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November 3rd 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
The last few days of our tour were spent on the Yangtze River on the Victoria Queen. We flew from Xi’an to Chongqing and were met by another guide and driver. We knew that we would have a few ... 22 photos [full story]
The last few days of our tour were spent on the Yangtze River on the Victoria Queen. We flew from Xi’an to Chongqing and were met by another guide and driver. We knew that we would have a few ... 22 photos [full story]
November 23rd 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
This is our last day cruising.......very sad We got up this morning for breakfast and for another shore excursion. We visited the largest hydroelectric power project in the world, The 'Three Gorges ... [full story]
This is our last day cruising.......very sad We got up this morning for breakfast and for another shore excursion. We visited the largest hydroelectric power project in the world, The 'Three Gorges ... [full story]
November 22nd 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
Today we sailed across the boarder from Chongqing to Wushan. We didn't get up as early this morning, deciding to skip the early morning tea but were woken by a ship announcement over loud speaker a ... [full story]
Today we sailed across the boarder from Chongqing to Wushan. We didn't get up as early this morning, deciding to skip the early morning tea but were woken by a ship announcement over loud speaker a ... [full story]
October 24th 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
This blog covers 11th October to 14th October, which is the dates that we did a river cruise along the Yangtze River, the biggest river in China and the third biggest in the world. We didn’t ha ... 46 photos [full story]
This blog covers 11th October to 14th October, which is the dates that we did a river cruise along the Yangtze River, the biggest river in China and the third biggest in the world. We didn’t ha ... 46 photos [full story]
October 7th 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
From Dianne: Our journey up the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) began many years ago with a special picture book, The Story of Ping, written by Marjorie Flack. Ping was a little duck that lived on a &ld ... 33 photos [full story]
From Dianne: Our journey up the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) began many years ago with a special picture book, The Story of Ping, written by Marjorie Flack. Ping was a little duck that lived on a &ld ... 33 photos [full story]
August 10th 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
On our last day in CQ we continued planning the next few legs of our trip and awaited our transfer to our Yangtze River cruise. As I mentioned, we almost booked a tour of China, to make things ea ... 21 photos [full story]
On our last day in CQ we continued planning the next few legs of our trip and awaited our transfer to our Yangtze River cruise. As I mentioned, we almost booked a tour of China, to make things ea ... 21 photos [full story]
June 5th 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
Day 130 Our overnight train arrived promptly into Wuchang at 7am. We had all managed to get some rest even if it was disturbed throughout the night. Julie stayed on the train as it was heading to B ... 30 photos [full story]
Day 130 Our overnight train arrived promptly into Wuchang at 7am. We had all managed to get some rest even if it was disturbed throughout the night. Julie stayed on the train as it was heading to B ... 30 photos [full story]
May 25th 2009 Asia » China » Yangtze River
Before arriving in Yichang my son said to keep things simple in this city. As soon as we arrived yesterday we went to the concierge and asked about a tour to the 3 gorges dam. The concierge told us th ... [full story]
Before arriving in Yichang my son said to keep things simple in this city. As soon as we arrived yesterday we went to the concierge and asked about a tour to the 3 gorges dam. The concierge told us th ... [full story]
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