Photos - Part 4 - Chongqing, Leshan & Chengdu

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So after our cruise down the Yangtze, we disembarked in "spicy town" - Chongqing a city of THIRTY TWO MILLION people in the Sichuan Provence. After that it was on to Leshan (the Giant Buddha) & Chengdu (Panda Town!!).

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Photos

The group at hot pot
Here we allll are in spicy town partaking of the local favorite - hot pot.
In *theory* it sounds like a grat idea, you have all the raw ingredients (meats, veges etc) laid out in front of you, and these huge pots of boiling stuff (err, oil, water etc).
The problem being a) I hate the sight of any raw meat other than chicken which I can barely tolerate and b) by the end of it EVERYTHING taste the same! Ah well.

Chongqing
In the centre of town.

Boys will be boys
This was the day when our bus broke down, and in about 2 minutes flat all of our guys were over checking it out!!!

Chinese Parking
This was in beautiful Chengdu. Notice the yellow car, sticking all the way ot in to traffic!

Chengdu
Beautiful Chengdu again, this was just opposite our hotel.

Sarah & Kate
In the rickshaws on our way to the opera

At the opera
Who knew you could go to the opera and have your ears cleaned out!!! EWWW

Shadow Puppets
Funky shadow puppets at the opera!

Giant Buddha
The giant buddha in Leshan, from the top

Agh, stairs
The trip down to the base of the buddha

From the base
From the base of the buddha looking up

Waterfal
In the gardens at Leshan

Kate
Katie 180

Sarah
Sazzle