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China Diaries: May 2024 #3 ~ Getting to Ya’an Bifengxia Giant Panda Base

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:

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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:

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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!

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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^

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