China Trip Day 14 - Chengdu

I had originally set a day aside for adjustments or making up for missed opportunities, and we had thrown ideas around like doing a 熊猫谷+都江堰 combo or 四川科技馆+人民广场 combo. But then my period started, and cramps hit, and thw weather is still hot... So we just ended up taking the day off for rest.

Slept in this morning and had breakfast at the hotel.

Around noon, dropped by a stand my mom found which were selling shoes at discount for 50 rmb. Since my old shoes were falling apart, went ahead and bought a new pair to directly replace them.

For lunch, we ate at a 钵钵鸡 shop. Portions were about 3x that of the stand we previously bought from, and the end result price for our meal was lower. Wow, in retrospect, the stand next to the hotel was quite obviously overpriced. Taste was much the same. We picked the red spice sauce base, but it wasn't unbearably spicy. Afterwards the tongue was a little numb, but nothing some pastry and milk tea couldn't cure.

In prep for tomorrow's departure, I tried to do the check-ins ahead of time. UA worked this time, but Air China did not, as expected. So will need to do that check-in in person. And since I didn't buy these tickets together, it probably means I have to transfer between them the long way around, fully check out domestically and then check in internationally.

For dinner we also went to a nearby place. Afterwards tried a few fried skewers. Tasty, but probably not healthy.

Then came back and packed things up for tomorrow. Some things will get left behind to save space, but got things all stuffed in.