Kaiserdom Hotel (Linhai)

Xiangjiang Safari Park - Pandas PANDAS!

by jackiesg

Being a crazy panda fan, I would like to dedicate this travel page to the 5 pandas i met at the Xiangjiang Safari Park. They are, simply gorgeous, adorable and very lovable!

The total of 5 pandas, 2 live separately and the other 3 lives together as a family (Papa, Mamma and young panda).

They sleep 50% of their time, eat 30% of their time and only the remaining time doing all the rest! So, if you're going to the Xiangjiang Safari park to watch them, try to reach the panda zone around 10.30 am because according to the park's notice board, that's when they are most active, either playing or eating.

They eat bamboo and bamboo leaves. We noticed they have a pattern of living, based on our short observation when we're there, that the panda will: eat, then drink water, then urine and poo with utmost concentration :D, then rub their back with the stones or wooden poles around and then...SLEEP! Haha! See for yourselve when you're there!

Street of the Song Dynasty

by Sobe-A-Rush

The Street remains of the Song Dynasty from 960-1279 AD. It is not very big but it's worth a look, and Beijing St (where the Song Dynasty street is located in GZ) is a great place to go shopping, always a super busy area.

Visiting Sunny in Guangzhou

by AndreaPrice

Sunny's parents were kind enough to let me stay with them in their family apartment. It was very interesting to actually spend time in a buddhist's home. Fantastic cultural experience.

During my stay with Sunny I became obsessed/addicted to pomello fruit. For thos that haven't tried it, it is like a large sweet grape fruit. The salesman cut the skin for you, and then you just break the pieces with your hand and eat them like an orange. They are sensational. But I must warn you that as with all fruit, there are good and bad ones. The heavier ones are apparently better as they have more juice. The bad ones can be very bad so you need to get someone that knows how to pick them. I must say I never had a bad one in Guangzhou but had a lot of bad ones in Yangshuo. I can officially say that they are my favourite fruit of all time, surpassing my past favourites on mango's and mulberries.