Zunyi (遵义 - Zūnyì)
The city of Zunyi, the second largest in population after the provincial capital of Guizhou city Guiyang, cannot be called popular in China among foreign tourists, and that's why I decided to drop in here. Besides, I did not want to jumble for 10 hours in the train from Chongqing to Guiyang, 6 hours to Zunyi was enough. For these simple reasons, this city became the first one to visit in Guizhou.![](zunyi-panoramic4_t.jpg)
Now the city is mainly popular among the Chinese "red" tourists, as back in 1935, the Red Army used to lodge there for 3 months, retreating, or as they say, relocating, during the Long March (1934-1936), and here the top leaders of the Communist Party were actively infighting for power.
The city is also credited with the glory of distilling the elite vodka «Maotai» (茅台酒 - Máotái jiǔ), , which is made in the town of Maotai 14 km from the city Renhuai (仁怀 - Rénhuái), which, in turn, is almost 100 km away.
Zunyi is best remembered for a lot of teenage guys with ridiculous pimpish hairdos, the problem of finding a free taxi and roasted chestnuts, one of which nearly hit me in the head from someone's balcony.
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