Pandas, karaoke, opera and scary carvings

Now in Chengdu, home of the Pandas! They are very cuddly and photogenic, it's just a pity they seem to have no natural habitat left. They live in a huge modern city, full of neon, and a very flash metro system. We also spent a night at the Chinese opera which was a weird mix of high and low culture - from virtuoso recitals to shadow puppets. On an even more low cultural level we also had a group outing to KTV - our own karaoke booth  - Maggie and I wowed the audience with a pretty cool rendering of American Pie!

En route we visited the rock carvings at Dazu - very beautiful and scary images. Enjoy!