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20090821_1011_711 The area outside the Wenshu temple (文殊院), and just a short stroll from our hotel.

20090829_1056_3080 Fish at DuFu's cottage 杜甫草堂

20090829_1059_3082 Water lily pond at DuFu's park (杜甫草堂).

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20090829_1148_3095 The great poet, Du Fu (杜甫).

20090829_1149_3096 A model of DuFu's cottage.

20090829_1217_3099 A recreation of DuFu's cottage.

20090829_1244 Excavation of (what might be) DuFu's cottage.

20090829_1321_3104 Gallery of DuFu's poetry.

20090829_1455_3107 Audience with the monk. Wenshu temple (文殊院) area.

20090829_1500_868 Wenshu temple area (文殊院).

20090829_1928_870 Dinner at CSC (Country Style Cooking 乡村基). A fast-food chain which started in Chengdu. McDonald-style speed, with many meals delivered within minutes. I think every dish here costs less than 20 kuai, the noodle soup dishes are around 10 kuai. I ate here three times in three days. My parents ate here several more times!

20090829_2004_872 'Night market' outside the Wenshu temple area. A number of restaurants upstairs, I think mostly patronised by rich locals with cars! Too expensive for us...

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20090830_1056_3114 Outside the Wenshu temple.

20090830_1513_3116 In my China Southern plane, about to depart Chengdu for Guangzhou. My plane is two hours late (as was the same flight for the past few days), which will make it difficult to catch my next flight back home to Australia...