Living in America (The continent not in the USA), our knowledge about Asia is minimal; China is not the exception. In general, we only knew about a few cities in China, Bejing or Peking, Shanghai and Hong Kong ( I know Hong Kong is a king of a country).

With that in context, I could say yesterday I travel the middle of nowhere in China real mainland. Chongching it’s like a second level city in China. But don’t get confused with that title; because the metro area has 30+ million residents, that means it is bigger than Mexico City and Mumbai.

Chongqing is located close to the Tibet, and by close I mean 1500 kilometres, but is the closer than my usual location, I will miss this time, I have to left something unseen to have an excuse to return.

My flight was good just almost 3 hours, and Qiangjun Ran with other members of the local Drupal community were waiting for me to lead me to my hotel. Later on, they invited me to eat a Hot Pot, and I survive, of course, they told me they choose a beginner level for me.

After dinner, we have a walk around the area to get familiar and reduce the chances I get lost the next days. I appreciate that Chongqing guys are excellent hosts.

Airplane

	Distance (Kilometers)
Beijing, China → Chongqing, China	1.458
Previously	28.845
Total	30.293

Bus/Car

	Distance (Kilometers)
Today	0
Previously	628
Total	628

Walking

	Distance (steps)
Beijing/Chongqing (today)	16.363
Previously	739.562
Total	755.925