the next morning, so they gave me some different antibiotics & sent us on our way. I figured my leg just needed a few more days to completely rid of the infection. So, you're wondering why I left the Thailand hospital if my leg wasn't completely healed? Americans are only allowed 30 days in Thailand without a visa. Our time was up!