Chongqing June 4-5

We flew from Lhasa to Chongqing, which was China's capital during WWII. Because of its strategic location along the Yangtze River, it is China's most important inland city. It is home to 32 million people!

We  hiked to the Shibaozhai Temple. It is a 12 story pagoda temple that sits on a hilltop. Incredible view of the Yangtze River from the top!

We had to cross a long suspension walkway overlooking the Yangtze in the rain to get there

 Our ship in the background...

Interesting things inside, as described by our guide

This afternoon we boarded our cruise ship, The Emerald, for our travel along the most scenic part of the Yangtze River. We are so glad that we had all the big time walking on the front end of the China trip because now we can really sit back and enjoy the next 6 days "cruisin"!

We never did get around to drinking our "welcome champagne", left it for housekeeping!