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A shiny new flagpole.
One of the Three Gorges
Anne at the Tanzling Ridge Visitor Center
DamManual labor is the way to do things in China
The porters loading the ships along the river are amazing. Many are older men, since the younger men are better educated and getting company jobs. They carry loads well over there weight up and down long staircases made of cut stone.
On the way to our ship a man with a stick and ropes hanging from both ends asked me if he could carry my bags for 8 yuan (US$1.00). I resisted because I had already carried them two blocks and over curbs. Ping persuaded me to let him carry them and I ended up very glad of it. He carried the 55kg bags down steep steps, across three gang planks and up four flights to our cabin. I gave him 10 yuan and he was very pleased.
Most of the goods coming on or going off the ship at our stops was carried by porters. Some places had large lifts.
