On my fourth day in China, it was finally time to visit Ya’an Bifengxia Giant Panda Base for the very first time! Before planning this trip, I really didn’t think getting to this base was ever a possibility for me. It seemed very far away from Chengdu, it didn’t seem hugely accessible, and it seemed like it was a several hour bus journey which didn’t sound good at all! But, when Yang Guang and Tian Tian were moved here after their 12-year stay in Edinburgh I really started thinking about how to make it work. I was very happy to wear my Edinburgh Zoo panda shirt for my visit. I already posted about getting to Ya’an itself, but read on to hear my experience in getting to the base itself:
Continue Reading “China Diaries: May 2024 #3 ~ Getting to Ya’an Bifengxia Giant Panda Base”China Diaries: May 2024 #2 ~ Shanghai to Ya’an, let’s stroll in Ya’an centre
After 2 nights at Shanghai Disneyland, it was time to head on towards the main purpose of my trip – to visit the pandas in Chengdu and the surrounding area! So let’s get started with the second part of my diary on this trip, getting myself from Shanghai to Ya’an, a trip I’ve never made before:
Continue Reading “China Diaries: May 2024 #2 ~ Shanghai to Ya’an, let’s stroll in Ya’an centre”What I ate at Shanghai Disneyland in May 2024 – ranked!
I briefly chatted what themed snacks I ate from the new Zootopia land at Shanghai Disneyland, now I’m ranking everything I ate during my 1.75 days of visiting! I also mentioned what I ate on my first and second trips and I don’t *think* I repeated anything apart from one item. Compared with how much I ate on those previous trips, I think I might have over-eaten on this trip because I really wanted to get loads in, oops! But so far, I’ve not really found any ‘bad’ food items at Shanghai Disneyland!
The obsession with Shanghai Disneyland continues: trip #3, May 2024
My third time visiting Shanghai Disneyland – and it’s still as magical as ever! The main difference on this visit was the brand new Zootopia themed land, which I’ve already posted about, but of course I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the rest of the now-familiar park too^ I had 1.75 days to visit on this trip, stayed on site so had early entry, was travelling along so I could use single-rider (only ended up using it on one ride), and paid for priority access so that I could get a front position to watch Illuminate! Had perfect weather on my first day, then it rained a bit on the second, but that didn’t stop a fantastic visit^