Every week an item is hidden in Panfu. Most items are in three or four parts, which together make up something cool that you can either wear or show off in your tree-house. Currently, the three parts of an Egyptian obelisk are hidden in different places on Panfu island – if you’ve found all the items it’ll look great in your tree-house. Until now only Gold pandas were allowed to collect the hidden things – but now ALL pandas can join in the fun! So start looking!

New flash! There are rumors that the hit music band Smashing Pancakes have broken up. We have no accurate details yet. The management denies everything so far, but some insiders in the industry say that the band members are no longer together. We’ll keep you informed over the next few days. 

Hello musical pandas!

Have you used the new music machine, “Sintepan” yet? Why not??? It’s so much fun!

Here is a cool song composed by a panda called “karoola”:

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.cFIMFFFFFFFFE.cFKIFFFGFFFFE.cGHHFFFFGFFFE.cGIGFFFFFGFFE.cGJFFFFFGFFFE.c
GKFFFFFFFFFE.cHFKFFFFFFFFE.cHGFFFFFFFFFE.cHJHFFFFFFFFE.cIFLFFFFFFFFE.cIH
FFFFFFFFFE.cIIJFFFFFFFFE.cIJLFFFFFFFFE.cJGLFFFFFFFFE.cJHMFFFFFFFFE.cJILF
FFFFFFFE.cJKIFFFFFFFFE.cKFIFFFFFFFFE.cKGJFFFFFFFFE.cKKKFFFFFFFFE.cLHJFFF
FFFFFE.cLJHFFFFFFFFE.cMFFFFFFFFFFE.cMGLFFFFFFFFE.cMHGFFFFFFGFE.cMIIFFFFF
FGFE.cMJIFFFGFFFFE.cNFMFFFFFGFFE.cNGKFFFFFGFFE.cNIMFFFFFFFFE.cNJFFFFFFFF
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Copy and paste this music code into the Sintepan machine where is says “Load song” and listen to the musical genius!

After that, compose your own song and paste your music code here in the Blog so other pandas can hear your song. To get the code, go into “Export song” and copy the code that you see there.

The best entries will win a prize!!!

Good luck!

Your Panfu Team.

Hello pandas,

Many of you are sad that you can only do certain things in Panfu only if you have bought the Panfu Gold Package. So we want to tell you again why this package exists and why we can’t get rid of it. (Believe us, if we could get rid of it we would but unfortunately it’s not up to us!)

Panfu is not just a fun, exciting panda world where you can meet new friends and live in a tree house. There’s a lot of work going on behind-the-scenes!

If you knew what goes on in the Panfu headquarters you’re eyes would probably pop out of their sockets with the amount of buzz going on!

- In fact, when Ella and I went to the headquarters the first time, Ella was left speechless with her mouth wide open when she saw how many people there were! It was nice to see that some things can make Ella speechless!

- Oi, Max!

Here is a photo of some of the Panfu team members:

It’s not the entire team in this picture but let’s see if we can remember all the names:

 Oli, Niels, Antoine, Thomas, Valentin, Henrik, Alex, Stefan, Alex, Gereon, Martin, Magnus, Fredrik, Francesco, Paul, Agnieszka, Charlotte, Catherine, Anna, Christian, Alex ( There are a lot of people called Alex!), Manuel, Lise, Moritz, Matty, Anne Grit, Doreen, Meik, Eva, Rosana, Marc, Sascha, Abe, Melanie, Linda, Mumta (exotic name!), Kay, Jaro, Jiri, Björn, John, Sonja, Lucia, Ricard, Eli, Matty… Pheeeeeeew!

So maybe now it’s a little easier to understand why there’s a Panfu Gold Package. Because if there wasn’t, none of these people who create those cool games, quests, write stories, design clothes, create new worlds and even write this Blog; would have jobs!!!

 So next time you feel sad about the Panfu Gold Package, take a look at this photo and all the smiling faces here who work hard to make Panfu more fun for you!

