Blogs from Chongqing, China, Asia - page 10

G'day. I'm sitting here drinking hot chocolate. I haven't drank this stuff since I lived in Iowa, it's awesome. Thanks to the last foreign teacher for leaving here for me. It's probably so old and expired that it's just making hallucinate which makes it seem much better than it actually is. Anyway, so i've been a little busy....oh dude.....Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat just came on. So a few weeks ago I had some kind of long holiday or something. I can't really remember the occasion, anyway, I took the opportunity to go to Chongqing with Shana and another friend Elaine so we could see the city. Frankly, I wasn't too wild on the idea of going there because I know there is absolutely nothing there tourist wise. But whatever. So we left at like ... read more

Today is our first full day cruising the Yangtze River... We spent last night anchored so didn't feel the effect that cruising would have on our sleeping and both slept well on quite comfortable beds. We got up super early this morning to have 'Early Bird Tea' in the Yangtze club. We then had 'Tai Chi' with the resident doctor, Dr. Wu. We have never done it before and although it is slow and only went for 15 minutes we were quite tired afterwards - what a great workout to start the day! We then went to the restaurant on the 1st deck for a buffet breakfast and met the people we would be eating all of our meals with at our assigned table. We had a great position next to the window and as Tam ... read more

Slow Boat Through China 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 tourist offices. It had been over 2 days since I had enjoyed the luxury of a hot shower, or the comfort of a real bed. And I was now consigning myself to yet another bus ride, followed up by an additional 3 days in a cramped, communal cabin while suffering from the flu. Or food poisoning. I wasn’t sure which yet. All I could do was lean my head back against my seat and pray that my rioting stomach would settle down before I joined in the local tradition of heaving into a plastic bag. ... read more

Finally , Hopefully I will be successful in adding an entry from abroad! We have been in China now just a week and it seems like a month , we have done so much. We have travelled from Beijing to Xian and boarded the Victoria Rose our mini criuse ship for our jaunt down the Yangtze to the greatest tallest biggest Dam in the world!!. China has turned out to be amazing , the people are friendly and welcoming, nothing seems to be too much trouble apart from the toot toot driver who wanted to charge us the equivalent of 50 pounds for a 5 minute ride ! The country has changed from a third world country to one where its cities are prosperous with towering shimmering skyscrapers, Beijing has 18 million people and 6 ring ... read more

Stilwell Museum must be a excellent place for foreign visitors in Chongqing , especially for Americans. In order to commemorate the outstanding contritution by Gen.Stilwell in the joint resistance against the Japanese invasion, promote the mutual understanding and friendship between US and China, the Chongqing Municipal Government set up the "Stilwell Research Center"in Chongqing in Oct,1991 and the former stilwell residence has been arranged as the "Chongqing Stilwell Museum". The museum isnt very large bur delicate, there are exhibition of beding room ,dining room and council chamber for Stilwell. "Hump Flight""Flying Tiger" "Stilwell Road"--Those nouns can remind you what happened in those years. Stillwell's contribution to China and the peace of the world will be remembered by Chinese forever. Also the museum is located at a beautiful mountain and you can take a glimpse of the ... read more