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Pandering the Pandas

September 8th 2010
Early start this morning to see the Panda Research Station 10km north of Chengdu city centre. Although only a short distance, you have to start early as Pandas tend to eat early and then go to sleep. I went on a tour from the hostel - could have gone by bus but the earliest gets there to late to see much Panda activity. The place turned out to be quite big (35 hectares I think) with really spac ... read more
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