It has been a long time but I am ...

... back to the blogging world
... back on Canadian soil
... back sleeping in my own bed
... back spending time with family and friends
... back sharing pictures and stories

Over the next couple of days I will fill all of you in on the last part of my travels. First off are some pictures that are long overdue.

I visited the Giant Pandas at the Panda Bear Research Institute in Chengdu. I never realized how rolli polli Panda Bears are. They are very playful and just so darn cute. they also sleep in the strangest positions. I wanted to hug every one of them but the divider, fence, and ditch separating us prevented us from coming anywhere close to them. Did you know that Pandas eat around 20 of China's 300 species of bamboo and they eat approximately 20 kg of food a day.