I'm going to Xi'an next month! Looking forward to seeing the terra cotta soldiers.

IMPRESSION (印象刘三姐) by Zhang Yi Mo

SOOO lucky we made it alive

CRAZIEST BOAT RIDE of my life... on the Li Jiang River (漓江)

Picturesque backdrop at any point of the ride

...Our boat had a malfunction so they called this tiny cargo boat to pull us to the nearest harbor...

 ...as we were being pulled into the harbor, the tug boat made a sharp turn and crashed us into the cliffs!!!! (OH, and i got it all on film...)

We rode on the tug boat the rest of the way to Yang Shuo County (阳朔). It was unnerving that the characters on the boat said, "This is not meant to carry people."

G U I L I N ! ! !

"桂林山水甲天下" 

"Guilin's mountain and water scenery is the best under heaven."

Made some good friends in Guangzhou

Jennica, Jennifer, and Jessica. COINCIDENCE: her name is a combination of my mom's name and my name!

Aunty Jennica's personal wine cellar

Afternoon snack! Fresh biscuits: some sweet and some savory.

She taught us how to play Rummikub, the Jewish Mah Jongg.

Aunty Jennica's business showroom. She's a mass producer of door handles!

Behind aunty Emily's house.

Aunty Emily, mom, and I at the Princess Hotel.

CHIMELONG HOTEL

The room was themed too!

The sign says "do night climb" in Chinese.
I played the, "I'm American and don't know Chinese" card.

WOW. Tweezers. but really....how cheap IS the labor in China?? 0.o

CHIMELONG International CIRCUS

Giraffes and Zebras!

CHIMELONG ZOO: Safari on Foot

Australian Parrot

Home of the world's only twin koala bears

Sleepy koala

P A N D A

The playground

Water play

Panda Brawl

Kungfu Panda

CHIMELONG ZOO: Safari on Wheels

 Most amazing zoo experience to be all over the world in an hour.

Australia

American Mountains

South Asian Forests

 

Brown bears

Black bears lounging on the branches

India's Forests: WHITE TIGER

Chimelong Zoo is home to half of the world's endangered white tigers. They claim to have 150 of the 300 white tigers left in the world. 

South African Plateau

 East African Savanna