First of all I would like to point out that our 35 hour train ride was not as bad as it sounds as we ended up with a carriage all to ourselves which meant we could sleep in and enjoy the scenery without being constantly stared at although there where some Chinese grandparents who thought it would be fun for their grand kids to see some Westerners and they frequently wandered past our cabin but we didn't mind.
Chongqing (pronounced Chong-Ching) was a really weird place it is the hub or meeting point of the 3 main rivers in China and one of the main starting points for Yangtze river cruises which was our original plan.
After we left the station and headed off to our hostel the scale of the city became apparent, i would say it was the biggest city I have ever seen and the skyline was better than Shanghai but there was not much information on the place.
We checked into the hostel and had an early night - the next morning we realised we where back in South central China - both the heat and the humidity where back with a vengeance and not to mention that Chingqing is a rather hilly city! this did nothing to help us stay cool.
We where also back in a place that used to be part of Sechuan which meant we where back in the land of VERY spicy food, something which Leanne was very happy about. For an example of how spicy the food was I ordered some sir-fried green peppers and it was literally huge chili peppers with all of the seeds still inside!
We also found some local food stalls that sold local noodles and bread which was great.
having said that Chongqing didn't really have much more to offer except the hostel we where in had 3 tiny kittens that we fell in love with and played with everyday.
So after a few days of looking around and exploring we headed to our next destination Guilin
To see our photo's from Chongqing please click on the link below;
https://picasaweb.google.com/112941139607408893724/ChongqingChina14thTo17thSeptember2011#
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