We saw real, live, healthy,and hopefully happy pandas this morning... like, a lot of them! They seemed so human sitting there in a slouched position chewing through bamboo (they eat 40kg a day and "drop" 120 times a day!) Apparently this is where they breed pandas. Yes, we saw lots of panda babies,even a video of a panda birth... We got there ahead of all the other tour groups and it was great. Despite the rain, the mobs were huge, but since Sim's guest house knows what they're doing,we were always one room ahead of them.
We also saw "red pandas". My guess is that the only reason they made it into this beautiful park is because they have white ears, otherwise they look more like big brownish raccoons.
After the pandas, we met again with Chris and XiXi and walked through the "Ancient street" where they had lots of stalls selling stuff to the crowds. According to our sources this street didn't even exist 2 years ago. We didn't believe that ancient buildings had underground garages anyways! After strolling through here (where Pete had to pose for a photo with locals) we headed into the WenShu monastery for lunch. They had great vegetarian food. Yes, we actually enjoyed tofu for the first time! MaPo Tofu is the way to go!
Our next stop was TienFu Square. This is the main square of the town and is presided over by a giant statue of Mao. He's a lucky man because he has full views of the Cartier and Bulgari stores across the street. And if he got hungry, he could hop over to McDonald's for lunch for a Big Mao! If you check google earth, this square is under construction but what we saw was a beautiful square with some huge golden fountains with built-in speakers. They had a major fountain show synchronized to patriotic music in honor of the National holiday. Pete go to pose for another picture here, the couple even had to hire a photographer to prove that they saw a white man.
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