ABOVE: My first visit to the Chengdu Panda Base in 2006 photgraphed with “White Foot”
2 YEARS LATER I WENT BACK TO ADOPT A CUB WHO I NAMED “BAO SHI” (Jewel in Mandarin)
CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE ADOPTION STORY
ABOVE: Recently Bao Shi (or Xiang Bing ..her Chinese given name) has been seen cavorting with Miss Universe contestants visiting the Panda Base!!! I think my Bao Shi is certainly the most natural beauty of all!!
For newcomers to this blog, below is a video I put together of a book I wrote about my first journey in 2006. I gave a copy of this book to the directors of the Panda Base as a gift
AND BELOW …FOR THE NEWBIES AND REGULARS WHO TRAVEL WITH ME….SOME BRAND NEW PIX I HAVE BEEN HOARDING FROM MY 2008 ARCHIVES THAT I WANTED TO SHARE TODAY
TODAY WE WILL BE GETTING TO KNOW THE ENDANGERED RED PANDAS EVEN BETTER THAN 08
IF I DO NOTHING ELSE TODAY…I MUST SEE SUQUING…THE MOST PHOTOGENIC GAL ON THE BLOCK! SHE WAS THE GIRL IN MY SWING SHOTS AS WELL AS THE MODEL FOR MY ONE AND ONLY TATTOO WHICH I HAD DONE IN THAILAND LATER IN 2008..A 50TH BIRTHDAY PREZZIE TO MYSELF
ABOVE IS SUQUING AGAIN…TATTOO MODEL
FRESH TATTOO THE DAY IT WAS DONE IN 2008..ALL WRAPPED UP IN SARAN WRAP. THE SYMBOL IS MANDARIN AND REPRESENTS THE EARTH
LOOK FOR TODAYS UPDATES AS THEY HAPPEN IN THE AUDIO AND VIDEO WIDGETS BELOW. WE WILL BE POSTING A BLOG UPDATE ABOUT TODAYS EVENTS WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE ROOM TONIGHT!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING IN !!
XIE XIE
