Life in Chengdu, China........: Day 26 in Chengdu - Panda Sanctuary and Happy Valley

The day that all of us were anticipating arrived, and we woke up early before heading out to the meeting point at the teaching block. The reason we were so so so excited about today was that we were FINALLY getting to see actual pandas, instead of just reading about them from books and watching them on the television. We boarded the bus and headed off! The journey to the panda sanctuary took about an hour, and almost all of us were asleep while on the bus. The tour guide who brought us up Le Shan and E-Mei Shan also accompanied us on this trip, and she was telling us about pandas. I guess everyone was just too tired, as almost everyone's eyes were closed. Soon, we arrived at our destination and we were all refreshed after the hour-long rest. Everyone were in high spirits and we quickly entered the place without much delay. After about 10 minutes of walking, we arrived at the panda enclosures! The pandas were SUUUPERRRR cute!!!! How I wish I could abduct one back and hug him :D We also saw red pandas for the first time ever, and they reminded me of raccoon, rather than their black and white relatives. After viewing the pandas we headed to a lakeside, where we took a rest and also enjoy the breath-taking scenery. It was a very peaceful and relaxing place.

After all was done, we boarded the bus once more and headed out to a local restaurant for lunch, and then off we go to happy valley! 20 minutes was all that was needed before we arrived at the amusement park!! True to its name, we were very very happy when we entered the themepark, and wasted no time before heading off to the rides. While a few of my friends headed off to take a spinning ride, I was afraid that I might puke my lunch out so some of my friends and me headed off to the haunted house for a start. But the haunted house was slightly disappointing in that it was not exactly scary, but rather we were laughing throughout the whole walk as we thought about how lame the haunted house was. LOL. After that we headed for a spinning ride as well, but on a smaller scale than what my friends took before us. Although it was comparatively smaller, the thrill was still there and it really made my heart jump! Ohh the fun!! :D After that we headed for more rides including a water roller coaster, conventional roller coasters as well as a sky-drop ride. Before this visit to happy valley, I did not really dared to take all those rides as I have slight acrophobia. But thanks to all my friends giving me courage(Or was it peer pressure?), I finally took them, and boy did I not regret my decision. But all good things must come to an end, so we headed back to the university once it was evening. I thoroughly enjoyed the day!! And so my blog-post for the 26th day in Chengdu must also come to an end......... But before I go, here are some pictures