These pictures were taken in Chengdu on August 2nd. Chengdu is home of the Panda Breeding Research center, which is very important to China and its so called 'Panda-diplomacy.' Briefly explained to me as, "We give developed nations pandas. But only developed ones!" This is according to my friend Lin Jing.
Oh, and if you want to see pictures of the 'red pandas' (definitely not as cool or popular, the two most important things ), email me and I can send 'em to ya.
But I am now quite far from Chengdu--I am back in the city of Kunming with all ten toes! Unfortunately I have lost my three friends... we're all headed different ways. Originally I was planning to go to Hong Kong, Macau, and then finally Shanghai, but actually I'm so very tired, and getting into Hong Kong is still trickey (the lonely planet book said something about walking over the border because if you try to ride a bus it's complicated), so I've decided to just hangout here in Kunming for the next week. I'll return to Shanghai midday on the 19th, and then board my plane the next day to return to America!
I am looking forward to more free time to just relax--for the past two and half weeks we've been trying to go to as many places as possible--and hopefully make more posts about our adventures.
hope everyone is well, and an early happy anniversary to my parents !
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Hey, Sidi - thanks for sharing your adventures in China...hope you are relaxing before your trek home. We (I) missed you last weekend in Disney World...would have been nice to try Space Mountain ride again with you. Take care. Travel safely.
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