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The Yuzhong peninsula is the very centre of Chongqing, sandwiched by Jialing River and Yangtze River.
It is divided into upper town and lower town. Upper town is the core area, at the top of hills. Lower town is at the northern bank of Yangtze River, is mostly shabby and dirty old streets, under massive urban redevelopment.
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After settling down, I went out for my dinner.
Chongqing special, 串串香literally stick stick good smell, 40 cent a stick, no matter it is meat or vegetable.
The hot pot itself is free, as long as you order all spicy soup. But if u need half spicy half not spicy, 20yuan. This rule applies to almost every restaurant in Chongqing. :o:
(that's something really weird to Chinese outside Chongqing)
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My hotel is just at the very centre of Chongqing, Liberation Monument, at the upper town, which is in memory of the victory of WWII, built in 1947.
Pedestrian street in front of Liberation Monument
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It is said that around Liberation Monument, you can see the most beautiful Chongqing girls.
Exactly! They are everywhere. From my perspective, they are the most beautiful in China and very independent.
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From Liberation Monument, walk north for 500 metre, there is famous Hongyadong, at the southern bank of Jialing River. It was rebuilt by a local hot port company from a slum at he original city wall. All buildings are traditional Chongqing style stilted houses. The 1st floor is by the riverbank, the highest floor is linked to the upper town. You can buy local specialty, and of course have some drinks or have spicy hot port, enjoying the awesome luminous views. Hongyadong is a must -see attraction in Chongqing.
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@terranMarine @cirr u got to pay me for that.:p:
@Edison Chen more will come.
I wish I could have a chance to Chongqing, now please take us on your tour together, share more photos, the street view, the food, the hot grills....
The second day, try some local breakfast.
Yes, Chongqing's 小面,literally small noodle, at one of the Top50 小面 restaurant, only 6-7yuan.
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Too spicy for ya? Order 凉糕/Cool cake, 4 yuan (cold glutinous rice cake with brown sugar source)
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Between two sections of my seminar, I sneaked out for a quick walk.:p:
Sung Ching-ling's residence during WWII, I love her, an elegant lady, having made a huge contribution to China, first ROC then PRC. I have visited her residence around China, in Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing.
(Sung was Dr. Sun Yat-sen's wife, younger sister of Chiang Kai-shek' wife, the forever first lady of China)
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walk to the Three Gorges Museum and the Great Hall of People
a typical street in Chongqing, narrow, zigzag, up and down.
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the Great Hall of the People, you can spend 10-yuan to enter.
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Historic Sun Yat-sen No.4 Road
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A middle school on Sun Yat-sen No.4 Road
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This historic site was where Double Tenth Agreement was signed, between CPC and KMT in 1945 before the domestic war began.
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CPC, Chongqing, so this was where Bo Xilai worked before in jail?
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Zhou Enlai's residency in Chongqing during WWII, PRC's first PM and forever PM.
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I got to go back to my seminar.
Look at the metro station down at the riverbank! How to get there? Walking down from the upper town in such a rainy day would be painful!
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There is actually a metro entrance on Sun Yat-sen No.4 Road
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No worries, a lift!
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Arrive at a long tunnel which links metro to the the other side of the mountain
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Vendor selling cold stick-stick-good-smell in the tunnel, 1-2yuan per stick
mostly vegetables and tofus, put in a bowl and then mix with spicy red oil and green onion
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Finally!
In Chongqing, u think u enter a metro entrance then there is metro, but sometimes u got to walk up and down for a while, sometimes by lift, sometimes by a moving sidewalk. U thought it is very hard to take metro and see a station 100 metres up in the upper city or down on the riverbank, but it turns out there is alway a way there.:-)
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Every time I took Chongqing metro, I was excited as a kid. This line reminds me of a toy monorail in Wuhan's Sun Yat-sen Park.

It was raining everyday during my four days in Chongqing, but I chose to walk around and most of my colleagues of the seminar chose watching TV in the hotel.
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It says, no camera, no talking to the driver.
I don't care. @Shan-e-ibrahim
I was a kid.
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Where are the pics of hot girls?Spicy girls?
First, try spicy noodle and spicy spicy hot port, or they will ignore you. :p:
 
Every time I took Chongqing metro, I was excited as a kid. This line reminds me of a toy monorail in Wuhan's Sun Yat-sen Park.

It was raining everyday during my four days in Chongqing, but I chose to walk around and most of my colleagues of the seminar chose watching TV in the hotel.
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It says, no camera, no talking to the driver.
I don't care. @Shan-e-ibrahim
I was a kid.
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First, try spicy noodle and spicy spicy hot port, or they will ignore you. :p:


Just beware because you never know when police will love to get make points to get some medals :D :P and catch you.
 
I skipped the boring part of my seminar, taking metro to a ancient village of Chongqing
磁器口,literally Porcelain Port. Ciqikou, Chongqing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The metro station of 磁器口( ciqikou), some interesting words of Chongqing accent on the walls
巴适(bashi) means comfortable, known to most Chinese.
Sichuanese Mandarin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walking in this ancient village on such a rainy day was really nostalgic.
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glutinous rice cake
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Hot and Sour Rice Noodles(noodle is made from fern root powder, very natural)
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An international hostel in the village.
Next time I should sleep there, $5 for a bed.
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Just beware because you never know when police will love to get make points to get some medals :D :P and catch you.
Haha, that time will be and only be if Americans policemen came.
I didn't see any police presence in a metro car.
And if you are in China, policemen shout at you, stop! You can still walk away.:-)
The most you got from public transport attendants will be "don't picture me" or a silent and quick walkaway.
 
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Historic Sun Yat-sen No.4 Road
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A middle school on Sun Yat-sen No.4 Road
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This historic site was where Double Tenth Agreement was signed, between CPC and KMT in 1945 before the domestic war began.
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CPC, Chongqing, so this was where Bo Xilai worked before in jail?
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Zhou Enlai's residency in Chongqing during WWII, PRC's first PM and forever PM.
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Beautiful..........
 
Beautiful..........
I will post some photos later, then you will say "terrifying", believe me!:-)

What? Seriously? Amazing

Do post some photos of police too next time heheheehe, just tell them you want to make them proud :P
Mostly they are nowhere...U mostly can only see traffic police they will do nothing if something unrelated to traffic accident happens. I once read a piece of news, a policeman came to a victim who was killed by her boyfriend without gun...Ever since, policemen in that city are equipped with gun, but I'm sure they dare not to shoot. Sometimes I just love American police. A recent shooting from a policeman stirred immense anger even the shot man did attack police.
 
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