We flew to Chongqing (pronounced Chongching) and couldn't believe that we had never heard of this incredible city! It was so modern, and beautiful - and BIG - almost 30 million people live in the city and suburbs!! The city seemed green - with beautiful parks and landscaping everywhere - even on the side of the highway! But the real highlight was seeing the pandas at the Chongqing zoo - an amazing garden in itself.
We also got a private lesson with a professor from the Chongqing school of fine arts. He explained all about Chinese art and read a poem to us. He also showed us incredible paintings on Banyan leaves... A couple of moments walking around the gallery was lovely.... 
After lunch, the next stop was the incredible ancient city of Chongqing. Small narrow passage ways with vendors selling everything from pastries to octopus tentacles on sticks (barbecued!), jewellery, haunted house rides and more! You can see it is a popular place on a Sunday afternoon!
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