What a great sports meeting. Each class started with their procession and opening ceremony, all well rehearsed and performed in front of the school and select judges. This is where I was asked to join in with class 3. They came second place. Saturday and Sunday was running, high and long jump and shot put. At the same time each class would dance and sing on the stadium and cheer their fellow class mates on. Monday completed the events with more dancing, presentations and lots of photo taking.
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It was our penultimate day off so we planned to visit the zoo in Chongqing the capital of Guijhou. Chongqing is the fourth largest city in China after Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
We went specifically to see the Pandas but also the other animals there too. They were lovely, see below, however the general zoo conditions left us feeling a little sorry for the rest for them. The enclosures were quite small which this was evident in the very despondent looking beasts and we wondered at times who should be caged, the animals or the spitting, banging and throwing Chinese people! You could sense a definite atmosphere of superiority and contempt at times although,of course, not for the Pandas ... |
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