7 Chengdu Highlights - Wide and Narrow Streets Part 2

And now the food... what can I say, delicacies of all sorts served as snacks on a stick.

Memories of our Royal Easter show come flooding back, but instead of Dagwood dogs and fairy floss it is pig snouts and rabbit heads that are on offer.

Fruits, juices and ice teas beautifully displayed and each a piece of artwork in their own right.

7 Chengdu Highlights - Wide and Narrow Streets Part 1

At the start of our day we all piled into our bus under the direction of our local guide Flora and our host William.  He was constantly working the background to ensure our trip worked to schedule.

 Our group was a good mix, we had the Contiki tour up the back, our Chinese family in the middle and our Taree representatives down the front.

First stop was at the Wide and Narrow streets of Chengdu. Streets linked by alleys, lined with shops, restaurants and tea houses.

Shop keepers, waiters and performers traditionally dressed, so authentic right down to the beautifully applied makeup or wonderfully painted masks.

 Amazing old architecture restored and re-purposed into shop fronts selling trinkets of all kind begging to bought and taken home as a reminder of your visit to this interesting place.

A couple of Artisans that tickled my fancy.. Sugar Art.. Shapes made from toffee. no sand in jars here .. They have flymo artists creating models of some very popular icons.