Stepping stone for the Yangzte Cruise (Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China)
July 1st 2008 (Day 88 on the road)Arriving by overnight train from Xi'an, I expected Chongqing to be a grey city without much to do. I was to spend 3 days in the city, as I was waiting for Harriet, the girl I had climbed Hua Shan with, so we could be on the upcoming Yangtze cruise together (the city is the major stepping stone for the Three Gorges Yangtze cruise). As it turned out, Chongqing was pleasant
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
