Travel Part 10: Returned
I am now home, safely. My flight was delayed, etc. etc. I will post some of the best photos late, for now, here is a link to the Facebook photo albums:
MASS MEDIA STATS:
Photos Taken (Estimate): 1,500
Photos Kept: 986
Video Recorded: 62 minutes
MASS TRANSPORTATION STATS:
Planes taken: 2
Buses taken: 15
Trains taken: 1
Cabs taken: 26
Private vehicles taken: 3
FOOD STATS:
Ate Something Sold From A Tricycle: 7 times
Ordered 宫爆鸡丁: 6 times
Ate At Sichuan Restaurants Outside of Sichuan: 5 times
Ate at KFC: 3 times
Most Expensive Meal: 45 RMB ($6.42)
Least Expensive Meal: 3 RMB ($0.42)
LIVING CONDITIONS STATS:
Largest Number of People Sleeping in the Same Room: 150 (Appx., sleeper train to Xi’an)
Longest Without Shower: 2.5 days (Kaifeng)
AWARDS
BEST OVERALL CITY: Xi’an, Shaanxi
BEST OVERALL TOURIST SITE: (TIE) Leshan Giant Budda (Leshan, Sichuan) and Longmen Caves (Luoyang, Henan)
BEST TEMPLE: Wenshu Temple (Chengdu, Sichuan)
BEST TOMBS: Xi’an, Shaanxi (Terra Cotta Warriors, Emperor Jingdi’s Tomb)
BEST WEATHER: Chengdu, Sichuan
BEST CUISINE: Chengdu, Sichuan
BEST STREET FOOD: Xi’an, Shaanxi
OLDEST THINGS: Shaanxi History Museum, Xi’an
WORST OVERALL CITY: Luoyang, Henan
WORST TRANSPORTATION: Taxis in Chengdu, Sichuan
MOST ANNOYING POPULACE: Chengdu, Sichuan
WORST PLANE: Zhengzhou to Harbin (Delayed 1.5 hours)
Many thanks also to the cool people I met along the way and traveled with, including but not limited to: Brian, Chris, Amber, Elsa, Greg, Danielle, British Girl Whose Name I Forget, etc.