Three Yearling Pandas having breakfast

Chengdu - Giant Pandas and more

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November 19th 2006
Well after 16 hours on the train from Xian to Chengdu we got to our hotel bleary eyed and looking forward to a hot shower only to find that our rooms weren't ready!! So a healthy dose of body spray later we went for some breakfast to sustain us. After a hearty breakfast it was off the the Giant Panda Breeding Centre. We got there at 8:00am which is a great time as that is when the Pandas get fed a ... 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