So yeah, this morning, we took a crazy taxi ride to the giant panda breeding site to see Tao-Tao and his giant panda brothers and sisters. Here's the thing - pandas are lazy. VERY lazy. They sleep most of the day, scratch themselves occasionally and eat when they are fed. They also don't like hot weather too much. Today was 28 degrees in Chengdu and the pandas were extremely lazy. We managed to look at some awake (and semi-awake) of these beauties, but most of th...

Today we left the hectic life in Shanghai for the more quiet side of China - Sichuan. And what a better place to do it other than in Sichuan's capital - Chengdu? Well, the morning started with a rather hurried rush to the airport - we ended up taking the Maglev train (431 km/h), which was cool, yet less impressive than before. Check in was a breeze but our flight was delayed for over and hour, and towards the landing, we encountered a HUGE air pocket and the plan...