China Part 3 - Chengdu
Hey Borat, we made it to Chengdu - Hi-Five!
Chengdu, China is home to 7 million people, but no one goes there to visit those 7 million people, they go there to visit the 40-odd panda bears living at the Chengdu Panda Research Center, the epicenter for global research into Panda Culture (read, where dozens of seemingly normal, Phd holding Westerners try like hell to get Mai Mai to cozy up with LiLi for some good ole' Panda baby making).
Pandas are obviously a species destine for greatness, I mean the way they cling to the precipice of extinction is inspiring - to hell with survival of the fittest! - let's pin the survival of our race to legions of doctors gladly willing to play with our naughty parts. Heck, let's not even reproduce when we're locked in a cell with one another during the mating season and one of us is in heat and the other's a mindless man-bear!
Seriously, I couldn't help but laugh to myself as we learned about the plight of the Panda. They went so far as to show us a film in which a female Panda (in heat mind you) beat the crap out of a male panda who tried to mate with her - apparently he "wasn't her type". Of the 80+ successful births they've had at the Research Base, something like none have been natural. Darwin must be rolling over in his grave! All these critters do is sit around and munch Bamboo, and they can't even get that right. Of the (guessing here) 100+ species of Bamboo in China, the Pandas will only eat about 20 varieties. These things should have been toast centuries ago. Lucky for them "They're Soooooooo Cute".
If you're a big spender, you can shell out 400Yuan ($50+USD) and pet the Panda Bear, but they make you wear rubber gloves so it's the same as petting a plastic bag. Ingrid and I opted for the poor man's version....
Oh, apparently there's also such thing as a red panda, the red-headed step child equivalent of the Panda family. No one likes them very much. They're basically oversized raccoons and you only visit their pen in the back of the research center because you'd feel guilty if you didn't. After all, they did watch you get stupid over the giant panda and everything.
The other cool aspect of Chengdu is that it's the heart of Sichuan, China - like Sichuan Chicken and Sichuan Beef, China. The food here is hot, scratch that, it's blinding. They have this local peppercorn that literally numbs your mouth - therefore allowing you to continue eating the ridiculously hot food and stoking the flames that result in you sweating profusely as your body crys out "Oh Dear God, Make it Stop!" but you ignore your body because your mouth is numb because of the local peppercorn. The next morning you wish you listened to your body.
The presentation is also great. Restaurants tables have Bunsen Burner inserts in which is placed a bubbling pot of oil that you toss your raw goods into and cook yourself. Don't we look confident in the hygiene of this method?
While in Chengdu we also took in "the Sichuan Opera", which included this guy...
And Chairman Mao was kind enough to help Ingrid out with a Bat in the Cave.
and that's all I've got to say about that.
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/sichuan/chengdu/panda-breeding-and-research-center.htm
Kuna Chengdus pole eriti miskit teha, kaisime jalle yht Hiina etendust vaatamas, kus saime lyhi ylevaate igasugu erineva Hiina etendustest.(tants, akropaatika, nukud, varju show ja kuulus Hiina maskide vahetus.)
Siin tutvusime ka esimest korda Hiina Hot Pot'iga "kuum pott". Laua keskele pandi pott tulele, kus yhes osas oli kuum maitsestatud vesi ja teises pooles vyrtsikas oli. Liha, juurviljad jne. olid rootsi laual, mida siis igayks oma nagemise ja maitse jargi valis, et potis endale hautada. Toit oli hea ja kogemus huvitav, kuid huvitavaim voi rovedaim kogemus oli see, et meist vahe eemal, avatud koogis rippus jalgupidi nahata koer.
Kohalikud rahustavad turiste aga sellega, et nad soovad ainult lolli koere >? !?
Yhed USAkad, kes hetkel Hiinas elavad ytlesid, et yks mees oli neile oma koerast raakinud ja ytles, et ta armastas oma koera nii palju, et nad otsustasid teda parast surma mitte ara syya.?!?
See selleks. Ainus pohjus aga miks me Chengdusse laksime, olid panda karud.
Lisaks suurtele hiiglas pandadele nagime ka punaseid pandasid, kes meenutasid karude asemel kyll Ameerika rakuune. kuid nad olid siiski vaga armsad.
Mul pole motet kommenteerida kui nunnukad need loomad olid, seda voite ise pildilt naha. Kyll voin aga mainida, et koik karud soid bamboo lehti yht moodi. Kapaga oksast kinni hoides hammustasid nad umbes 10 lehte yksteise virna, mille nad siis suu servast katte votsid ja krompsutades kui kurkki hakkasid sooma.
