http://www.trippert.comTrippert : share and blog your trips120 http://www.trippert.com/article/1402:Heavy+breathing+is+not+my+thing+%28part+2%29 Fuling is at the junction point where the Wujiang meets the Chang Jiang. The porters here have skipped the whole basket thing and get straight down to it. They lift huge items on their backs,or dangle them from ropes attached to a bamboo yoke. These guys were very very friendly and helpful.Fri, 20 July 2007 13:08:11 America/New_Yorkhttp://www.trippert.com/article/1338:ChongqingIn the heart of China, Chongqing has very few people that are not Chinese. And so naturally we drew a bit of attention to ourselves simply by walking down the streets. At one point we stopped and a crowd of people gathered around us. Of course, we had no idea what all the chatter was about. They could have been making fun of us for all we knew.Wed, 18 July 2007 02:04:25 America/New_York