The people's assembly hall in Chongqing. Chongquing is the biggest city in Southwest China. It is a mountain city clinging to steep cliffs at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers. Chongqing is the biggest municipality in China with a population of 33,000,000!

An open market in Chongqing.

Street scene outside the market.

Fresh meat. Ralph's Club card not accepted.

Victoria 1 docked in Chongqing before the trip down the Yangtze River.

We walked across this in the darkness the previous night to get to the boat. Rock n' roll!

Approaching Fengdu, also known as the Ghost City. View from the boat shortly before an excursion into the city.

 

Entrance to the temple complex atop Mt. Minshan.

View from atop Mt. Minshan. Much of what you see here will be under water after the Three Gorges Dam is completed in 2009.

Another view from Mt. Minshan.

Outside the temple on Mt Minshan are many demon images vividly depicting the Chinese people's imagination of Hell.