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October 25th 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
Our 15th day in the far east was also our last morning on the Sunshine China cruise ship before it docks in the early morning in Chongqing (the sister city of my hometown Brisbane). We only had a ... 22 photos [full story]
Our 15th day in the far east was also our last morning on the Sunshine China cruise ship before it docks in the early morning in Chongqing (the sister city of my hometown Brisbane). We only had a ... 22 photos [full story]
October 24th 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
Climbing onto the bus which would take me to the pier in nearby Yichang, I began wondering just what I had gotten myself into. I had been spent the past 36 hours in buses, trains, cars, and touri ... 9 photos [full story]
Climbing onto the bus which would take me to the pier in nearby Yichang, I began wondering just what I had gotten myself into. I had been spent the past 36 hours in buses, trains, cars, and touri ... 9 photos [full story]
October 23rd 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
China is big. This is something that I had known, in an abstract kind of way, before I had ever decided to descend onto its proverbial doorstep. The fact crystallized even more when I began rese ... [full story]
China is big. This is something that I had known, in an abstract kind of way, before I had ever decided to descend onto its proverbial doorstep. The fact crystallized even more when I began rese ... [full story]
October 8th 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
Me and Jacie arrived in Chongqing at about midday, four hours later than scheduled. We had been in the amazing soft sleeper carriage so we didn't mind at all (in fact, I was quite pleased, this was ... [full story]
Me and Jacie arrived in Chongqing at about midday, four hours later than scheduled. We had been in the amazing soft sleeper carriage so we didn't mind at all (in fact, I was quite pleased, this was ... [full story]
September 13th 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
Stilwell Museum must be a excellent place for foreign visitors in Chongqing , especially for Americans ... [full story]
Stilwell Museum must be a excellent place for foreign visitors in Chongqing , especially for Americans ... [full story]
August 31st 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
My 5 hour bus ride to Chongqing was very uneventful. I had the usual Chinese stares from everyone else on the bus who look at you at first presumably thinking you got on by mistake, but when it become ... 19 photos [full story]
My 5 hour bus ride to Chongqing was very uneventful. I had the usual Chinese stares from everyone else on the bus who look at you at first presumably thinking you got on by mistake, but when it become ... 19 photos [full story]
July 13th 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
Quite a trek to get to the Red Cliff Village. It's on the city bus line, but it's over an hour and seemingly out in the middle of nowhere--of course, I know I'm still in the middle of the city. And ... 7 photos [full story]
Quite a trek to get to the Red Cliff Village. It's on the city bus line, but it's over an hour and seemingly out in the middle of nowhere--of course, I know I'm still in the middle of the city. And ... 7 photos [full story]
July 12th 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
Slept in today and then had a leisurely breakfast before heading out for a day of sightseeing. I had 3 planned stops: The 3 Gorges Museum, The People's Square and Great Hall, and the Stilwell Museum. ... 8 photos [full story]
Slept in today and then had a leisurely breakfast before heading out for a day of sightseeing. I had 3 planned stops: The 3 Gorges Museum, The People's Square and Great Hall, and the Stilwell Museum. ... 8 photos [full story]
August 7th 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
If there has ever been a city on this trip that I can feel pretty certain I never will live in, or want to live in, Chongqing is it. We have been to seven Asian countries on this trip, plus Hong Kong ... 14 photos [full story]
If there has ever been a city on this trip that I can feel pretty certain I never will live in, or want to live in, Chongqing is it. We have been to seven Asian countries on this trip, plus Hong Kong ... 14 photos [full story]
July 22nd 2009 Asia » China » Chongqing » Chongqing
My last full day in Chongqing was filled by a tour to Baoding Shan at Dazu, about 100km west of Chongqing. When I first signed up for the tour through a friend, I had envisioned a comfortable bus wit ... 7 photos [full story]
My last full day in Chongqing was filled by a tour to Baoding Shan at Dazu, about 100km west of Chongqing. When I first signed up for the tour through a friend, I had envisioned a comfortable bus wit ... 7 photos [full story]
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