Blogs from Yangtze River, China, Asia - page 5

I was awake before the birds this morning. We had a later breakfast as our shore excursion today was not until the afternoon. I planned to sit on my balcony taking some great pictures as the world went by but it was too misty (apparently this is normal this time of year). I still sat on the balcony anyway and watched the world went by. We docked and hopped off the boat at Fengdu - 'the City of Ghosts'. This is where heaven and hell are apparently located. This was very touristy and not like the other places we had been before. Apparently they are building some kind of tourist park and there was a lot of construction going on. There were some really cool statues depicting different ghosts. I wouldn't but this high on my ... read more

This blog will most likely amuse everyone but firstly we will discuss the serious issues I.e the sites!! We visited the Terracotta Warriors on Tuesday, where we got a minibus to. It was impressive, so far only a few thousand warriors have been excavated and work still continues! There were 3 massive warehouses/ showrooms with various warriors,horses and chariots. When we arrived back to the hotel, Carla & Ryan and ourselves rented bicycles and cycled along the Xian City Wall. It was great fun and the weather was lovely. The bicycles were so old I thought mine was going to fall apart whilst cycling! I had a bell and I continued to ring it to get the Chinese to move out of the way!! We reckoned What goes around comes around... That evening we went for ... read more

Beginning in the foothills of the Himalayas and running across the width of the country to the South China Sea beyond Shanghai, the Yangtze river is phenomenal. It is the third largest river in the world, and reportedly has the most bridges spanning it's waters. Its three gorges are one of the biggest attractions in China and the completion of the enormous Three Gorges Dam in 2008 broke many records. Sadly most were negative ones. But enough of the superlatives, first we had to get there. Chongqing is the starting point for the very popular three day cruises along possibly the most spectacular section of this mighty river. Passing through three huge gorges on either a luxury western cruise ship or the more modest Chinese version. When we arrived on the hilly city (as Chongqing is ... read more

Hej igen. Nu jeg sejlet på Yangtze. Vi fik en suite og vi fik vores egen terrassen. Vi sejlede igennem den største sluse i verden. Efter Yangtze tog vi til Xian og dagen efter tog vi til terrakotta soldaterne. Soldaterne var lavet af brændt ler. Jeg cyklede også på bymuren, den er 14 kilometer lang. ... read more

Day 150: Monday, April 26th, 2010. Yangtze River Cruise: Badong, China. We are awoken 30 minutes before breakfast by gentle chinese music playing softly in the speakers in our room- kind of cool. Then, silence for 20 minutes before the music comes back along with a voice telling us its time for breakfast. Last night we met the mysterious voice, a girl named Coco who is studying English. Her studying has payed off- she speaks it well. Better than me- not saying much though. We went up to the Three Gorges Dam, took a bus to the top of it so we could look around. I don't get dams. I mean, I understand the purpose and all, but for some reason they don't impress me. I don't have the engineering mind so it doesn't sink in ... read more