Picking the Cruise: There are no less than a dozen different cruise operated from different companies and fleets. But there are only normally two routes for the YangTze River Cruise in China - Go down stream from Chong Qing 重慶 to Yi Chang 宜昌 (4 days 3 nigths) or up stream from Yi Chang to Chong Qing (5 days 4 nights). Although a shorter trip, sometimes it is sligthly more expensive for the download cruise from Chong Qing. There is extra preimium to pay for non China residents (including Hong Kong and Macau). I took the upstream one on board of the Cruise Ship (YangTze Golden One 長江黃金1號). It costs about 3,200RMB for a single person for a double occupancy deluxe room with balcony. Since I travelled alone, I have to pay about 80% more for
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