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As I type this we are sat on the deck of a cruise boat sailing down the Yangtze River. The boat itself is not up to P&O standards, but the scenery definitely makes up for what the boat lacks in luxury. The route we are taking is famous because of the stunning Three Gorges it passes through, as well as being the site of the Three Gorges Damn which opened last year. To get from either side of the damn (the water levels are about 150m in difference) involved five separate locks (which make the canal locks in England look like [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 18th 2009 | 82 Views | [diary=445650]

Terracotta Army
Shanghai Financial Centre and Jin Mao Tower
Acrobatics show

Day One We arrived for our cruise at about 6pm, even though we'd been told from 6 to 9pm. Typical Prompt Canadian stylee! We were given the option of upgrading for 600Y, but as we'd paid a small fortune anyway, we decided to stick with our balcony-less twin beds. The danger of a Drunk Terri falling overboard also influenced our decision somewhat. We ate noodles and had a rave to the class Chinese techno that came already uploaded onto Jacie's sexy new phone. My favourite was the gay-techno song about giving blow jobs to make friends. The homo's know how [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 25th 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=447275]


So, we headed from Xi'an leaving behind the terracotta warriors and the friendly fellow travellers. We have come to realise that our domestic tour of China has allowed us to learn more about the customs and traditons of a chinese culture. the fellow travellers we met seemed to have a lack of knowledge in certain areas such as birthday traditions and pop culture in China, which we hadmanaged to acquire whilst staying with Olina. Anyway, we got the train to Yichang which turned out to be 16 hours. We figured out to how to make hot noodles with the trains supply [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 12th 2009 | 107 Views | [diary=417680]

'Our Tour Family'
the three gorges dam
the temple

Le barrage des Trois Gorges est un énorme projet qui est très controversé. C'est le plus grand barrage du monde et le plus grand projet entrepris par la Chine depuis la construction de la Grande Muraille. La réalisation du barrage est une décision prise par le gourvernement pour canaliser le développement économique de la côte Est vers les régions plus retirées de l'Ouest. Bien que la majorité du développement industriel chinois se situe déjà dans le delta du fleuve Yangzi, le barrage a pour but d'améliorer le dévellopement en amont. Le barrage haut de 185 m et large de 2 km [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 21st 2008 | 130 Views | [diary=346073]

Pont
Dark sky
Matin fumant des les rues de Yichang

Three Gorges Cruise 03 [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 30th 2008 | 37 Views | [diary=339893]


Three Gorges Cruise 01 Arrive in Chong Quin by bus from train. Onboard and off into city to get Pizza Hut !!! Back onboard and sleeeeep. Susan - Boat Guide. (Bad) Karoke in the bar. Party Beer 20 for 25RMB !! [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 30th 2008 | 29 Views | [diary=339891]


Three Gorges Cruise 02 Breakfast onboard. Fry-up(ish) YumYum. Lunch. Vist to City of the Dead. Mr. Lee. Caberet show onboard. Card game for suite. Annette and here musical chairs. Karoke - Gary and his Vindaloo and Blueberry hill. Ondeck with James 'till 4am. [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 30th 2008 | 25 Views | [diary=339892]


(Day 90 on the road) From Chongqing, I headed for a trip on the Yangtze River and through the famous Three Gorges. At 6300km, the Yangtze is the third longest river in the world (after the Amazon and the Nile), and the longest in Asia. It starts in the Tibetan mountains and runs all the way to Shanghai and into the East China Sea. Most tourist cruise the Yangtze starting in Chongqing and ending in Yichang, which is the section that runs through the Three Gorges. As the region around Chongqing was badly hit by the recent earthquake in China, there [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 5th 2008 | 304 Views | [diary=293411]

Serene landscape
175m - the final water level when the dam is closed
The Three Gorges Dam

We safely arrived in Yichang, a fairly nondescript town with what seemed a disproportionately large Red Light District (we were looking for an internet cafe, honest). Our plan was to book a Yangzi river cruise to Chongqing, but in the end we opted for one which would return us to Yichang. The main reason was that this was considerably cheaper (by a factor of three in fact). The disadvantage was that it was a cruise designed for Chinese tourists, not Westerners. Despite the low cost, our six-bed cabin was, as ever, furnished with China's favorite two items - a TV and [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 15th 2008 | 66 Views | [diary=287588]

Cultural Show
Twisted Metal
The Dam

We left Chongqing on a bus at 4pm heading for Wanzhou, arriving there at 8pm in time to meet the cruise boat. The bus journey consisted of two crazy Chinese movies and lots of people hocking and spitting in the aisles - yes really!!! We arrived on the boat and found our cabin - not bad, though it did have a squat toilet - great! We went to the information counter to ask some questions but immediately found that having been told that no one would speak English really meant absolutely no English (apart from the sign INFORMATION in perfect English!!). [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 23rd 2008 | 108 Views | [diary=275690]

Zhang Fei Temple
In the Zhang Fei Temple
At least they know what's going on?!!


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