Today we're going to see pandas at the Chengdu Giant Panda Reserve. We get up pretty early and get there before they open.
Chengdu Giant Panda Reserve
Although we have to wait a while it is worth it, as bears are more active first thing in the morning. The reserve is a huge complex where you can enjoy these incredible animals.
Panda Bears eating
Incubator
You have the opportunity to see a multitude of specimens, some only others in groups and even if you are lucky enough to enter the birth area and see them in the incubator, it is amazing how big they are born and then how big they get. You can also see red pandas, smaller in size.
Red Panda Bear
We leave around 12 and don't head for the train station, our next destination Leshan. We take a very modern and comfortable train, in less than an hour and a half we arrive at our destination.
Leshan is a smaller city than Chengdu but also very modern and clean. We leave our backpacks at the hotel, Le Cheng hotel, and take a bus to the centre. We eat fried chicken in batter and skewers.
Playing cards
We go to see the great Buddha (Dafo), The Giant Buddha of Leshan is considered the biggest Buddhist statue that exists in our planet with no less than 71 meters high, being part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1996 next to Mount Emei (the holiest place in Sichuan). Carved into the rock, it is located at the confluence of several rivers. Only the ears are 7 meters high.
The Giant Buddha of Leshan
We take a boat that places us in front, it leaves you speechless.
Before dinner we go to the bus station, we want to start tomorrow our tour of Tibetan China and start in Kangding, as there are no tickets available, we decided to take one that takes you to Ya'an and from there we take another to Kangding.
Boats
We have dinner at a local restaurant close to bus station, rice, spaghetti and soups for 57 ¥. It is run by a Muslim family. They give us some braided sweets that cook and are like between churros and rolls. Yummy.
Making dinner
On the way to the accommodation we enjoy local dances in a nearby park.
Sunset on Leshan
Breakfast: 7/11 scones and yogurt 13 ¥.
Taxi: 50 ¥ to the Reserve.
Pandas: 58 yen pax.
Taxi to the train 53 yen.
Train from Chengdu to Leshan 59¥ pax.
Food: fried chicken in batter and skewers. 10¥ 3 skewers 8 pieces of chicken 20¥.
1 banana 5¥.
Boat trip: 70 yen per person
Intercity bus for 1¥ pax.
Buddha Park entrance fee 90 yen per person
Accommodation: Le Cheng Hotel double room with bathroom 114 yen (Chinese breakfast included)
Bus ticket from Leshan to Ya'an 45¥.
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