Arrived safe and sound in Changsha. It's actually Thursday here now but the blog seems to still work on British time.
I had a good but tiring journey and I certainly stood out from the local crowd on the internal flight from Shanghai!
The hotel is very grand and David seems quite at home with all the staff running around after him. He seems to be quite a VIP after being here so long. I even had special flowers (see above) for my arrival. I told him not to get too used to being waited on hand and foot!
The view from our room is more 'real China' with the fishermen working on the river below and a background scenery of high rise and new development. All behind the highly landscaped hotel grounds. Chalk and cheese!Last night we took a post-dinner stroll by the river to listen to the frog chorus. It was amazing... there must have been hundreds of them out there, singing away!
There are fireworks going off outside at the moment (and it's broad daylight at 10.30 in the morning!) David says they go off all day and everyday.
Well, today we are chilling/re-adjusting and sorting out a few things for our onward trip, then tomorrow morning we're catching an early flight to Chengdu for the first real stage of our trip and the Pandas!
Changsha signing out...
Ness and David x
