13th April – Chengdu – Lijiang

Drag ourselves out of our comfy bed early to head to the panda park...the whole reason we decided to stop over in Chengdu...basically what this big city is famous for!
The adult pandas have just been served breaky when we arrive and one is enjoying it SOOO much, lying on his back right in front of us, happily chewing away. you can tell he is soooo happy eating! While he is munching away this other panda, in prolly what is a real energetic move for a panda, climbs a tree...unfortunately it becomes reeeeaalllly obvious that the tree is way to small for the weigh of this fat animal and about 2/3rds of the way up the tree starts to break and there is this massive cracking of breaking wood and like in a cartoon the branch bends til it breaks and the panda falls about 2 feet. SO funny.
after the adults were the “toddlers” which are aout 6 months to a year old. They were so much whiter and one keeper was playing with them, they were having such a good time rolling over and playing rough and tumble! They then got fed, looked like softened bamboo sticks...like what we put in green thai curry, which they seemed to enjoy and one was WAY more greedier than the others, jumping up to the keeper for more.
So cute, i want one!!
Hung round at the hostel, had a FAB BLT and then took our flight to Lijiang. All very normal and we arrive at our hostel about 8...its more of a nice guesthouse, big rooms and a massive bed! Lovely. We're in the old town too, but away from the madness which is nice. We head out for a meal and a look around, looks like a fairy town (apart from the chinese tourists and souvenir shops..) with all the red lanterns lit and the streams passing under old old wooden bridges. the stones of the street as SOO worn they are all slippery. Look forward to exploring here tomoro!