Fran got her own back for taking her round Leshan when she was suffering from a cold - she gave me the cold (except mine is obviously Avian bird flu from last nights chicken!). It was fortunate that we had planned an easy day today - catching up on chores and seeing a bit of the city.The first stop was a haircut for me - Fran is fed up with me looking like some nutty professor. We found a barbers and I asked for a haircut (in sign language). I was told to lie dow...

The day started obscenely early - we were on the way to Chengdu on the 5:57 train. We managed to get out of the hotel after we had woken the night staff so that we could pay. When we got to the station and found the right waiting room, we discovered that the train was 20 minutes late - frustrating.After a couple of hours sleep on the train, we looked out and saw that the scenery had become quite mountainous. It continued like that for most of the day with a spect...