Chengdu is busy and smoggy but has a more authentic Chinese feel than either Shanghai or Suzhou. The people are busy, the roads are chaotic and the restaurants are full of interesting sights, smells and tastes.
Only a three hour flight from Shanghai and it feels like a totally different country. Not having anyone around that speaks English apart from ourselves also adds to the adventure.
There were two main attractions we visited, The Giant Buddha and The Panda sanctuary. Both were equally as impressive but both Samuel and Mackenzie definitely preferred the pandas.
The set up at the Panda sanctuary was very impressive, clean and even the enclosures for the pandas were spacious and looked pretty comfortable for the pandas.
Chengdu is definitely worth the effort to see, seeing real China never gets old.
