Back in China - Chengdu

I got a soft sleeper on the train this time, what luxury, even a TV with american movies, unfortunately all dubbed in Chinese. Anyway, arriving in Chengdu was just a huge shock. No more fresh air and clear blue skies, instead your eyes hurt because you cannot see clearly through the smog, it's constantly humid and occassionally raining and just plain depresssing. I have to wait day before I meet up with my spanish friend and since my Visa runs out in 2 days I thought I'd go get an extension. What a crazy day I had, but it just reminded me how much I can get done in a day. I got off the train at 8:30 in the morning, came to the hostel and left my bag, went to the bus station, took a 2 hour bus to Leshan and went to find the Entry and Exit office, waited for it to open, handed in my passport for a visa extension, went next door for a passport photo, went 2 doors down to pay the fee (location!location!location!) and then had to wait till 4p.m so I took another bus and then a boat ride to see the huge cliff Buddha of Leshan (Luzma, thought of you all the way), went back to pick up my passport, took the local bus to the bus station and got a bus back to chengdu, had a shower, finally after 3 days, ate dinner and booked our train tickets to the next destination....Kunming...near Tibet and in the mountais....all in a days' work. How did you guys spend your Monday?