Valley of Giant Pandas China S8 EP 73 | Pakistan to Japan Motorcycle Tour
Sorry? Alipay. It's a very cute animal. Black eyes, black ears, black legs. Assalam-o-Alaikum everyone and welcome back to the channel from Xi'an, China.
In the last two videos, you saw that when I reached Xi'an, I explored the city. Then I took a flight from here to Singapore. and then back to China. Because my visa expired. And I have exactly 15 days left after entering China.
In these 15 days, I will complete my China tour and reach Laos. Today, I'm leaving Xi'an and going to a small town called Hanzhong in South China. It's about 300 km from here. There's a very interesting place on the way. It's Panda Valley.
According to my information, Pandas can be seen in two places in China. One is Panda Valley and the other is Chengdu. So I thought why not go there. Actually, I can go through this highway in Xi'an. But when I was looking at the map, I saw that the National Road was going through the mountains. I found the area to be more interesting.
So I decided to take the National Road and explore the Panda Valley. I will reach Hanzhong by the evening. It will be a 6 to 7 hour journey.
So let's get going. I'll show you Pandas and will reach a random Chinese town by evening. (prayer for journey) May I have a safe and blessed day ahead. Let's move on. I am stuck in this traffic early morning. Despite the fact that there are only a few cars.
But it's okay. Will leave gradually. It's almost 10:30 am in the morning.
I was supposed to leave early today. But I had my breakfast and packed all my stuff. I reached at 3:30 am last night. I woke up at 8 in the morning. It took me another 2.5 hours to leave. What's he doing.
So far, I have found Xi'an to be the most interesting city of this tour. If I had 2 or 3 more days, or if I ever get a chance to visit China again, I would like to spend a few more days here. Before I left for Singapore, I went to the mosque to pray. I performed ablution there and I forgot my Apple Watch there. Yesterday, I explored Xi'an with Pakistanis and messaged them to check it out.
Maybe I can find it there. They went there and the mosque staff gave it to them. So I got my Apple Watch back. China is very safe. People told me that if you drop your phone or something like that you will most likely get it back.
I got my Apple Watch back but I don't know about the rest. The weather is pleasant today. It is predicted to reach 20 to 22 degrees. But when I'll go to the mountains, the temperature may drop a bit. The Panda Valley is 175 km from here.
According to navigation, it will take 3.5 hours. They have maintained the city quite well. All the important cities I have visited on the Silk Route so far, were well-maintained and had beautiful old towns. I have liked every city in China. Xi'an has a large Muslim population.
Halal food is available almost everywhere. This place is good to live. As a tourist, whenever I visit a place, I feel that this city is very nice.
One can live here. Pakistani students or businessmen living here, can tell better. Do let me know in the comment section so that others can get an idea about your experience of visiting this place.
Now I'm off the highway. In a random Chinese town. And as soon as I left, I saw this beautiful square. The Panda Valley is about 110 km from here. Whose statue is this? I am not sure.
it belongs to which emperor. The rickshaw driver has left 5-7 seconds earlier. Even here, the rickshaw drivers and bikers don't wait.
I have entered the mountains now. I can see the Pandas' statues and paintings along the roadside. It was written here that the Forest National Park is about 50 km away from here. The mountains have just started.
I hope that I will have a good time here. I am thinking of having some drone shots here. Yes Paki people do come to talk to you when you are standing here.
Since I don't know Chinese, it's difficult to talk to them. This road is very beautiful. I think there is a lake and a dam down there.
Since the road is beautiful, many local bikers are here. So I think I have reached the Panda area. My friend has parked his motorcycle here. I am going to park my motorcycle here too.
This is the visitor center. Three of us have reached here. 1,2,3 and 4th one is my motorcycle.
One ticket please. Sorry? Ali Pay. How many people? What is she saying? I can't understand. I got the ticket checked here. I have paid 51 yuan. It's around 12 USD.
I hope I will get to see the Pandas. Then it will be worth it. I met a biker who visited this place.
He told me to take a bus. But the route looks good. You can see the waterfalls here. There is a walking path next to it. It's mentioned Guangxian Nature Track of Giant Panda National Park.
There is a proper road up there. There are some cars and taxis here. I was told that I will get a bus from here.
'ticket point' was mentioned earlier. Perhaps I will have to go through the electric bus ahead. You can see how big the visitor center is. They have set up a very good visitor center. It's not crowded. So I can easily walk here.
This is a very cute animal. It has black eyes, black ears, black legs, black nose, and black color extending up the front legs. This color separates the neck from the body.
The size of the pandas here is very massive. I was considering the pandas to be little. They seem like bears. They seem to be big when they come closer. You will find pandas only in China.
There are no pandas anywhere else in the world. You may find pandas in zoos. They are also from China. They are considered a national treasure in China. They are not given to the rest of the world. I am not sure about their quantity in China.
There are research centers in some places like Chengdu. As it was mentioned "Valley of Giant Pandas" So, there may be many Pandas. You may see them on the roadside while walking.
But there is nothing like that. It feels like a small zoo. They have closed it off from the sides and built two rooms for Pandas with AC. They sit there when it's hot.
The weather is pleasant these days. They come out for a walk and drink water. They eat bamboo leaves only and nothing else. So, they eat them and go to their room for resting.
I am in a small town now. The area is very beautiful. The roads are well built and clean.
It looks mesmerizing. I never imagined China to be so empty. The Indian cities were crowded when I came from there. A country with a population of 1.4 billion. I thought it would be the same here.
But no. The small cities are not crowded. Maybe the infrastructure is such that you don't feel it. It's almost sunset here. The scenery is amazing.
Especially the last 50-60 km ride. I have some drone shots to show you the scenery. I have finally reached Hanzhong.
I don't know much about this town. My hotel is 10 km away from here. I will get to know about this town once I reach there. It's night already. The tour guide told me that here is nothing much to explore. That's why I have reached here gradually.
The hotel should be somewhere here. I hope the navigation guides me to the right path as I can't read. A few of them have reached here.
Their motorcycles must be parked outside. I think this is the red leaf. I think the security guard has found out where I have to go. Italian's car is parked here. Today I have covered around 375 km. It was a long ride.
If the last 100 km had not been on the highway, it would have been difficult to ride in the dark. Let's see what kind of experience I have in the next Sichuan province as I can't go through the highway. Let me show you the room. This is a very beautiful room.
They have kept water and tea and coffee here. They have provided two beautiful beds here. It seems to be a very comfortable room.
They have provided a table and chair too. I paid 140 yuan for this room. This is exactly 20 USD, which is quite reasonable. As always, all the rooms in China are value for money. You can say that China is very cheap in terms of rooms. I have planned to go downstairs to eat somewhere.
I am very hungry and I just had breakfast in the morning. Finally, I have reached a Xinjiang restaurant. They have served some bread. I will need it as I am very hungry today.
There is soup with it. There are glass noodles in it. I will eat it comfortably.
You also get garlic pickle here. I will try this too. Since I haven't eaten the whole day, so I am very hungry. I think I will spend the next 15 days eating noodles and soup. There are many options in some cities, but not in others.
I can easily find a restaurant. If I leave early in the evening. If I reach around 8 or 9 pm, most of the restaurants are already closed. I paid 30 yuan for this meal, which is about 4.25 dollars. Quite reasonable.
I hope you liked my vlog. I saw two pandas today. If I get a chance in Chengdu, I will visit the research center of pandas. Remember me in prayers. Don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share this video. See you in the next one. Bye.
2025-03-07 09:03
