I spend the evening translating my chinese map into english - well, it worked quite good. as I finished earlier than expected I had some time to put online some pics.

Tomorrow I start my tour - I'm going to be a traveller, as I was a tourist today :)
I'm going north-western, a little into the mountains, than turning southward with direction emei shan. than the plan is going the beginning of the three gorges to be on time outside of Wuhan, onto the mountain where I want to see the solar eclipse. I hope, this plan is realizeable, otherwise I'll watch it from somewhere else.

Don't worry about me: chinese people are very, very nice. There was no problem to go by bus (with changing) to the pandas... on the bus a foreigner asked me, if I wanted to go there, and told me when I had to go off. And he recommanded me to ask, if I can't find the way, quite angrily (no, of course not, but it was nearly schimpfen :) ).

I hope, things keep on the good side also for the rest of the time.

see you!


My first long-distance-flight - and my first jet-lag


one tea-house seen from a temple-park at chengdu


colorfoul details of an temple


giant panda at the world's first panda research and breeding base at chengdu


every midday I'm going to do like the panda: having a rest :) but not as high as him.


red pandas can be found as well


everyone who knows my appartment recognizes this hommage to :)