Xikang Hotel
Travel Blogs from Ya'an
We Love Our Tea Houses
... Houses and its a great way to spend a few hours after a long ride. It's not uncommon to fall asleep in the laid back atmosphere sitting in the comfortable wicker chairs.
From Ya An we rode to the Bifeng Xia Panda Breeding Centre where we spent the day watching the pandas sleep, eat, play and then sleep some more. It was quite the experience just sitting there watching them, they are amazing animals. The ride up to ...
Panda Expert Graduation
... open one of the gates and then shook his head, looking at the ground saying "you cant do it", you can only imagine my response! Poor guy! He explained with words and actions the way that Chinese girls say "i cant do that". I had to tell him that he wasnt allowed to say that to me. So from them on it was all in. That could be why I am coming up in little red sores where I have fine bamboo splinters and possibly the state of my overalls. ...
No 2 pandas look alike!
... 2 new volunteers to show the ropes. A mother and daughter from the US. The mother actually asked me if Yolanda was my daughter!? Really!!
My tolerance of the 20 something's has reached its end, I think I have done quite well, but I don't think I'll be able to sit through another after dinner inane conversation. Topic of conversation for the last few meals is how to get all their **** into their suitcases. Yes, I am the only one with a backpack. And how they HAD to ...
Chinese culinary lessons
... but he said those laws would never work in china.
Sam and Yolanda each paid up the cash to have their photo taken with an 18mth old panda today. I got to be photographer, so that was pretty cool.
Tonight we have had calligraphy lessons and we're about to learn how to play Ma Jong.
My name in Chinese characters means "special flower of the west" - mind you he could have told me anything, couldn't he.
Still ...
Pandas - Very Cute Pandas
... We arrived at the Panda Reserve in time for lunch, our guide Lily had very kindly arranged for Chicken GongBa for lunch which was a local specialty - slightly spicy with nuts and some celery like vegetable. Of course we couldn't just have one dish; there was also pork, beef, vegetables and rice.
After lunch we eagerly set off to see the pandas. The Reserve was huge and we first jumped on a bus, and then walked for about 20 mins before we came to the first enclosure. Here we ...
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