Spent Brothers Productions presents
IMAGES OF CHINA 1987
To Tibet And Back

  
Early morning arrival in Guangzhou (Guangdong) on overnight ferry from Hong Kong for onward flight to Chengdu
We had a day spare to explore Chengdu (Sichuan) before our onward flight to Lhasa (Tibet)
Road scene in central Chengdu (right) - there were no private cars in China in 1987

    
Hand-throwing rice noodles / Cycle rickshaws

    
Huge statue of Chairman Mao / The Jinjiang Hotel - note lack of traffic

    
Inner courtyard at the hotel / Chengdu in the rain

  
Scene from hotel room - in the riverside building in the foreground couples were ballroom dancing to a live ensemble

Arriving back in Chengdu from Lhasa it proved impossible to get a flight back to Guangzhou, so we embarked
on the 1 570 mile 3 day steam train journey through Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan & Guangdong Provinces

  

  

    

  


Warm beer in the sweltering heat at Guangzhou Station
waiting for the Hong Kong Express

See TIBET 1987 photographs

Index of all Spent Brothers Productions travel photograph webpages