Chengdu, China - Part 1, Photos of Chengdu: a modern city

Chengdu is a large modern city with many highrises and all the makings of a large modern city.

One of its best features from my point of view is its river. Chengdu is split into two by a river and all along the the river there is a pedestrian path, though unfortunately a lot of work was being done along this path and a good part of it I could not access.

You will notice that the sky is quite grey and the air quite foggy, this is a characteristic of Chengdu, it is in a basin and days are often foggy, sometimes heavily with little visibility but I was lucky and had some fabulous sunny days.

The river. The second bridge in the distance is actually a restaurant over the river with a very nice building.

In between the very tall modern building you can see older structures, sometimes what used to be, I am sure, highrises, and sometimes some old neighborhoods with homes all piled up in a complex network of alleys and courtyards.