Blogs from Wushan, Chongqing, China, Asia

We travelled the night North on the Yangtze river smooth and peaceful. By day break we were still moving to arrive and anchor at the south bank of the Yangtze river where the Goddness stream with its source amoung gouandu strict of Wushah county in Chongging city flows into the Yangtze river at Qinnyshi town on the opposite at Goddness Peak of Wugorge it is 15319 km long. The locals who once lived on the shores of the stream have been relocated to high in the cliffs with the river now at a level of 100 meters deep since the development of the Dam. White emperor city of Chonging was restored during the mingging dynasty. Architecture and structure in the Baldi temple is one of the fines ancient design.... read more

Geo: 31.4099, 109.676I am sure you have the rhythm of the days by now...eat, tour, eat, tour, eat.....all interspersed with a little drinking and a lot of walking.Time for a break...not from the eating and drinking though....just from the touring and the walking.We decided early that we would only do the one tour today and have some rest in the afternoon. After 8 days of travel with the itinerary loaded from 7 am till 10.30 pm we gave ourselves the afternoon off.The morning tour was a ride in a small gondola-like fleet into the Wu Gorge. This idyllic transport barge ferried us at a leisurely pace for an hour into the gorge. The water was crystal clear and a deep jade green and the tributary snaked its way through the sheer gorge cliffs which towered above ... read more