02 October 2009

On Seeing the Pandas


Somehow, we have managed to live in China for 9 years without seeing the famous Sichuan Giant Pandas. Thankfully, this summer, we were able to rectify that. The Pandas are great! We got up early so that we could see them before they fall asleep around 10am. They are so cute and funny. We enjoyed seeing the adults play around on their "playground" equipment. We also saw a baby who was still in an incubator. We ended with an incredibly graphic informational movie about how pandas mate and give birth (probably wouldn't take Ellie and Sara to see that again, but we had no idea how much information it was going to give). We also saw the lesser known "red pandas". The poor red pandas - they look more like racoons than bears. I'll post a picture so you can see our family with the Giant Pandas.

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