Panyu, Guangdong

Took the hydrofoil to Panyu two days ago. It took one and a half hours. I often get motion-sickness, and the boat moved too much for my liking. The shuttle bus took about an hour to get to our hotel.

We had a quick dinner, and we arrived at the Guangzhou Chime-Long International Circus (长隆国际马戏团) just as the show was starting. There were plenty of bright lights, loud music; there were trapeze and other stunt performers, bears which rode unicycles.

The next morning, after breakfast, we went to the nearby Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park (广州香江野生动物园). We took a trolley-bus ride through the inner park compound, and came into close contact with many types of animals. In the outer compound, we fed some parrots and some giraffes. We attended a show in the white tiger compound, with performing elephants, monkeys, and birds.

a friendly giraffe

Insects were busy while we slept last night. Despite Mummy's precautions, I woke up in the morning covered in mosquito bites:-(

We headed for the CrocPark this morning after breakfast. There, we saw a host of reptiles: snakes, crocodiles, turtles. Someone wrestled with a big big crocodile, which we had our picture taken with. There were other performing mammals too at the park: we saw pigs; and a show starring sea lions. We sat in the front row, and I took a picture with him after the show. I was so happy to see the star so close!

In the afternoon, we went back to the hotel for our bags, and an early supper, then took the boat back to Hong Kong. Everyone except Papa was sea-sick, but he did not look well when we got off the boat.