Chongqing and Xian

A very early start today as we said goodbye to our home for the last six nights - but no-one minded at all as squeezed in a visit to Chongqing zoo before we flew to Xian.

We got to see the famous residents of the zoo - the pandas! Unfortunately this site only allows us to share 6 photos each day - but we have 100's more and all the better photos are on the camera!! We were so lucky to see the young cubs too including the twins! By the way, the fur of the adult bears discoloured due the high humidity in China!

As our visit was so early we saw many locals enjoying their daily tai chi, aerobics and badminton in the park too. All ages - we wanted to join in!!

Sadly it was soon time to leave and our 4th flight - this time to Xian, which was the capital of China for 12 imperial dynasties.Read more