We spent the first half of the day today exploring Chongqing. The city is actually a municipality, almost like a Washington, D.C. It sits at the junction of the Jialing and Yangtze rivers. It's a very hilly, very foggy city. We visited a park at the junction of the rivers, but the fog made it hard to see much of the city. We also drove up to the highest point in the city at Chongqing Eling Park. Again, normally the view would be amazing, but today the city was socked in by fog. << Boring historical fact alert >> Up near the high point we saw the former residence of General Chiang Kai-Shek. During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) he made the city his wartime capital, partially because of it's mountainous, foggy geography. The park also pays tribute to the people relocated by the Three Gorges Dam project, many of whom were moved to Chongqing. The girls had High Tea and learned about different types of tea and the proper way to serve and drink it. They tried jasmine tea, ginseng tea, and lychee tea. We had a fun time, even if the fog wouldn't cooperate! Tomorrow we get to visit Zac's orphanage! We're bringing cookies!
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| OK, so I didn't take this one. But this is what the city looks like with no fog. |
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| General Chiang Kai-Shek's former residence |
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| Stepping stones |
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| High tea at Eling Park |
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