And now for some good news! Did you know that the strange sounds we heard from the Professor’s laboratory are actually a new music-making machine, the Sintepan, he’s created?? And now YOU can compose our own music! Get yourself to the laboratory now and start fine-tuning your music skills!

This is for ALL Pandas! Gold and non Gold pandas.

 It’s freshly online today!

 Until next time, keep your eyes peels and your ears stiff, Pandas!

Hello cosmic pandas!

Kamaria has finally settled into her new home in the castle tower! It took her some time to send for all her magical things from Africa and that’s why she has been keeping a low profile these past months.

In case you don’t remember who Kamaria is here is a little refresher:

Kamaria is the magical, fortune teller and oracle who comes from Africa She is a personal friend of our alien friends Nui & Trawui. In fact she came to Panfu to perform the marriage ceremony for the two love-aliens ad helped them return back to their planet. She is also the legal guardian of their alien offspring, Napasapa who lives with her in the castle tower.

Wel,l now Kamara lives permanently in Panfu after falling in love with the island. She is our resident fortune teller and is currently ready to receive visits from pandas. Every day the oracle will have a daily piece of advice for you. Look deep into her crystal ball, click on it with your mouse and Whooosh! You will receive your personalised advice for the day!

- Haha Haha! Max is nervous about what Kamaria might tell him!

- Bah! You just can’t wait until she tells you who the love of your life will be, isn’t it, Ella

- (Blush!) Anyway, it’s going to be a lot of fun and I’m sure things will get even more interesting in Panfu!

So, pandas, keep up your cosmic energy and go visit Kamaria today!

Hi Pandas,

We bet your dying to know what happens at the end of that pirate story we told you about a few days ago…. Well, here is the second part.

Enjoy! 

Simm located his little rowboat tied in the port next to the big pirate ship belonging to Captain Knut. His quietly slipped into his rowboat and paused for a moment. Which way was this strange, hidden, foggy island that the Captain used to hide his loot?  He looked around and thanks to the bright stars he could see a faint fog lingering in the distance. There was fog nowhere else on the horizon so Simm thought that that must be the island.

In the distance a clap of thunder broke and Simm wished he were at home in his warm bed with the blanket over his head. But he had started this adventure and he had to finish it! He had to save those poor Bollys!

Simm was glad that the moon was shining bright but he had to be quick before the storm clouds covered it and the night sky got even darker. He started rowing, and sooner than he expected, he could see the shore of the island getting closer. He pulled his little boat onto the beach and looked around. It was still quite dark even though the full moon shone. Simm could just make out the silhouettes of some palm trees and started to head in their direction. He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination but he thought he heard some noise coming from the trees.

As he got closer he heard a twittering kind of noise. At first, Simm thought it was pirates on guard of the treasure. His heart skipped a beat at this thought for he knew what his fate would be should pirates catch him near their treasure! But then, the twittering sound was so faint and sweet that Simm thought; “surely such a lovely sound could not be pirates! They only laugh raucously and say, Arrrrrrrrrr!”

So Simm ventured closer. Now he could hear twittering and a cheep, cheep sound. You must remember that at this time, Bollys were very rare, in fact Simm had only seen one Bolly and that was Hark, the Captain’s companion. Simm had no idea what wild Bollys sounded like so he did not realise that what he was hearing could be the trapped Bollys.

As he approached a clearing in the trees Simm saw a most amazing sight, many, many birdcages with beautiful, colourful yet sad little Bollys inside. When Simm got closer the Bollys started flittering nervously and twittering in fright. They thought the pirates were back to sell them off.

Simm reassured them, “Shh, shh, I don’t mean any harm. I am not a pirate. I’m just a panda-boy. I’ve come to free you!”

When the Bollys heard this they became excited and started twittering and cheeping louder. “Shhh! You must be quiet Bollys in case the pirates hear us and we all get put in cages”, whispered Simm as he started to unlock each cage. It took him some time to unlock all 12 or 13 cages.  The Bollys scurried out, each one flapping their colourful feathers about.

