To Chongqing

I started my day off with a high speed train two hours east to Chongqing. The trains are simply amazing - they have a QR code on each seat which allows you to order food. Food from the dining car, or even food from off the train that will be delivered to you on the next stop! I’ll be using that on one of my future longer trips!

Chongqing is HUGE. it’s like New York on crack, but a cleaner safer New York … it has a modern kind of vibe.

I went to a show tonight “Chongqing 1949”. It was an amazing experience. I was given a translation ear piece that narrated the story for me in English. 1949 is kind of like the US’s 1776. It’s the year the communist party overthrew the Nationalist party to take control of the country. It was in the midst of a huge civil war and Chongqing was at the center of it. This was a musical and it depicted that battle following the true story and lives of three brothers, one who fought for the nationalists, one for the communist party and the third who was a communist sympathizer prisoner. It was set on a revolving massive stage, and my bank of seats revolved around that revolving stage as well. It was crazy and worth every penny.

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