My first visitor, aka my friend Dan, arrived this week, so I've been spending a good deal of time out and about being both tourist and semi-tour guide (and not, you may have noticed, updating the blog). Dan left to join a tour group without sampling the funny drink, but he may yet get another chance next week if his tour gets rerouted to Shanghai in place of Chengdu. You may leave words of encouragement, or taunting, in the comments.

Anyway, our sightseeing took us to a park downtown that was new to me, where I found this statue (not shown in its entirety, obviously). Anyone recognize this guy? I'll elaborate sometime next week.