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Chongqing Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Chongqing, China
Worlds largest Panda Breeding Centre
This is a top pick! ... got back from the pandas late which only gave us an hour to get lunch (bearing in mind no breakfast and we wouldnt get to Chongqing till later). After ordering a bit of lunch I got the keys to the locker and ran up to get the passports and start ...
Travelling to the Yangtzi
This is a top pick! ... and onto our boat for the 3 Gorges. We organised the trip through our hostel 890 Yuan (62 quid each) for transfer to Chongqing, half day city tour and then two nights on board plus tours of Fengdu, Badai city and the lesser three gorges boat trip. Was ...
Exploring the holy mountain
This is a top pick! This afternoon we arrived back in civilisation after two days and nights exploring Emei Shan, one of the great holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism. We spent both nights in monasteries. Here's a round-up of Tuesday to today (Thursday). Tuesday 14 ...
Hot Pot
This is a top pick! ... so at least I would be able to communicate with some others on board beyond "xie xie." Passing the day wandering around Chongqing I bumped into Jimmy (a bit like secret agents with their alternative English names), a born and bred local who was only ...
Chongqing
This is a top pick! ... we had to transfer onto another bus for the remaining 5 hours! The LP neglected to mention that! Wasn't really looking forward to Chongqing much. It looks pretty tiny in the book but indicates that 32 million people live there (Recently learnt in a TV ...
More on the chllis to keep Chinese drivers awake
This is a top pick! ... roads in the world - supply them with free chilli peppers to prevent them falling asleep at the wheel. In the southwestern Chongqing region, home to one of the most spicy diets in the world, police have begun serving drivers dried chilli peppers at ...
Yangtse Cruise Day 1: Ghost Cities
This is a top pick! So before I get into the first full day let me mention the night before. John led us down to the docks and had us wait while he sorted out everything. Then he pointed to a Chinese tour guide (waving the little yellow flag) and indicated that ...
Yangtze 3 gorges river cruise
This is a top pick! ... . What a shame, I'm sure it would have been fantastic, totally devoid tourist shops and alike, yeah right. Everywhere in China there is someone waiting around the corner waiting to sell you something, usually at a totally inflated price compared to what ...
Day 37
This is a top pick! ... will get a new water supply as water is diverted north, and the hydro-electric plant at the dam will generate 10% of China's total electricity supplies. On the down side some of China's most beautiful scenery, the three gorges, will be lost forever and ...
Day 40: Cruising down the Yangtze River
This is a top pick! Our Next Stop: ChongQing, capitol city of ChongQing Province Finally got all of these pictures uploaded!! Entry to come soon, I ...
Chongqing Pandas & Yangtze Cruise.
This is a top pick! ... in English. Before boarding the ship we had flown in from Xian and had a whirlwind tour of the largest city in China, Chongqing (pronounced ChongChing) which included a visit to the zoo to see the laid back and endearing China Pandas. And now here we are ...
Chongqing, but not for long
This is a top pick! ... some blame onto the town that we visited. So read on if you want but don't say that I didn't warn you. We'd heard that Chongqing wasn't really that exciting a place, so we hatched a plan to spend as little time there as possible. And we're glad that we ...
Yangtze River Cruise "Tour"
This is a top pick! ... an extra 250Y each for what, we never figured out. (same bus, same boat, same room, same tours...) The tour guide in Chongqing that was supposed to meet us at the bus was late so we stood around until someone noticed a couple whiteys and figured out we ...
The Little Three Gorges
This is a top pick! The next day we stopped in Wushan and got on to a smaller boat to go to The Little Three Gorges. The water here is much more shallow so our "cruise liner" couldn't make the trip down the narrow gorges. The first stop for the smaller boat was clearly a ...
Cruising down the Yangtze
This is a top pick! ... . We can not help but compare everything here to India and after thousands of kms of travelling the Indian rail system China's 2nd class 'hard' sleepers was like travelling first class - blankets and pillows, hot water, regular cleaning... we were very ...
In Transit - Chongqing Train Station
This is a top pick! This is just a pin on the map – we had to wait 4 hours here to get our next train to Chengdu Went to some noodle place to get our usual beef noodles only a few seconds into mine I found a bit of beef that basically had the cow skin and hair ...
John's Cozy Nest
This is a top pick! ... hop on a bus and go back to sleep. This is exactly what I did for the 5 hour trip from Chengdu to Chongqing. But before I could resume my interrupted sleep I had to experience the less-than-stellar driving skills of our mysterious and silent ...
Our Life as Chinese Tourists
This is a top pick! ... us very excited for the boat. Well, after an 8 hour trip on a local bus, with many other Chinese tourists, we arrived in Chongqing where we took a city bus to our boat. The city bus is exactly what you'd expect - bench seats and Scott had to close the ...
Chickens on Buses, Parties on Boats
This is a top pick! ... corner, hidden dip (or any other situation where overtaking may be considered dangerous) 16:41 We arrived at the boat in chongqing about an hour ago, after all stuffing ourselves into a couple of small buses that poached us from a taxi queue as a ...
Yangtze river cruise
This is a top pick! Another flight today.......arrived in Chongqing from Xi'an, would have liked to have spent a couple of days in this city, but only had time to visit the Panda's which was really special & we saw a 1 year old baby along with about 10 adults....now we ...
ChongQing John
This is a top pick! ... hour bus journey to Chonqing where we were later catching our cruise liner, more on that later! Here we had one of our best meals in China, a run down street cafe with a few seats inside and we had some of the tastiest food all for 75 pence each! We had a ...
Cruising Down the Yangtze
This is a top pick! 11:28 My cold was so bad this morning that I didn't get up to go on the trip to the Ghost City. The wake up ships horn went off at 630, whilst Fiona poked me at about 7.15. I just couldn't face it. I'd had a lousy sleep, which also included getting up ...
Chonqing, the worlds largest toilet!
... a bit strange to me but it basically means there are tribal people living there. There are lots of different tribes in China, distinguished by their dress and customs, and handicrafts. I reckon its going to be pretty interesting, will tell you about it ...
Back In China
... two buddies that also taught in the Hunan Province, Pat and Alex, are also here with me. I started teaching this week at Chongqing University of Technology. I am teaching 5 different classes of Oral English. It should be fun. This week went smoothly. I ...
Boats and too many buses
... supposed to stay for the night but we had the itinerary changed and didn't get to do it. Which kinda sucked cause Chongqing looks a little like Akihabara. Bright lights in every corner! We are about to embark on another 4 hour ...
Gus and Mom in China
... was fresh water for her to swim in and she chased Vietnamese potbellied pigs all day!! After a week there we headed back to Chongqing and we are still here now. We are awaiting the Chinese New Year! My dearest childhood brother, Gustav (Gus) Orangatangus ...
Chongqing --> Hong Kong
Day 11: Chongqing - Hong Kong July 10 - Tuesday Your remarkable Yangtze cruise ends at the mountain city of Chongqing, China's largest city with the population of over 30 million. During WWII, Chongqing was China's wartime capital. U.S. General ...
Xi'an trip, day one
... the holiday until only a week or two prior. To reach Xi’an, it is a 12 hour train ride north of Chongqing, towards the center of china. We wanted a sleeper car but due to the holiday, they were all sold out. So, with hesitation before our decision, ...
I'm on a boat.
... our guide said she wasn't able to see her 12 year old daughter as often as she liked because her daughter lived in the city (Chongqing) with her grandparents and she could only afford to go there maybe once a month. All in all, it was a very interesting ...