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Three Gorges Dam - Construction
Willettsworld Says: The Three Gorges Dam was once the world's largest single construction project. As part of my Yangzi River cruise, I got taken on a bus tour of the dam where we crossed over on a bridge to the south bank and taken to another park area which features various bits of machinery...
Three Gorges Five-step Ship Lock
Willettsworld Says: I found this to be more far more interesting than the dam. The locks work in both directions meaning that ships coming from downstream can navigate through the series of five lock stages at the same time as ships navigating upstream. The whole process takes around 4 hours in...
Willettsworld Says: The Three Gorges Dam is located in Sandouping, about 30km from Yichang. It is the largest hydroelectric power station in the world and once the world's largest single construction project. With a long history of planning, the dam body was finished in 2006. When finished, it...
Willettsworld Says: This scale model of the Three Gorges Dam is located in the Visitors centre which is located on the north bank of the river beside the dam itself. However, another scale model of the dam inside the Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing is much better!
Willettsworld Says: We stopped off at this temple which is located along the Xiling Gorge near Zigui. Originally built in 820 AD during the Tang Dynasty, the Qu Yuan Temple was built in remembrance of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan who lived during the Warring States Period.The temple was...
Willettsworld Says: These are the small boats we transferred to in order to visit some of the Little Three Gorges. We took them along a narrow river that runs into the Daning River which, in turn, flows into the Yangzi River.
Willettsworld Says: The Three Little Gorges refer to the three gorges of the lower reaches of Daning River (the largest branch of Yangzi River) in Wushan County. These are: Dragon Gate Gorge (Longmen Xia), Misty Gorge (Bawu Xia), and Emerald Gorge (Dicui Xia). Because of the beauty of Three...
Willettsworld Says: The Three Gorges region is located along the Yangzi River between the cities of Fengjie and Yichang. This is the main reason to come on a Three Gorges River Cruise which many operators offer. However, since the building of the controversial Three Gorges Dam, the dramatic...
Fengjie - White Emperor City Museum
Willettsworld Says: Some relics from the White Emperor City are on display inside the temple complex. More photos can be found in one of my travelogues.
Shop & Restaurant on board: OK food
Willettsworld Says: There was a large restaurant on board my boat (the Chang Hang Jiang Shan II) which luckily had a menu in English with about a couple of dozen dishes including various meat and veg dishes and rice etc. They also sold alcohol such as beer and spirits. It might be wise to take...
easterntrekker Says: The last night of our cruise there was a Captain's party it was lots of fun . The staff put on a pretty good show. They are so energenis and cute in traditional costumes. Lots of dancing and fun.
easterntrekker Says: We cruised on the President11 boat for our 4 night tour of the Three Gorges Dam . I have only good things to say about it . The rooms were much larger then we imagined. Everynight they had a cocktail hour and some entertainment. We even liked the food! There was everything...
easterntrekker Says: We all had to disembark our bus to go through a security checkpoint at the Dam constuction site. We all got back on the bus again somewhat puzzeled as there was no securty system or screening set up yet. ...maybe someday!
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The Tuja people set up a little market at Shenong Xi .Bargaining is expected but as we later learned they do have some of the best bargains around anyway for little souvenirs. They came aboard our ferry too so if you miss it you get another chance.
What to buy: I bought little foldable straw hats . they were $1.00
Written Nov 4, 2007
easterntrekker Says: Our guide on the peapod boat tells us that when a couple have a baby daughter they plant a pine tree oon their property . The pine is cut down when the daughter is wed and given to the couple as a wedding gift ,to be used for furniture .
easterntrekker Says: The trackers that make special shoes to stand up to the rough rocks . The shoes are made out of bamboo fibers. They seem to do the trick as they have no problem keeping their footing on the splippery rocks!
Lunch on the ferry to Shennong Stream
easterntrekker Says: Lunch was served onboard the ferry but I can't recommend it. ( dishes are washed with cold water from the not too clean river) None of the less the beer was cold good and cheap!
tini58de Says: Since we visited, the Yangzi dam has been completed, which means, that the whole scenery has changed. In other words: the whole area has been flooded and the waters have risen by up to 100 m. The bridge on the picture was a total misconstruction: it was a new bridge, but was...
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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: a cruise on a fine ship like this calls for fancy clothes - one would think!
Travelling with a backpack didn't give me so much choice - and I was happily surprised, that casual clothing was just fine! A nice silk scarf tor the Captain's Dinner made my T-Shirt look a little fancier and that was it!
Since we spent lots ot time on deck and on excursions, warm clothes, gloves, and good shoes were much more important to me!!!
Written Feb 25, 2003
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Favorite thing: Going on a cruise of the Yangzi definitely is a fabulous way of experiencing this impressive river!
Going upstream from Shanghai to Chongqing takes about 9 - 10 days including off shore excursions to places like Nanjing, the fabulous Huang Shan, Wuhan, the lesser three gorges just to name a few!
Many cruises start in Wuhan or even a little north of Wuhan and show you the absolute highlights within 3 days, but if time permits, I would suggest the full tour and I would suggest going upstream, too!
Written Feb 25, 2003
The scenery here was so spectacular we had a tough time deciding which pictures to take . The hills rose straight up from the rivers edge with majestic peaks. It was breathtaking.
Before the Yangzi River was to change by the Three Gorges Dam, we decided to go see it in its "original" beauty! Mr. Song of CITS Beijing was the best person we could have wished for and helped us......
Three Gorges Yangzi River Cruise
I booked a first class cabin (as I was travelling on my own and didn't fancy sharing with other Chinese travellers) at a hostel called The Mix Hostel in Chengdu for around Y1490. This included a bus...
The Funnest thing I've ever done when traveling probably had to be on the Yangzi River. My dad and I rented these little black inner-tubes, and floated down the river to a spot where they collected......
Build your own Yangzi page
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