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China Trip Day 10 - Chengdu
Apr. 12th, 2024 05:04 pmLighter day today so we left at a leisurely 8 am, when some breakfast shops are actually open (le gasp). Breakfast was eaten at a bun shop called 李与白包子铺, which offered a variety of buns and related breakfast foods. Taste was good, none were spicy.
We then took the metro to 金沙遗址博物馆. Unlike 三星堆, this site was more like a park with the museum as part of it, rather than just a single museum building. Also, since chinese citizens over 70 can get in without paying, it seems to also be a park for the elderly.
We went through the various exhibits and got pics of the iconic sunbird disc, as well as some souvenirs. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like chinese people believe in T-shirts? At least, almost none of the tourist spots we've gone to so far sold basic T-shirts in the souvenir shops. 😮💨
After finishing the last official exhibit, we also wandered around the rest of the site. Found a pen where they got deer! Not a petting zoo, but also no signs against sticking your hand in to touch them. There is a sign against feeding though. 😋
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at Kuanzai Alley but then walked further onto 奎星楼街 and had lunch at a highly rated restaurant there. Food was good, and then then they gave us free dessert for filling out high ratings reviews for the place online. LOL, I guess that's where their high rating comes from.
After resting at the hotel for a bit, we went on to have a quick dinner and then to capture some night scene pics of the city.
For dinner we had turtle. It was OK, and spicy.
The we went to 交子之环桥 to watch the light show at the 双子塔. Unfortunately, Baidu lied to me. There was no special light display at 8:30, just a continuous 3 minute loop of LEDs. Ended up just taking pics and videos of that and the nearby scenery. Also, there was a drone that was flying around up there and taking aeriel pics too.
Next we went to 生机之塔 near SKP's plaza. There are 6 pillars there which spout water and perform a looping light display. Took pics ands vids. Then got trapped in the SKP underground shopping mall for like 40+ minutes before finally making it out to the line 18 metro station.
Overall the night light displays were underwhelming, and not quite worth all the time and walking spent.
We then took the metro to 金沙遗址博物馆. Unlike 三星堆, this site was more like a park with the museum as part of it, rather than just a single museum building. Also, since chinese citizens over 70 can get in without paying, it seems to also be a park for the elderly.
We went through the various exhibits and got pics of the iconic sunbird disc, as well as some souvenirs. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like chinese people believe in T-shirts? At least, almost none of the tourist spots we've gone to so far sold basic T-shirts in the souvenir shops. 😮💨
After finishing the last official exhibit, we also wandered around the rest of the site. Found a pen where they got deer! Not a petting zoo, but also no signs against sticking your hand in to touch them. There is a sign against feeding though. 😋
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at Kuanzai Alley but then walked further onto 奎星楼街 and had lunch at a highly rated restaurant there. Food was good, and then then they gave us free dessert for filling out high ratings reviews for the place online. LOL, I guess that's where their high rating comes from.
After resting at the hotel for a bit, we went on to have a quick dinner and then to capture some night scene pics of the city.
For dinner we had turtle. It was OK, and spicy.
The we went to 交子之环桥 to watch the light show at the 双子塔. Unfortunately, Baidu lied to me. There was no special light display at 8:30, just a continuous 3 minute loop of LEDs. Ended up just taking pics and videos of that and the nearby scenery. Also, there was a drone that was flying around up there and taking aeriel pics too.
Next we went to 生机之塔 near SKP's plaza. There are 6 pillars there which spout water and perform a looping light display. Took pics ands vids. Then got trapped in the SKP underground shopping mall for like 40+ minutes before finally making it out to the line 18 metro station.
Overall the night light displays were underwhelming, and not quite worth all the time and walking spent.
