Chengdu

I have decided to quit tryinig to explain my experience in Beijing because it was too much to remember everything and it really has nothing to do with my life as it is now. So with that said I would like to explain a little bit about Chengdu firsts of all it has over 10 million people living in the city. It is so many people that even saying 10 million does not seem to do it justice. Every where you look there is just more and more people. I learned the other day that there have been people living here since 316 BC. So it is as ancient as it is large. Just like Beijing it has huge amounts of construction if you go down town you will see huge cranes working over the buildings although there are not as many here as Beijing it is still 10 times more than you would see in most large cities in America. Chengdu has a much different attitude than Beijing did though. It is much more laid back it is not uncommon to see people here sitting on park benches napping at noon. There are also more Tea houses here per capita than any other city in China. Another example is last night some friends and I had to grab a late dinner around 930PM. We ended up in a plaza area where there where several restaurants, tea houses and plenty of outdoor seating. So we ended up just sitting there hanging out and then I realized that it ws 1000 PM on a Monday night and there where people just sitting out there drinking and relaxing friends. It was really pretty cool.