28 May 2012

NEVER TRUST PLACES CALLED DRAGON INN. I STAYED AT ONE IN S’PORE, AND IT WAS THE DODGIEST PLACE EVER & THERE WERE STAINS ON THE BED & I THINK THERE WERE PROSTITUTES HAVING SEX NEXT DOOR & I MADE AN EXCUSE & LEFT W/O STAYING THE NIGHT & HOSTELLED .

Bit late! It was actually the worst hostel I have ever stayed in. Compare this “private twin with ensuite”:

A-Inn Hostel, Hong Kong.

With these far cheaper private twin rooms with ensuites in Shanghai and Chengdu:

Top: Lazybones Hostel, Chengdu
Bottom: Rock&Wood International Youth Hostel, Shanghai.

But I think that’s just what you have to deal with if you want to stay in Hong Kong. Especially Mong Kok. Never again.

Tags:  #hong kong  #mong kok  #chengdu  #lazybones  #rock&wood  #shanghai  #china  #china 2012

20 Apr 2012

Baby pandas in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

I will never stop posting these photos.

Baby pandas in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

I will never stop posting these photos.

(Source: Flickr / jessica-ellen)

Tags:  #babypandas  #chengdu  #china  #nofilter  #sichuan  #Sichuan province  #Baby pandas  #China 2012  #Baby panda  #Panda  #Giant panda

27 Mar 2012

my-corneroftheuniverse asked: Hi, I like to search the baby panda tag because I'm kind of obsessed with them, and your photos came up and I was wondering where you went to be able to hug a baby panda?!

Hi! I went to the Panda Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. They don’t advertise it, so you have to ask when you get inside and pay a very significant “donation”. You can read more about it here. Hope you get there! It was one of the best things I’ve ever done. :)

Tags:  #Baby panda  #Baby pandas  #Chengdu  #China  #China 2012  #How to hug a baby panda  #Panda  #Panda cub  #Pandas  #Sichuan  #Ask  #Asks  #Faq

25 Mar 2012

Baby Panda what’s wrong?! (OK I’ll stop.) (Taken with instagram)

Baby Panda what’s wrong?! (OK I’ll stop.) (Taken with instagram)

Tags:  #babypanda  #Baby panda  #China 2012  #China  #Panda  #Panda cub  #Chengdu  #Sichuan  #photography

25 Mar 2012

Because I did. (Taken with instagram)

Because I did. (Taken with instagram)

Tags:  #Panda  #Baby panda  #Cute  #Cuteness  #So much cuteness  #Panda cub  #Chengdu  #Sichuan  #China  #China 2012  #Me  #Travel  #photography

25 Mar 2012

Did I ever tell you guys about that time I hugged a baby panda? (Taken with instagram)

Did I ever tell you guys about that time I hugged a baby panda? (Taken with instagram)

Tags:  #babypanda  #Baby panda  #Pandacub  #Panda cub  #China  #China 2012  #Me  #Panda  #Chengdu  #Sichuan  #photography

2 Feb 2012

One of the baby pandas I was lucky enough to see and take adorable photos of!

One of the baby pandas I was lucky enough to see and take adorable photos of!

(Source: jessinchina)

Tags:  #Baby panda  #Panda  #Chengdu  #China 2012  #china  #travel

27 Jan 2012



(Source: jessinchina)

Tags:  #red panda  #panda  #china  #china 2012  #chengdu  #travel

27 Jan 2012



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Tags:  #china  #china 2012  #panda  #travel  #Chengdu

27 Jan 2012



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Tags:  #china  #china 2012  #panda  #panda cub  #baby panda  #travel  #chengdu

27 Jan 2012



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Tags:  #china  #china 2012  #panda  #baby panda  #panda cub  #cute  #travel  #chengdu

27 Jan 2012



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Tags:  #china  #china 2012  #travel  #panda  #chengdu  #panda cub  #baby panda  #cute

27 Jan 2012



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Tags:  #china  #china 2012  #chengdu  #panda  #panda cub  #baby panda  #cute

27 Jan 2012



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Tags:  #china  #chengdu  #china 2012  #panda  #travel  #baby panda  #panda cub  #cute

26 Jan 2012

I’ve had a pretty great Australia Day in China: hugged a baby panda, went to two Lunar New Year festivals, and I’m about to watch a Sichuan face-changing opera

But nothing beats getting back to the hostel in time to catch the final 5 in Triple J’s Hottest 100. M83’s Midnight City always makes me feel amazing and Gotye is around the corner! Might be my favourite year of songs yet.

Actually, maybe hugging a baby panda beats this. But only just.

Tags:  #Australia  #Australia day  #Baby panda  #Chengdu  #China 2012  #Gotye  #M83  #Midnight city  #Panda  #Sombody that I used to know  #china  #me  #travel  #best of