May 21st-2nd

When we arrived in the city of Chongqing, we all went to the zoo to see the animals. I think it might had been my first time seeing a panda in real life. The zoo had many pandas built on their own shrines. Very adorable. The weather was cloudy that day but it never rained enough to spoil our day. Some of us were allowed to go feed an elephant, which I’ve never seen in American zoos. But the zoo was a great place to unwind after the cruise. Following the zoo, we got to explore more of our hotel.

Hongya Cave was a hotel we stayed in. It was shopping center that attracts tourist and residents in the city of Chongqing. The lobby of the hotel starts on the top floor, and descends to access the rest of the hotel. The location included multiple restaurants and merchants to interact with. The structure is was built leaning on a mountain, right next to the Jialing River. I was able to explore the location and find many places to eat and try new things. I had some mango drink that seems to be everywhere in China. And I also really enjoyed the hot pot dinners we had. Hot pot is basically when they have a large pot of broth in the center of the table and everyone at the table dips their raw meat in the broth to cook it. It was a very interesting and fun thing to experience for the first time.

Joel Sakyi

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