Chongqing at night

The first night we went on a river cruise along the Yangtze River which is one of the top 3 longest in the world. The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country

The second night we walked down to the river.

We weren’t sure what this building is but it is striking and when looking at the skyline it looks like a ship passing between buildings.
You can see the red triangle on the right side that looks like a ship moving left.

Hongya cave is at the junction of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers and is a 10 story, underground shopping complex that contains a lot of memorabilia and raw jade rocks. Always wanting to avoid crowds we did not go there but instead walked across the bridge to take a picture of the cave from across the river. The facade looks much like what buildings in past would look like and beautiful when lit up.

Stairs go down to the river and the rails are lighted here. You can see it in the left and right in the picture. This is just to the right of the cave.

Chongqing has been beautiful with amazing food. There are a lot of people here. 33 million to be exact. It is a city the size of an actual province. That is a lot of people and this is peak tourist time as well. Much like Hong Kong with an amazing metro system (just like other cities in China actually). The city design is impressive and so clean. What I liked is its people do not smoke as much here as in the southern part of China.

As nice as these days were, I am looking forward to Inner Mongolia and the grasslands, desert, and an old volcano. And less people….