The Gorges are Gorgeous

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February 28th 2007

Published: March 1st 2007

The Three Gorges are Gorgeous Still I could add. But I guess they aren't what they used to be. Let me explain: In the south of China the Yangtze River flows though a mountainous area. The river has over millions of years cut out a series of deep gorges through the mountains. These gorges are well known for their scenic beauty. The combination of the fast flowing water of the river and the more ... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Small Three Gorges

Small Three Gorges.

Eating hotpot

Here I am having dinner with some Chinese and Swiss friends. We are having hotpot which means that many kinds of food is mixed in a boiling pot in the middle of the table. The dark red stuff to the lower right side is duck blood by the way.

Clouds in the gorge

This is the Wu Gorge. The clouds can make the gorges even more dramatic. Rain doesn't though and it was most of the day today.

Model of the Three Gorges Dam

This is a model of the Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam. It is more than two kilometers wide and 115 meters high.

Shiplock

A series of shiplocks allows boats to pass the Three Gorges Dam.

The dam from upstream

From upstream the dam looks like this today. In a few years it will get filled up all the way to the top. Then the waterlevel will be 110 meters higher here than it originally was.

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Gôtt att du fick sett en del innan det dränktes helt, iaf! Man får liksom lite perspektiv på mängden människor när en miljon bara flyttas på, sådär. Läste idag om en "liten" stad i INdien, där det bor 750 000 personer.

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