kez & hay travels 06

Chengdu was a nice laid-back city and after checking into our hostel we hired bikes and went exploring.  We found the "People's Park" where we relaxed at the Teahouse by the lake for a couple of hours.  The park was full of locals dancing and singing, and when we found a group doing Chinese style line-dancing we couldn't resist joining in.  After a few dances they asked us to teach them "disco dance", and surrounded by 50 locals we went into a Whigfield Saturday night routine.  Not only did they copy our routine but they probably all think thats how Brits dance back home - sorry guys! 
Next day it was early to rise, despite the fact that we had had no sleep due to 2 very loud male snorers in dormitory room.  We headed to the Panda Reserve next to Chengdu and got there just in time to see them eating their breakfast of bamboo and more bamboo.  The park is a breeding reserve where they rely heavily on artificial insemination as Panda's apparently our reluctant to mate (too busy eating and sleeping), plus the fact the male member is far too small!