Day 2
A bit of a slow start today, sitting around waiting for our 1pm shuttle to the airport. We took a walk around the local area and discovered we were surrounded by blocks of apartments, not as bland as some we’d seen, but when you’re talking about hundreds of apartment blocks as far as the eye can see, nothing is a standout! In the midst of most blocks is a park of some kind, allowing the families to have some downtime. These particular blocks seemed to be luckier than most, with a swimming pool complex. Being summer holidays here at the moment, it was popular!
We were quite anxious to get to Chengdu, as we had to catch a bullet train the following day to make the departure time for our river cruise starting at Yichang, so we were relieved when the shuttle bus turned up on time.
Although delayed, our flight eventually left at 5pm and was relatively smooth. Our hotel at Chengdu is 5 star and very acceptable.
By the time we settled in at the hotel, nothing much was open. As we were to discover, Tripadeal tends to book hotels in the ‘Burbs rather than downtown. A bit of a cultural wasteland. We went for a walk and discovered we were located opposite a kiddie funpark called Floraland.
It was about the only action going!
We had to settle for a sandwich and a beer from the local convenience store for our supper.
At 11pm, it was totally delicious!
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