Today was an early morning, we flew Sichaun Airlines to Beijing, takes a good 3 hours, a bit like travelling in Australia from one city to another. We arrived in Beijing mid afternoon, wow the airport to start with - amazed us all, we could tell the city was developed for 2008 Olympics.Only 30 minutes to our hotel, you will see from the Beijing map, there are ring roads, we are situated on the 3rd from the middle, fairly central, but not centre, which suits ever...

We woke excited for this day! Cherie really wanted to spend some time with the Panda's of China, so after some research we booked well in advance a day as a Volunteer Panda Zookeeper.   And what a day it was!   One of the most memoriable days we've had, just the four of us spent the day in back of house, with a guide.We had to arrive early, as Panda's are more active in the morning, they sleep alot and mostly after about 11am.Our guide Ruth took ...

Mmmmmmmm, I'm liking China but I have one complaint, the beds are so hard, I had to check mine was not made of concrete, no joke!    So I awoke on the wrong side of the bed, not grumpy, just tired and a little sore.   Mum did warn us of this, apparently you can ask for a topper at some hotels.We started off with a road trip, about 2 hours travel time to Le Shan, south of Chengdu. On the way - what I did see was chequerboard fields and well-irrigated pla...

Our flight for Chengdu was in the morning, so after a 2 hour and 30 minute flight we were in China. We flew via Dragon Air, nice flight, comfortable and first Chinese meal - Sweet and Sour Pork.Sophie met us at the airport, such a nice greeting to China, as she looked after us on arrival to Hotel but then for the rest of the afternoon, on her own time.   Hotel very nice, rooms large, modern and 4 Star class it is, free Internet, so have time to blog! After we...