PANDAS.

As a child,  growing up in Zimbabwe, where I had the BIG FIVE at my doorstep whenever I wanted, I yearned to see two types of bears, the koala and the panda. Like any child I had my stuffed versions but as bucket lists became de rigeur, the tiger, koala and panda featured high on my list.
I had achieved fabulous sightings of  both tiger and the koala, the former you can see on this blog, and  the latter I saw several times long before blogging became a household word.
For me, this year has been The Year of the Panda - I wonder why the panda doesn't feature in the Chinese Zodiac? - If anyone out there knows why I'd love to hear from you. It seems the dear panda would be such a natural and certainly far more appealing than the snake or the rat.