We made a 5 hour bus ride from Chongqing to Chengdu (pop 14 million). It’s the capital of Sichwan province and a modern, clean leafy city in the Singapore mould, famous for Pandas, hot spicy food and face-changing opera.
Xiao Pingping
Yuan Yuan
Xing Ya
Baby panda, about 2 months old, on his blanket
Jing Jing
Red Panda’s colouring helps protect them from predators
They are much smaller, found in the mountains of SW China above 1800m
Ms Cherry, our local guide, showed us “her” Pandas
Chengdu breakfast
The famous Chengdu face-changing opera
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| Faces are instantly changed without touching; the technique handed down from father to son. No one outside the family has discovered their secret. | ||