We rode the longest escalator in Asia.
It was a bit anticlimactic. And we had to pay 5 kwai.
Chongqing. 2011.
We rode the longest escalator in Asia.
It was a bit anticlimactic. And we had to pay 5 kwai.
Chongqing. 2011.
Shi Ba Ti (18 Steps) area.
Chongqing. 2011.
Marked for demolition.
The red character reads “chai,” meaning “to split, or break up.” This symbol is marked all over China.
Chongqing. 2011.
Former bomb shelter re-appropriated as neighborhood lounge.
Shi Ba Ti (18 Steps) neighborhood.
Chonqing. 2011.
- Well, sir, there’s nothin’ on earth like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car monorail! What’d I say?
- Ned Flanders:
- Monorail!
- Lyle Lanley:
- Monorail.
- Lyle Lanley:
- That’s right! Monorail!
- Cast:
- Monorail…monorail…monorail…
- That song was in my head the whole hour-long ride on the monorail (monorail…monorail…monorail…)
- Chonqing. 2011.
Chongqing 2011.
View from some point on the Monorail.
These are the suburbs. This is what you call urban sprawl.
Chongqing. 2011
The Yangtze?
Chongqing. 2011.
On the way back.
Chongqing. 2011
Cable Car.
Chongqing. 2011.
