With an early 8:10AM departure from Yibin Station, we upgraded ourselves to soft seat for the 90-minute trip to Zigong and enjoyed our coffee and pastries on the train.
After losing a day due to more stomach troubles and a change of hotels, we made a day trip from Zigong to SanDuoZhai and enjoyed the spring weather, flowering trees, local food, and splendid old sandstone city walls.
Note to fellow travelers: To get from Zigong to SanDuoZhai, take city bus #35 (from near the Holiday Hotel or the Bus Station) to the Dinosaur Museum stop, then at the same stop, take a SanDuoZhai bus (signed 三多寨; 2.5 yuan per person) to SanDuoZhai. Get off at the last stop, which is about 100 meters inside the South Gate. There is a map in Chinese only just outside the South Gate. Return by doing the reverse.
Breakfast on the train.
Hard to not spot the Dinosaur Museum where we changed buses.
Flowering pear trees and rapeseed.
Trying the local specialty: tofu and rice.
Inside the city wall. Beautiful sandstone.
And from the outside
Sun-Ling on top of the wall next to the parapet and embrasures.
Another view of the top of the wall, the parapet and embrasures.
View from West Gate.
The East Gate.
Sun-Ling and John have been traveling the earth since 2008 while blogging, eating vegetarian and vegan, and riding public transportation. We love uphill day hikes, 20th-century architecture, Roman ruins, all bodies of water, local markets, shopping for groceries, aqueducts, miradors, trip planning, blablacar, and more.
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4 comments:
Soft seat looks SO much nicer than hard seat! Sorry to hear about the stomach trouble.
Kathy, Not only is soft seat softer and roomier, there's AC. And there are two levels with the top level having a pretty good view... Appetites are almost back to normal. Thanks!
really nice looking walls. huge stones. wonder if they're original and how old. glad you're well now! wqz
Weiqing,
The walls are about 150 years old. In the photos above, all the stones are original (I think), except some of the ones around the City Gate. Around the town, some parts of the wall have been repaired, usually at the top, other parts are completely neglected.
-john
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