I was wrong
30 March 2013
I think yesterday I declared I had been to all the different centres of Chongqing, I was wrong, there was one more. For sake of completeness, that....
More brides
30 March 2013
Todays walk took me along the water to peoples square and the three gorges museum. Using my Chinese language skills, I quickly worked out this was....
Down by the docks
29 March 2013
Tonights walk to me to the very tip of the central part of Chongqing, at the confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze rivers. I am fairly certain tha....
Mountain garden
29 March 2013
The day looked fairly bright, so it was time to navigate to a nearby mountain. The one I selected had a world famous botanical garden, I know its ....
No panda photos
28 March 2013
Tonight there are absolutely no panda photos. Theres not many photos at all. I went to Sha Ping Ba, one of the other city centres, which is a laby....
Panda overload
28 March 2013
The metro system in Chongqing features elevated monorails. Not the silly little tourist ones like they are getting rid of in Sydney, but train siz....
I made my own dinner
27 March 2013
My hotel room has a full kitchen. I celebrated by making my own dinner, more on that later. If they were to remake bladerunner, it could be filme....
The waiting train
27 March 2013
In my previous visits to China, you just turned up to a train station in Shanghai, and bought a ticket for a train that was departing in the next ....
Eastern culture
26 March 2013
Tonight, I headed east, on foot. The east side of the city, and the next 5km further east, are the nicest parts of Chengdu I have seen so far. Nic....