Chengdu - last day

Today (Friday, 29 September) was my last day in Chengdu, thankfully. I've seen about everything I need or want to see in this town which isn't a whole hell of a lot. Today I tried to find this rock climbing gym. With great effort (and with the help of some Chinese university english students) I found it. Although it was only $1.25 to climb there, they didn't have rock shoes and the climbing area itself left something to be desired. So I passed on that. Later in the afternoon I finally got to pick up my passport with my visa extension fully intacted. This evening the hostel had a BBQ. It was cheap and really freaking tasty. Good times in Sim's Cozy guesthouse this week!! Surprise, surprise, it was foggy here again today....

I leave for the airport at 5:30 am tomorrow (Saturday, 30 September) morning and my 2-hour flight to Lhasa departs at 7:40 am. I'm really, really pumped to be finally heading to Tibet after all this time! Next blog from Tibet......