Photos of China: Chongqing

This is a collection of pictures taken in March 2007 in Chongqing, a large city located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River. Chongqing is a typical, rapidly growing Chinese "megacity" with enormous environmental problems, such as dense smog most of the year and terrible traffic problems. We didn't see any other Western tourists in Chongqing except at the docks on the Yangtze River, where we embarked the Victoria Cruises "Queen".

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Apartment building in downtown Chongqing	View from hotel room window, Huangjia Grand Hotel, central Chongqing	View from hotel room window, Huangjia Grand Hotel, central Chongqing
Apartment building in downtown Chongqing	Slum-like houses in central Chongqing	Chaotianmen docks in Chongqing, Yangtze cruise ships
At the Chaotianmen docks in Chongqing	High-rises along the Chaotianmen docks in Chongqing	Lobby of Huangjia Grand Hotel in Chongqing
Entrance of Huangjia Grand Hotel in Chongqing, uniformed guard	Extremely spicy Szechuan dish served in a restaurant in Chongqing	Cable car across the Jialing River in Chongqing
Jialing River in Chongqing, view from cable car	Buildings in downtown Chongqing facing the Jialing River	Cable car across the Jialing River in Chongqing
Jialing River waterfront in downtown Chongqing	Jialing River in Chongqing at dry season, smog	Hilarious advertisement for U.B.C. coffee-house chain in downtown Chongqing
Chaotianmen docks in Chongqing, Yangtze cruise ships, smog	Floating restaurants on Jialing River in Chongqing, construction site of the (huge) new Opera on the opposite side	Illuminated Yangtze River waterfront at night, downtown Chongqing

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