The whole reason for coming to Chengdu was the Panda Breeding Facility outside of town. It’s one of the largest in the world, if not *the* largest, and it houses both Giant Pandas and their Red Panda cousins. Rob Loves Pandas. We set up to go on the tour with a group from Sim’s, and then split off and wandered on our own for our time there. We were there for feeding time for both sets of pandas, so we go to see them at their most active. Which for the Giant Pandas still isn’t terribly exciting. They are charming though - even the adults. We both got a lot of pictures, though we weren’t able to get one of Rob with a Red Panda (he saw it going on last time he was there, but we couldn’t find it this time).
My pics are over here - there are some good ones :) There was also a copy of the Chengdu Municipal Rules Pertaining to Civilized Tour. They get funnier as you go.