Chengdu archive: Anshun Bridge, city streets, local life, and quotes from “Lovely Chengdu.” Personal reflections and social connections.
Though there was a girl checking in the room yesterday afternoon after me, I was still woken up at midnight by 2 others. They also switched the aircon to a temperature that made me hard to sleep again. I tried the buffet breakfast. It cost me 15 yuans and was worth it. The Dien Bien … Read more
I realized that I was unlucky yesterday because it wasn’t raining any more. We went to the grocery store to find out the bus would only be here around 10 AM. So I decided to have another beef noodles. I was surprised that other companions didn’t have lunch. I sat on the last row of … Read more
Before I went on this trip, I thought Mt. Siguniang must be a place for climbers. I only liked hiking for a day of about 30,000 steps which was tiring enough. Stargazing on the snowy top of the mountain at night under the cold wind was no fun to me. I didn’t really wanna go … Read more
I didn’t have a good night sleep with people coming in and going out. Why did they have to make so much noise at night? I envied the other 2 Hanoian girls having their own room yesterday because there weren’t enough beds in the dorm rooms. And I found out the Dien Bien girl also … Read more
I woke up early at around 4AM to be present at the nearest metro early. Turned out I was a lil bit early because I was there at 5:50AM just to find out that the metro would only be open at 6:06. I took more than half an hour to reach the Chadianzi Bus Station … Read more
We woke quite early this morning, then waited for the tour bus. But then a small van took us to another place where it started raining. The Chinese guy didn’t speak English so it was hard to understand about the Dujiangyan and Mt. Qingcheng history. And he tried to get more money from us. Turned … Read more
So I woke up early this morning to board the plane to Hanoi, in order to meet up with my 3 companions that I found online through a Facebook travel group. I might have got out of bed the wrong side, because I had a problem from the start. The VNA ground staff was very … Read more
On celebrating 10 years of my domain NgocNga.net, I decided to post an entry on how I picked music to listen on the road. First, songs whose lyrics inspired me to go. – This type of songs accounted for the big part of my playlist. For several years now, Đen and Da Lab’s raps have … Read more
As coming back to Sichuan has been my plan for quite a long time, I decided that I would look for travel partners because my friends and sister didn’t like this kind of traveling. After looking in vain on Instagram, I decided to find on Facebook groups for other Vietnamese travelers. On 27 Feb, I … Read more