Chengdu, China is home to 7 million people, but no one goes there to visit those 7 million people, they go there to visit the 40-odd panda bears living at the Chengdu Panda Research Center, the epicenter for global research into Panda Culture (read, where dozens of seemingly normal, Phd holding Westerners try like hell to get Mai Mai to cozy up with LiLi for some good ole' Panda baby making).
Pandas are obviously a species destine for greatness, I mean the way they cling to the precipice of extinction is inspiring - to hell with survival of the fittest! - let's pin the survival of our race to legions of doctors gladly willing to play with our naughty parts. Heck, let's not even reproduce when we're locked in a cell with one another during the mating season and one of us is in heat and the other's a mindless man-bear!
Seriously, I couldn't help but laugh to myself as we learned about the plight of the Panda. They went so far as to show us a film in which a female Panda (in heat mind you) beat the crap out of a male panda who tried to mate with her - apparently he "wasn't her type". Of the 80+ successful births they've had at the Research Base, something like none have been natural. Darwin must be rolling over in his grave! All these critters do is sit around and munch Bamboo, and they can't even get that right. Of the (guessing here) 100+ species of Bamboo in China, the Pandas will only eat about 20 varieties. These things should have been toast centuries ago. Lucky for them "They're Soooooooo Cute".
If you're a big spender, you can shell out 400Yuan ($50+USD) and pet the Panda Bear, but they make you wear rubber gloves so it's the same as petting a plastic bag. Ingrid and I opted for the poor man's version....
Oh, apparently there's also such thing as a red panda, the red-headed step child equivalent of the Panda family. No one likes them very much. They're basically oversized raccoons and you only visit their pen in the back of the research center because you'd feel guilty if you didn't. After all, they did watch you get stupid over the giant panda and everything.
The other cool aspect of Chengdu is that it's the heart of Sichuan, China - like Sichuan Chicken and Sichuan Beef, China. The food here is hot, scratch that, it's blinding. They have this local peppercorn that literally numbs your mouth - therefore allowing you to continue eating the ridiculously hot food and stoking the flames that result in you sweating profusely as your body crys out "Oh Dear God, Make it Stop!" but you ignore your body because your mouth is numb because of the local peppercorn. The next morning you wish you listened to your body.
The presentation is also great. Restaurants tables have Bunsen Burner inserts in which is placed a bubbling pot of oil that you toss your raw goods into and cook yourself. Don't we look confident in the hygiene of this method?
While in Chengdu we also took in "the Sichuan Opera", which included this guy...
And Chairman Mao was kind enough to help Ingrid out with a Bat in the Cave.
and that's all I've got to say about that.
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/sichuan/chengdu/panda-breeding-and-research-center.htm
Kuna Chengdus pole eriti miskit teha, kaisime jalle yht Hiina etendust vaatamas, kus saime lyhi ylevaate igasugu erineva Hiina etendustest.(tants, akropaatika, nukud, varju show ja kuulus Hiina maskide vahetus.)
Siin tutvusime ka esimest korda Hiina Hot Pot'iga "kuum pott". Laua keskele pandi pott tulele, kus yhes osas oli kuum maitsestatud vesi ja teises pooles vyrtsikas oli. Liha, juurviljad jne. olid rootsi laual, mida siis igayks oma nagemise ja maitse jargi valis, et potis endale hautada. Toit oli hea ja kogemus huvitav, kuid huvitavaim voi rovedaim kogemus oli see, et meist vahe eemal, avatud koogis rippus jalgupidi nahata koer.
Kohalikud rahustavad turiste aga sellega, et nad soovad ainult lolli koere >? !?
Yhed USAkad, kes hetkel Hiinas elavad ytlesid, et yks mees oli neile oma koerast raakinud ja ytles, et ta armastas oma koera nii palju, et nad otsustasid teda parast surma mitte ara syya.?!?
See selleks. Ainus pohjus aga miks me Chengdusse laksime, olid panda karud.
Lisaks suurtele hiiglas pandadele nagime ka punaseid pandasid, kes meenutasid karude asemel kyll Ameerika rakuune. kuid nad olid siiski vaga armsad.
Mul pole motet kommenteerida kui nunnukad need loomad olid, seda voite ise pildilt naha. Kyll voin aga mainida, et koik karud soid bamboo lehti yht moodi. Kapaga oksast kinni hoides hammustasid nad umbes 10 lehte yksteise virna, mille nad siis suu servast katte votsid ja krompsutades kui kurkki hakkasid sooma.
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