My sister is visiting with me for two weeks. As I also had a conference in Chengdu, she accompanied me to Panda City.
Bizzarely, our five-star hotel provided every guest with a working gas mask! Your guess is as good as mine as to why.
The biggest attraction in Chengdu is the Panda Research Base, where you can see hundreds of giant pandas and red pandas.
The pandas seemed to enjoy human contact and posing for the camera.
It was a rainy day, but we perservered nonetheless. Here you see my sister on a rope-bridge.
The sites breeding program has been very successful including a pair of panda twins.
I think the best thing about the pandas was how human they looked while eating and playing.
Our next stop will be Sanya. I'll report in from there.
