Golden Panda

Pandas!!!! And goodbye Chengdu

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October 25th 2009
I'm finally leaving for Tibet tomorrow morning!!!! 10 days waiting was more than enough. But I did get to see the pandas here yesterday. You can appreciate that my pictures are very arty as the pandas refused to stay still and pose for pictures. If anyone has advice on taking pictures in low light, where the flash makes it appear darker, but no flash makes things blurry please let me know. The ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more