Wed 17th. May. We really don't want to leave this place (Cheng Du), but time is marching on so we catch the bus to Chongqing. The bus is really comfortable, which is a blessing, because we are stuck on the motorway for over an hour. When the traffic clears, we just whizz along an almost empty new road, marvelling again at the beautiful views. Everywhere is so lush and green, thanks to the chocolate brown river and hot hazy sunshine. On arrival we took a 20 mins. taxi ride to a Lonely Planet hotel, only to discover that it's closed down. I bag-mind while Jim discovers one of our best hotels yet. It's called "9 Inn", and we wish they had a chain of them in China. Everything worked, and was spotless, and the view of
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