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Day 149: Yangtze River Cruise: Yichang, China.

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April 25th 2010
Day 149: Sunday, April 25th, 2010. Yangtze River Cruise: Yichang, China. Per Intrepid notes, "We arrive into Yichang in the morning of day 7. Yichang is the site of the massive and controversial Three Gorges hydro-electric project and we have the chance take a visit to the dam to see this incredible feat of engineering ourselves.

We board a boat tonight for a journey along the mighty Yangz ... read more

Asia » China » Hubei » Three Gorges Dam

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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