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TINA'S DIARY

This issue is a bit of a blast from the past 'cos I thought i'd share my Go Wild dairy with you! I had a wicked time in China with Jo and Jon, as I went in search of the Giant Panda! There's only about 1'000pandas left so we set off for a breeding centre to see these gorge animals.

{ Day 1 } After arriving in Beijing our first stop was Tiananmen Syuare which is the biggest square in the world! Just time for a bit of kite-flying in the square before we hit the road again!

This old thing?! Oh I just threw it on this morning, but it's soooo my colour!

Next stop: the Great Wall of China! We grabbed a chair lift and set off for the top! It's very high up and a li'l bit scary but sooo worth it. It's the only man-mode thing that can be seen from space and we had loads fun dressing up in traditional costumes. Insted of getting the chair lift down we decided to go the direct route - by toboggan! There was no snow but it was fab and Jo really loved it!

Jon seems a bit confused - he appears to be wearing a mop on his head!

{ Day 2 } An early start today 'cos we were off on a plane to the city of Chengdu. We headed for the local park where we tried some real Chinese tea. Jo wasn't too impressed but I reckon I could get used to it! Then I spotted a man cleaning people's ears with weird, long, spiky things so I just had to go and see what that was all about. In the evening we went ten-pin bowling - v. Chinese! We hooked up with a pretty serious player and had a mini tournament.

What d'ya reckon to my cool kite?! Mmmm Yummy Chinese tea!

Jo was getting way competitive! She has an 'interesting' two-handed technique and she was none too impressed when she was the only one who didn't manage to get a strike! Needless to say, we lost quite badly.

{ Day 3 } Another early start - this is not the sort of holiday I was hoping for! Today we're off to the local park to try out some of the local activities, like t'ai chi, dancing with fans and even getting a hair cut before going to work!

Baby panda's getting a bit too friendly with our camera-man! Watch your trews!

Finally the part of the trip that I've been looking forward to most, a visit to the panda breeding centre! It was awesome to get so close and they were just totally beautiful. I've loved pandas since I was a kid and actually being there when a baby one was being fed made me really emotional. They look much too perfect to be real and it made me really sad that there's not many of them left. Panda's love to play and one little fella kept going for the cameraman's leg! We all totally cracked up!

{ Day 4 } Today we visited Mount Emei, a huge mountain that rises above the clouds, It took ages to get to the top of the mountain so we took a cable car for the last bit 'cos we were sooo tired. When we (finally) reached the top we were soon all cuddling up really close 'cos we were way cold! Aww, the sun's finally risen and I've never seen Jo and Jon soooo quiet! Bless 'em!

{ Day 5 } It's our last day so we got up at 4:30am to watch the sunrise from the top of the mountain. It was kinda spooky wandering around in the dark and Jo started joking about falling off the edge - not funny! When the sun started coming out it was all worthwhile though, especially as it was Jon's first sunrise ever! When can I go back??!! L8ers :-) Tina X