Chongqing and the Deluxe River Cruise (Oxymoron) 3/21/11

Woke up ass early at 530 to make a 9 flight since traffic is stupid in Beijing. The wind was picking up, I was glad to move on to our next journey so we wouldn’t get stuck in a sand storm. It was raining when we arrived in Chongqing which was welcomed after Beijing. The city is really beautiful- hilly and lush in the fog. At night all the lights on the buildings are turned on and it’s like Vegas. There are 5500 high rises in this city of 32MM- pretty amazing. We stopped in a market to get guo jiao (Sechuan peppers). I dropped a bag of peanut and it exploded everywhere. Five ladies came over to clean it up and were talking to me like I had a clue what they were saying. Time for the river cruise- we have the vodka so we’re ready to go.