Blogs from Chongqing, Chongqing, China, Asia - page 6

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. I found the 3 Gorges Museum with no trouble. Which is a miracle considering how messed up the bus system is in this town. The museum was huge and beautiful. And really warm. I mean, I know it was 90 and sunny out, but aren't museums supposed to feel just a little air conditioned? The 3 Gorges exhibit had 2 parts: the damn and the lives of people who lived there. They also had an exhibit on ancient civilizations that lived there and artifacts. Then there was the exhibit on the city of Chongqing and its development. It was interesting ... read more

The Yangtze Three Gorges—A legend through past and present Yangtze is the largest river of China, the third largest one in the world. She’s s also considered the mother river of our Chinese that created our culture and civilization. While the river flows through the mountain area covers Chongqing city and Hubei Province those twists and turns formed the Three Gorges, one of the most known to go and to learn in China. The Three Gorges area created quite different and unique civilization from northern China in culture, native tribes called “Bha” established several independent states since ancient but not as strong as those ones in north. Basically got started with Woo-do things—a mixture of natural and ghosts worship. Natives believe there existed giant snakes all over the place, ppl consider them sort of Lords control ... read more

Bueeee, aunque no supera mis espectactivas Chongqing es interesante, es una ciudad algo rara, pero sus calles tienen un encanto que mezclado con los aromas de la comida la hacen en mi concepto un lugar interesante. Ma;ana vista al odontologoooooooooo !!! vamos a ver como me va hehehe espero que puedan atenderme despues el recorrido respectivo por la ciudad... El clima es espectacular, un poco humedo, pero la temperatura perfecta para mi gusto... el hostal donde me estoy quedando ha sido uno de los mejores, super limpio, bien ubicado relativamente (sin contar las obras que hacen en la via) ... la gente es super amable, la comida rica, y lo mejor de todo 20RMB la noche :) ... read more

Day 9-11 (March 22-24) We set out the following day for Chongqing by train, 4 hours. It was very comfortable and good to look out at the scenery. Lunch was of course noodles on the train which is the staple fare for train travel. Our leader arranged for the local hostel where we were going to have dinner to pick us up (better than the crowded local bus). Arriving on the Yangtze waterfront winding down from the hill. The tide was well out and so there were many pontoons aligned to make a pathway out to our Cruise boat. We were lucky to be able to check in early to stow our luggage before setting out for an early dinner. As Chongqing is built into the hillsides that rise from the banks of the Yangtze there ... read more

It's actually "Chinese English". Been years that those Chinglish signs, tags,advertisings, posters, menus or something like that pretty much entertained lots tourists, it even became a real joyful activity to learn those Chinglish things. Ppl never blame or deride those who don't get English right, it's fully understandable those non-native English sperkers geniusly created different style "English" for we don't always have enough native speakers to practice with. However that's real funny. Not only Chinese, this kind of local style "English" is universal. Ppl also named the Japanese style English category as "Engrish". Honestly as a Chinglish speaker myself I don't really get the funny spirit of Engrish. hoho Anyway please don't even try to terminate Chinglish, Engrish, Singlish or any so so "glish", that's part of the fun of travel, that even get ppl from ... read more