Day 6

Back in school today to visit the classes I didn't see yesterday. To cut down on time 90 children were brought to the lecture theatre where I held a question and answer session so that they could practice their English. The children were interested in the British and Welsh lifestyle and were big fans of Michael Jackson. Following this I had to make a speech to the entire school!

After lunch it was time to say goodbye to the school for now. Finally a summing up meeting took place before we left as a group to travel on to Chengdu by bus for the next leg of our journey.

Chengdu is the third largest city in China and another very busy one. It is never quiet here and life goes on by night as busily as by day. We visited a beautiful part of the city which was a restored ancient street, lined with shops and beautiful buildings. It was here that we found the famous street sellers with their cooked creatures on sticks. The chinese seem to really enjoy a deep fried bat!

                                                                        Starbucks!

                                                                        Jinli Street
The shops here were full of chopsticks, tea and calligraphy pens.