China Trip Day 9 - Chengdu

[tanithryudo]

Got up early today and had breakfast at the hotel so we could avoid the morning traffic rush for the bus to 三星堆博物馆. The museum itself was packed, but only had three major exhibits, so the contents were about the same amount as the Sichuan museum from yesterday. The harder part was squeezing into the crowd to get proper photos. In the end, we still finished it in about 2 hours or so. The round trip bus ride was probably the same length, ignoring the traffic near the end at our return.

Afterwards, we had lunch at a food court nearby Chunxi Rd. Got some noodles and bull frog. Didn't notice the place also had turtle on the menu until it was too late. Oh well, maybe next time.

Since there was more time left in the day, we thought to try going to see the official Sichuan opera performance, but there weren't any tickets left for today. Ended up buying for the 14th, based on current plans. Also, purchased 3 tickets for the bus for just 都江堰 on the day after tomorrow. Because 青城山 definitely would involve climbing (despite my mom's claims to the contrary), and I don't think my feet would survive that.

For dinner we went to the stand for 钵钵鸡 right next to the hotel. Was originally planning to get a few sticks to get a taste, but ended up having a bunch more pushed on us. I guess buying this is like haggling, you have to be able to tell the salesperson no. On the upside, the food was delicious, and actually the spicy version was better then the pepper version. It's not actually too spicy for me, not sure if it's because this shop is catered to foreigner tastebuds due to its location.

Newest update to the itinerary:

4/12 FRI - * 金沙遗址 (closed Mon)
4/13 SAT - * 都江堰
4/14 SUN - 成都博物馆 (closed Mon) + 川剧 8:30pm show
4/15 MON - 武侯祠(+锦里)