After staying longer than we had hoped in Chongqing we really had to go, this morning Cecilia left for another exam but huanghe had decided to come with us to.the station as she was picking up her friend and to help us buy a ticket.
We wanted to go to jiuzhaigou or yunan, two beautiful places, but when both were fully booked we accepted a train to chungdu only an hour away, we just needed somewhere new!
While we waited for the train we sat in a restaurant and had a traditional breakfast of super spicy noodles. Huanghe left us after breakfast and we went to the train shortly after.
Halfway on the train Chris realised that a painting he had bought in Chongqing was no longer with us and we didn't remember having it since the restaurant!
We asked huanghe to go back but by the time she got there it was too late, it had gone! Chris was a bit annoyed but nevermind.
We arrived at chungdu at the biggest train station I have ever seen, it would shame most airports and the.scale was just amazing, even from 400 meters back at the other side of the huge square in front of it my camera could not fit it all in! Unfortunately it was also in the middle of nowhere and so we called the Hostel and got the bus they recommended and found it with.little trouble.
We checked in late afternoon it Chris was awfully tired so while he got some sleep I sat in the garden and did some Chinese homework, especially the characters. Before long an 8 year old girl saw and started helping me, her teaching my the chinese and I teacher her the English. Before long her mother, who spoke no English came over and started helping, with me having to talk in Chinese to them while.teaching them a little English, before long Morse of the staff are joining in too and there is around 5 or 6 Chinese people and me laughing aand joking and practising each others languages. Soon it turned to tongue twisters with me teaching them he sells sea shells on the sea shore, to much amusement, and them teaching me 4is4 10is10 40is40 14is14 which is much harder in Chinese because of the tones, and all laughing at everyone trying them, especially me trying the Chinese ones. By the end even the cleaning staff had stopped by to.give it a go, very fun!
After an hour or two Chris woke up so we ended the lesson and Chris and I went to explore chungdu. We saw the giant statue of Mao and a few other cool things and room some beautiful sunset pictures before getting back in the evening. We missed last call food in the hostel so went to an all night BBQ street stall and had some great food there, although there a few uninvited guests in the cockroaches on the wall behind us, but they kept themselves to themselves and no harm was done!
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