“Now, we must leave quickly before the pirates realise that I’ve gone. I can take you across on my rowboat and hide you in a safe spot in Panfu where no harm will come to you.” Simm started helping the Bollys into his little rowboat. When he had helped the eighth one in, the boat started to tip!

“Oh no! You won’t all fit in! I will have to take 7 or 8 of you at a time but we must hurry before the storm gets too wild.” The sky had darkened and rain started to pour. Simm rowed harder than he ever had. He rowed until he thought he could row no more and then he rowed even harder.

The sun was coming up and the storm had passed just as he transported the last lot of Bollys to the safe hiding spot behind the Panfu waterfall. It had taken him 8 trips back and forth to save each of the 57 Bollys!

Exhausted, Simm sat down under a tree with all the thankful little Bollys around him. He was so tired but happy that he had managed to get every Bolly across from the island safely into Panfu.

His work was not over yet, Captain Knut and his pirates would soon stumble out of the tavern and realise that the Bollys were gone.  They would certainly be angry and search high and low for them. Simm had to think of a plan.

He found an empty water bottle in his rowboat and wrote a note on a piece of paper which read:

Dear Captain Knut,

I know where your Bollys are! Last night on my way home from the tavern, I saw a large sailing ship filled with the colourful Bollys sailing towards Patagonia. If you hurry, I’m sure you can catch up with them. After all, you are a very clever pirate!

Your number one fan,

Simm

Simm rolled the message into the bottle and sealed it with a cork. A blue Bolly who could swim extremely well took the bottle straight to the Old Port and left it bobbing in the water next to the Captain’s great pirate ship.

It wasn’t long before Captain Knut and his pirates discovered the missing Bollys and the message in the bottle.

Captain Knut ordered the anchor to be pulled up as fast as possible and with a mighty “Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!” set sail in the direction of Patagonia after a sailing ship that didn’t exist!

Captain Knut, his Bolly Hark and their rough crew of pirates were never seen again in Panfu. No one knows how long they chased that phantom ship but reports say that they are now breeding bees off an island in Tahiti and have completely abandoned their pirate ways!

The Bollys lived happily on the island where now they are not quite as rare as they used to be but still just as lovable!

We hope you enjoyed this story!

Perhaps you want to read it again?

See you in Panfu!

Hello pirate pandas!

Professor Bookworm has found some exciting and interesting facts in his old history books about Panfu! He told us that pirates once lived in the Old Port. Here is a story he told us which we wanted to share with all pandas (after all, it’s important to know the history of where you live!).

Long ago, the sea was stormy and wild and pirate pandas roamed the lands. There was a popular tavern called “The Gilded Canon Roar” (the building still stands today with its famous lantern on the front!). It was in this tavern where pirates liked to come and meet and boast about their adventures of robbery, treasure and the wild seas. They came here to drink their favorite brewed hot chocolate and sing rowdy sea-faring songs.

One pirate in particular was well known for being the toughest and roughest, his name was Captain Knut, he was an unusually large panda with a wooden leg. Legend has it that he lost his leg as a child when he was sailing in his father’s ship and a whale breached out of the water and bit off his leg in one bite! His only companion was a green Bolly called Hark, who was so loyal that he saved the captain from drowning that fateful day as the green Bolly was an excellent swimmer.

Both the captain and his Bolly wore eye-patches and rumour has it that they both lost an eye in a friendship pact they made together. They decided that they would forever be companions and tore out each other’s eye as a sign of that solid friendship!

One stormy night Captain Knut, his Bolly and their crew were sitting at their regular table in the The Gilded Canon Roar and everyone was in a very good mood. He and his crew had had a successful day on the seas. Their loot for the day consisted of twenty-three barrels of bamboo lemonade, a chest of timeless jewels and crowns and fifty-seven colourful Bollys! Their victim that day was a large cruise ship full of rich passengers sailing around the coast of Patagonia.

