Yangtze Island Hotel Chongqing

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... We
did have a couple of scares. One was that the bus driver had locked
the bus and when we returned he was unable to open it. I suspect one
of the children played with a knob.... But after about 5 minutes he
was able to get it open. This was good since we only had a little
while before needing to head for the cruise ship. The other scare
was when we were crossing a very narrow busy street one of our
girls, Naomi ran ahead into traffic and had a VERY close call ...

... another part which had some younger pandas in, who again were eating breakfast but rolling around play fighting with each other.

I could have spent all day watching the little fellas but we were hurried on to the next part where we could see the panda babies, inside an incubator was one who was only two months old and he was asleep, twitching and dreaming. We ...

... but then they all left for their nicotine fix and left the few Westerners in the bar until late.

Saturday morning was even earlier, a 7.15 wake up call which led to a very early lunch, at 11.15am! This was because we had to go on a guided tour of a tributary which was really beautiful and had coffins high up in the cliffs, monkeys dotted about and rare mountain goats. After dinner we were supposed to be going through the huge ship lock but it ...

... explained that she was in a smaller orphanage with only 30 babies and 10 of the 30 were special needs so she got a little more care and attention than most babies in orphanages. All she wanted to do was get on the floor and play so once we put her down, she was once again happy as can be. We of course have a hundred photos, but this new hotel is not quite conducive to English/Westerners so we only ...

... miles of mountains spread out northwards, southwards, eastwards, westwards. It was nice to see 'unchartered' territory without any cloud obscuring the view. This didn't last long. As soon as the journey bored further eastwards, the land went under cloud.
The plane touched down at around 12-1 pm in a dismal smoggy Chongqing environment. It had been so ...

... in the shade, or in one of the many air conditioned malls, your t-shirt will soon be dripping wet. Our hostel was located right on the Yangtze river, and at night there were some great views to be had as there are many skyscrapers. Chongqing is China's fastest growing city, it has something like 6 million inhabitants and rising.The city is encircled by the Yangtze river (China's largest) and is very striking. The hostel itself was quite good, it was not quite finished but ...

... are so huge that if you want to see a new area you have to travel for 20 hours at least on a train or bus! We decided the tr5ain was probably the best bet as the bus drivers are maniacs, its alright on a dual carriageway but on a single lane of traffic the driver spends more time on the wrong side of the road than on the right! Honestly, i would say he nearly had 40 head on collisions in an 8 hour journey, makes it more exciting tho! Kunming was a big city and pretty interesting ...

... shove on mine, sending one of the men flying back into his two friends. The next few moments w**e a f**al blur, and for a short time I laudably held my own. But six bare fists can infallibly do more damage than two. The tough guys retreated into the night, leaving me breathless and batt**ed. The police arrived th**eaft** and took me to the Public Security Bureau to get a statement. It was det**mined that the hotel security guards failed to s**ve their purpose ...

... so followed the tour guide onto a luxury bus. That bus took three and a half hours to get to Chongquing so we were pooped on arrival. Steve suggested something that I'd been thinking during the journey - that we should try for train tickets to Chengdu that very night! I was up for it as long as we got a sleeper accommodation. That would mean travelling the 1000km from Yichang to Chengdu in 24 hours by bus, boat and train! Our thinking was that ...