Chongqing chinaman

November 2

8 hrs busride EmeiShan to Chongqing (chongching).... guess at about 600km

The last thing I need is time to think.

Dont know why looking out of windows at the world rushing past in blur always hypnotise. The shapes floating past of poor and worker all making time for the land as this beautiful mosaic patchwork of allotments and steppes a food tapestry for a growing nation in (techno)color but mostly shades of green with rice paddy reflections. A river green with lillies thick snakes through without a hint of a glint from the sun on water.

Dont know if you need a fortune to be fortunate?

The time you spend in a place opens your eyes to the people you see. I am sure that when I arrived I would have seen one same-look race in a bus queue before turning away now I can see different hair; jaws; eyes; smiles and styles.....people all with different roles & goals in the grand scheme of whatever.

Then ChongQing is huge. A Boomtown city home to 7 million, a further 30 (THIRTY) million live in the suburbs. Everywhere you look see cranes poking thru the polluted downtown blanket of smog. and more buildings going out+out; up+up.

New Mandarin.....
Pijui (peejew) - Beer! (H'aight!)
Wo Yao (wo Yow) - I would like
Wo Bu Yao (wo boo yow) - I would not like

So.....wo bu yao xiexie - I dont like thanks!

Bo Ka Chi (boo ka chi) - You're welcome!