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Martin saying farewell to Lai at the Ambassador.
Off to the bus stop.
Lai having a leak before going to her sister. |
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the official bus stop sign Martin's plane. |
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Martin having a German sausage or
two before departing. Inside the plane. |
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Martin stayed at Days Inn Business Place
at Chongqing Fortune Plaza, some 30 kms from the airport for two nights. This was
the route from the airport. |
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the room and Martin's PC.
Martin ordered 3 kind of beers for testing out. |
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March 28th, Martin managed to open
the window with a screw-driver and got this picture of the hotel garden.
It is a long way down to the entrance of the hotel. |
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the restaurant was very nice and delicate.
the food was OK, typical Chinese though, but when the rest of the 37
Norwegians arrived, they had more European food, forks and knives. |
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the reception are is nice.
the front of the hotel. Jus as on the official pictures. |
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Our local guide, Peter Pan talked a
hell of a lot. Our group leader with the "My
China"-flag rised. |
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Our group in town.
Lunch was very nice with the local beer,
Shancheng Ambassador Beer at US $ 1,60 |
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the lunch was fantastic
with all these dishes on a revolving glass plate. Very good.
In town at the "Liberty Statue" from 1954. Liberty from what to what? |
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Martin at the Liberty
Statue. It is very popular on a Saturday. An
enormous light board was set up. |
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Time for the mono-rail.
Stainless steel seats were impressive. End of
the mono-rail. |
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Strawberries for sale.
Now, our leader has the Norwegian flag up front. |
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Graffiti is forbidden
in China, unless it is state sponsored as with these.
Martin needed a rest after all the walking. |
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Stones for flood
protection. these are just for decorative purposes.
New houses in the old style with one of the ancient emperors in front,
taming the Yangtze river. |
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Also a monument to an
old black powder cannon. the Martin needed a
relaxing beer and a rest before carrying on. His back played up. |
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Glazed apples seem very
popular in China.
As do spices. |
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they are making some
kind of good by banging it flat. they also had a
meat cutter working incessantly.
Another of the new houses in the old style.
For more picture of the city
of Chongqing, click here. |
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Fondue for dinner.
Spicy to the right and not spicy to the left.
Roy and Martin having a chat over dinner. In the evening, Roy
went dancing on the square. |
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March 30th,
visit to Baodingshan Rock carving site.
It was built from 1174-1251. More pictures? Click
here. All is new. the commies destroyed most
religious symbols in the 50-ties and during the cultural revolution. Now,
the are rebuilding it. |
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Martin outside one of
these newly built stone figures. As is this
construction. Hardly 3 years old.
And some modern shops for the tourists. |
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Butcher Mao is also
honored here. Is is responsible for most of the destruction of old religious
relics. the park is nicely laid out. |
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Impressive stone balls.
You must give that to the commies. they have balls.
Walking down one of the impressive walkways built for that purpose. |
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the woodcraft is
amazing. Not a nail is used and only 3 years old.
Down to the rock carvings themselves. |
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Nice, electrical
operated vans were used. the welcom sign on the
wall, whatever that means. |
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the van used.
Our next door neighbors van. |
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Nice downturn. Watch it
here.
Impressive alleys. |
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Want to learn some
more? Just double-click and read. the path is
very well signed. |
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Our guide talked
incessantly. Listen to him here.
Impressive they are. |
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the carvings made
during the period 1174-1250 are really impressive. Video
here.
the whole stuff is carved straight out of the
wall. |
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Our guide gave us
endless explanations. Listen here
and here and
here.
Some friendly moss on the side. |
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the end of the
carvings. For those of you that are special
interested, read this. |
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That was the end of our
tour. If you want to listen to it all, do it
here.
For those of you that are special interested, read this. |
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the Wheel of Life,
central in the Buddhism. For those of you that
are special interested, read this. |
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A school class with a
very interesting demographic problem. Very few girls. That has resulted in
that there are more than 100 mill more men in the age group 20-35. the
so-called marriageable age. Why? Because of the one child policy, many women
opted for an abortion if they new it was a girl fetus.
the bridge at the end. |
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the commie boys keep a
close watch on you via cameras. Another newly
build "old" pagoda. |
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Lovely rocks.
Nice, newly built. |
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Woodwork is supreme.
So are the bridge constructions. |
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Back in town.
Our lunch restaurant. Excellent food. |
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Martin having the last
beer at the lunch table. |
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