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Yangtse River Cruise Day 2

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July 1st 2007
Here we began to visit the three gorges Picturesque views all around. The first around 20 mins long but breath taking. Todays excursion was to the lesser three gorges here the evidence of the dam is so present as entire towns are completely under water due to the resevior completion and river height rising some 80 meteres. Again the heat got the better here and we had to retire to the bottom of a ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more