Chongqing

Today I spent the day wandering Chongqing. I started at Eling Park Skyway, which is an elevated bridge overlooking the city/waterfront. It really captures the enormous size of this city. Then I wandered Eling Park.

Up until today I haven’t seen many kids - just a grouping here and there unless I happen to be near a school. But today is Saturday, and the families have come out in droves. And … parents want their kids to practice their English so I had about a dozen LITTLE kids walk up to me during the time I was in the park and say “Hallo, how are youuuu today?” They were like 4 or 5! I would talk to them slowly, simply, and we would have a short conversation and they would say “bye!” And run off - all happening under the watchful eye of usually a mother who would thank me after. It was adorable.

I went to an interesting museum - “historical facts of the June 5th tunnel tragedy during the bombing” - it’s a mouthful. There’s just a big of story (Google it if you’re interested) but in a nutshell it had to do with the Japanese bombings of Chongqing in 1941, and the sad death of 1151 civilians who sought protection in that exact air raid shelter.

My big event for the day was I went to “the crystal skywalk”. The longest horizontal skyscraper in the world, that you’re allowed to walk on top of!! To be totally honest, It was terrifying.

Ended the night with a waterfront drone show - 10,000 drones in the sky making all sorts of elaborate pics. Really impressive.

What I miss: My fearless adventure partner, Jordan. 😢

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