Continuing my acclaimed photo series, here are some shots of Sichuan. The first shot, depicting three juvenile pandas, was taken at Wolong Breeding Center in remote Sichuan Province. It is quite close to the epicenter of the recent disastrous earthquake. Many buildings were destroyed; pandas and people were lost. Nevertheless, I learned on NBC that 10 baby pandas were born this year and the rebuilding has begun. In 2006, we saw a crop of 14 babies all in one enclosure. We also met Lala the panda, which I recounted in this post.
The other photos are of the Tibetan high grasslands in Western Sichuan. Due to recent unrest, the county depicted in the shrine with prayer wheels is closed to outsiders, according to something I read. It's inhabited by a firm majority of Tibetan people.
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