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View all- October 8, 2009
- Chengdu residents catch rare glimpse of nearby snowy peaks
wow! it's like the mountains are floating... or it's a strange cloud formation... or Mr. DuByne is handy at photoshop.
- September 26, 2009
- Glad we don't have to eat it: Chongqing's big fat mooncake
one mooncake to rule them all, one mooncake to find them,
one mooncake to bring them all and in the patriotic fervour bind them
- July 16, 2009
- GoChengdoo giveaway: Free wine tasting, buffet
ahhh, man that sounds yummy...
- May 24, 2009
- Sunday: Your Secondhand Life at Hemp House
re: "new, bigger and better space"
did Hemp House move?
Latest Forum Posts
View all- August 16, 2010
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Forums > Travel Sichuan > malaysia--> thailand --> laos--> China
check out Penang. Georgetown's got some charm, but can at times just seem like a lumpen anywhere city. but if you're into food, it's great - Chinese, Indian, local Malay... you mention nature - i did a guided tour of the spice garden, which was great, and i believe there's also a national park there which i didn't have time to visit. KL to Penang by bus is around 4 (comfortable, as Malaysian buses/roads are generally good) hours.
- August 16, 2010
- August 16, 2010
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Forums > Travel Sichuan > Traveling to Laos From Chengdu, I know it's not Sichuan Travel but I need advice
errr, you might need to do a little more research: Nanning's not in Yunnan, it's in Guangxi. while it's not a bad jumping off place for Vietnam (by train, and i've heard by bus too) it's not the obvious choice for Laos, in part due to Guangxi/Laos not sharing a border.
i recently did the Mohan/Boten (that's Yunnan/Laos) border crossing and US citizens could get a visa on arrival easily. i'm not a US passport holder, but expect to pay around US$40 and get 30 days. there's a Laotian consulate in Kunming, but they've turned people away before, telling them to get a visa on arrival.
more info:
http://www.gokunming.com/[...]
http://www.gokunming.com/[...]
- August 16, 2010
- August 28, 2009
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Forums > Food & Drink > Poll: Mapo Doufu--Love It or Hate It?
i like it. i'm also part of the group that's surprised to hear that others don't like it.
i was first introduced to the dish in the north of china, in veggie form, where i was told it was 麻辣豆腐. so, i still tend to think of the veggie version as being a different dish, even though this reasoning doesn't really stand up in practice.
it's definitely a candidate for *the* sichuanese dish, though i think i'd have to side with 水煮肉片 if it came down to it.
- August 28, 2009