Tonight was a night of real celebration for the Captain and his crew. His Bolly, Hark was especially enjoying himself because back in those days, Bollys were still quite rare and very expensive (worth as much as gold). They were sometimes kept in gold-cages, much like a songbird by high-society lady-pandas. Hark was thrilled to have some more Bollys around.

“Harrrr Arrrrrrr!” laughed the Captain as he held a toast with his crew sitting along the long wooden table in the tavern. “The little beasts may be small but we’ll sell them for hundreds and hundreds of Panfu coins each and live like kings! Soon we’ll buy another big ship and sail the seven seas causing more fear and terror! Arrrrrrr!”

Listening to all this was a young panda-boy of 11 years old called Simm. He was the beer-boy at the tavern and mostly no one took much notice of him. He was horrified to hear that the Captain was planning to sell the poor Bollys to only be kept in cages but rich pandas. He had heard so much about the rare Bollys and believed that they should never be locked away.

So Simm planned to free the Bollys from a fate of living in narrow, small cages but he needed to be clever. Simm knew that pirates loved to be flattered. He said to the Captain, “Captain Knut, you are so brave and have such an adventurous life. I want to be just like you when I grow up – a big, brave pirate!”

Of course this pleased the Captain very much to hear such compliments. He invited Simm to come and join his party at the long wooden table and even gave him a few Panfu coins in tips. Simm kept filling all the pirates’ cups full of chocolate beer.

After an hour of getting to know the pirates Simm asked the Captain, “Captain Knut, tell me, if I want to be a pirate like you I would need to have a good hiding place for all my treasure. Can you give me a tip on such a hiding place?”

“Arrrrrrrr!” cried the now quite drunk Captain Knut, “Yes indeed you need to be shrewd to be a good pirate like me. I have the best hiding place in all of Panfu, a place that only my crew and I know about”, and he took another swig of his beer. “In fact”, slurred the Captain, “it’s not too far from here. A small island that no one knows or visits because it is always covered by thick fog. That’s where we’ve kept the Bollys we stole today! Haaaaaaaa! Arrrrrrrrr! Hiccup!”

Simm smiled at this useful information and simply poured more beer for the Captain and his crew. The pirates continued partying and Simm crept out of the tavern into the dark night.

The stars were shining brightly although Simm could hear that a storm was coming. But he kept walking. Somebody had to free those poor Bollys before the pirates had time to sell them off as cagebirds…..

TO BE CONTNUED

Pandas, that’s the first installment of this story. We’ll tell you the second part soon. Be sure to check the Blog.

For now, we’re off to the beach to play pirates! See you!

Hello curious pandas!

The word in the Panfu headquarters is that the construction of the new city will be completed soon! We have tried to tell you everything we know about this story but unfortunately we don’t know much because the site is guarded.

Yesterday, I went on my own. Well, I was a little scared, but Max always calls me a “scaredy cat” and I wanted to show him that I am brave! – Jaaaaaa, Ella, like you’ll ever be as brave as me!

Anyway, Max was playing on the computer with his friend and I was bored (they wouldn’t let me have a go) so I thought this would be a perfect time to go explore the new site.

When I arrived there, everything was very still and all the construction workers had gone home. The buildings which are almost finished, looked really scary in the dark.

I thought that maybe a blueprint of the construction plans might shed some light on what is happening here.

So I took out my flashlight and started investigating. There was a lot of construction equipment, nails, saws, hammers and so on but no blue print maps.

Suddenly I found something lying on the floor that certainly did not belong there….. a lipstick!!!

Surely the construction men don’t wear it!

I was studying it closely when I suddenly heard some voices of a few construction workers. They mustn’t see me there because even reporters are forbidden to go in the secret city yet! So I had to leave quietly and quickly before I could investigate anymore.

That was really brave, I must really say, Ella! But the next time we go back together, ok?

Well, we will soon find out what is going on in the new, mysterious city!

Keep your ears stiff, pandas!

  Ella & Max