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I recently took a trip to the Yangtze River Three Gorges tour, I think the Three Gorges amazing. Towering peaks and ridges, the steady stream of river. I am just into the fairy realm.


Yangtze River, the longest river in China and Asia, and the third-longest in the ...

... different from Beijing in another
way. Where Beijing, as well as numerous other cities in China, have
THOUSANDS of bikes and rickshaws, there are very few in Chongqing.
This is because Chongqing is built within the mountains and it is
too hilly for riding. And when they talk about where in the city
they are from they do not say north or south but up or down.


This was an ordinary day in China and
we just observed the local people, markets and went to a ...

... where to. So I marched back hoping that there would be time to see the other ones again, only to be told that we were allowed 5 minutes in the shop and that we were leaving. I wasn't very happy as we had spent the whole day yesterday traveling to get to Chengdu for then to only spend less than 2 hours at the centre, how ridiculous. But still the Pandas had been worth it!

... they were singing about, but it was wonderful! Since our excursion down the Shennong Stream lasted several hours, the boat gave each of us a box lunch and a bottle of water to eat on the way. When we got back to the boat we all had lunch. Afterward I took a nap because I was really tired. The announcer said that we were entering the Three Gorges Dam Ship Lock, so I got up, and went to watch it. It is ...

... and it stayed there...I don't know if that explains it very well, but that's what came to mind looking out of the windows! It's all so green here even though it is summer! The houses on the way to Guilang were lovely, they were small - only one or two stories and just looked really nice from the bus...eventually, after a few toilet stops and 5 or more hours...we arrive at Guilang!!!
for more ....see the Guilang blog!!! thanks for reading!

... miles of mountains spread out northwards, southwards, eastwards, westwards. It was nice to see 'unchartered' territory without any cloud obscuring the view. This didn't last long. As soon as the journey bored further eastwards, the land went under cloud.
The plane touched down at around 12-1 pm in a dismal smoggy Chongqing environment. It had been so ...

... outcrops. The next day we went to the main Three Gorges. Similar to their smaller siblings but bigger, no surprises there then. Again very beautiful. The photos will let the record show we even got up for sunrise and froze our butts off on the main deck. Finally we came to the new Three Gorges Dam. The biggest in the world, this controversial dam will change the river dramatically but provide 10% of ...

Arrived at our boat, Ms Fortune in the evening which is due to sail the next day along the Yangtze River. Day 13 - Ms Fortune - Today I woke up stuffed with cold! Bev and Sylvia on the tour (two lovely ladies from Canada) supplied me with numerous drugs and lozenges! Luckily today is a lazy day. Spent most of the time in the boat's bar playing cards or eating food ...

... only 9 Westerners on the boat and we all knew each other farley well by the end of the trip..... The ship took us through very impressive scenery and stopped at several temples (which we gave a miss - due to temple overdose in India!) On the second day we disembarked to do an excursion on a smaller boat along the Three Little Gorges and an even smaller boat to see the Mini Three Gorges which was excellent ...