So although I haven't finished my study tour blogs yet, I wanted to jump ahead a bit and do a Chengdu update and post pictures of my nicely decorated dorm room (yes, they do call them dorms or dormitories here, unlike PLU).
Today was our second full day in Chengdu and it consisted of exploring the downtown Chengdu area and buying cell phones (that part was about a 3 hour ordeal!). I had lunch at a tibetian resturant and experienced Yak butter tea (not so good), Barley wine (many wierd tastes, but not bad), and many different SPICY potato dishes. This evening we enjoyed dinner at a very nice thailand resturant and burned our taste buds off with spicy curry.
Yesterday consisted of taking care of house keeping things, such as ironing out schedules, getting pictures, meal cards, maps, attempting to get cell phones and bikes, and braving "trust" Mart, the local fred meyer like store. Trust mart was the most stressful part of the day as it was crowded, the staff didn't speak english and all the products had all chinese labels. We also were very crunched for time and so we had to rush through. After taking a dinner break we were able to return and attempt the store one more time, this time being sucessful in buy dorm room and personal essentials.
Check out what we bought to decorate our rooms in the below pictures (please keep in mind it is laundry day so there are clothes hanging EVERYWHERE!):
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