Chengdu, China
Well...Chengdu was certainly a much nicer part of china...(still china tho!). We stayed in a lovely youth hostel, right near a really nice 'old quarter'...(imagine ludlow, but more compact, and with a hint of of chinese!) lol.
We went to see the pandas, which had never been on my 'to do' list, but we were in the area, and...it was absolutely amazing! They were so gorgeous..and funny! Kind of like watching a giant drunk teddy bear! They would clamber up things, ...