Last week we had a four day weekend, because the students get a few days every month to go home. We went to Chongqing to see our friend Ya Ya and to spend New Year’s Eve in a big city.
On New Year’s Eve we had Hot Pot for dinner with Ya Ya. After dinner, Joel and I went into the city to wait for midnight. When we got into the city there were hundreds of police blocking off one big area, around a clock tower. Apparently all the Chinese people went there to hear the clock strike at twelve o’ clock – but there wasn’t even going to be any fireworks! Inside the blocked off area was Starbucks, where we wanted to be. After waiting a long time and even asking the police to let us in, we decided to leave and go somewhere else. We couldn’t find another Starbucks close by so we caught a taxi back to our hotel. When the clock turned over to twelve o’ clock, we were in the taxi only a minute away from our stop.
On Saturday, Ya Ya and a few of his friends took us to see “Chongqing Old City”. There’s a big old Palace, with a museum area inside showing many old artefacts, skeletons etc. from around Chongqing.
Joel and I in Chongqing Old City.
Ya Ya’s friend arrived to meet us in the afternoon after he’d finished work, in this cute little truck!
Ya Ya and his friends took us to this little lake outside of town.
The little restaurant had some fish already caught in a net, which we all ate for dinner. After dinner, we went to KTV in the city. Ya Ya and two of his friends had to leave after a couple of hours at KTV, but two others stayed there with us. When we had finished in the early morning, we caught a taxi back to the hotel area and ate some delicious street barbeque food together.
On Sunday, we had some Old Duck Soup for lunch with Ya Ya, before catching the bus home.
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