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Album 1: Beijing and the Great Wall | Album 2: Xian and the Terracotta Army | Album 3: Guilin and the Lijiang | Album 4: Kunming and the Stone Forest | Album 5: Chongqing, an overnight stop | Album 6: Yangtze River and the Three Gorges | Album 7: Wuhan: Museums and a quiet lake | Album 8: Hangzhou: Prosperity, tea, and a monastery | Album 9: Wuzhen, an ancient canal town | Album 10: Suzhou: Silk, canals and gardens | Album 11: Shanghai: 16 million people, pet crickets and a museum the shape of a turtle. | Album 12: There and back: Airports

Album 6: Yangtze River and the Three Gorges

The cruise down the Yangtze from Chongqing to Wuhan was a highlight of our China tour. This was soon after
the SARS scare, and tourism was still suffering, so there were more crew than passengers. We were spoiled.
Cruise ships
Cruise ships		 Yangtze-style lifeboat
Yangtze-style lifeboat		 The Yangtze at Chongqing
The Yangtze at Chongqing		 Craft like this everywhere
Craft like this everywhere		 Crew of one on these Yangtze River craft
Crew of one on these Yangtze River craft
Smog machine
Smog machine		 The first bridge we saw
The first bridge we saw		 From the chairlift
From the chairlift		 Guide (left), on shore excursion
Guide (left), on shore excursion		 Among the buildings on top of the mountain
Among the buildings on top of the mountain
Handing down judgements
Handing down judgements		 Judgement
Judgement		 Punishments of Hell
Punishments of Hell		 Temple on the mountain
Temple on the mountain		 View from the mountain, looking upstream
View from the mountain, looking upstream
Something to do with coal
Something to do with coal		 In the Qutang Gorge
In the Qutang Gorge		 Gorge walls
Gorge walls		 Approaching sunrise
Approaching sunrise		 Sunrise through the smog on the Yangtze
Sunrise through the smog on the Yangtze
Peaks surrounding the gorge
Peaks surrounding the gorge		 Old city - new city.
Old city - new city.		 On the side trip up the Lesser Three Gorges
On the side trip up the "Lesser Three Gorges"		 Ancient coffins were found in these caves
Ancient coffins were found in these caves		 On the Daning River - the Lesser Three Gorges
On the Daning River - the "Lesser Three Gorges"
Work, work, Chinese style - seen from the cruise ship
Work, work, Chinese style - seen from the cruise ship		 These farms beside the Daning will be submerged
These farms beside the Daning will be submerged		 On the Daning River, with Keep Off signs
On the Daning River, with "Keep Off" signs		 Cave above the Daning River
Cave above the Daning River		 Leaving the Daning River
Leaving the Daning River
Bridge under construction
Bridge under construction		 Hill House
Hill House		 Hydrofoil in the Wu Gorge
Hydrofoil in the Wu Gorge		 Ship in the Wu Gorge
Ship in the Wu Gorge		 On the Wu Gorge
On the Wu Gorge
A glimpse up a tributary gorge
A glimpse up a tributary gorge		 Kite flown from upper deck
Kite flown from upper deck		 A new bridge, to allow for the new water level.
A new bridge, to allow for the new water level.		 Farmed mountainside
Farmed mountainside		 The river will rise to near these houses.
The river will rise to near these houses.
New City above flood level
New City above flood level		 Entering the locks, Three Gorges Dam
Entering the locks, Three Gorges Dam		 Entering the locks
Entering the locks		 Bridge at Xiling
Bridge at Xiling		 Explanatory Model
Explanatory Model
Spillway
Spillway		 A wonderful site for a weekender!
A wonderful site for a weekender!		 How many different cultural influences here?
How many different cultural influences here?		 Unidentified bridge, unidentified city
Unidentified bridge, unidentified city		 Passing through an unidentified city
Passing through an unidentified city
Costume & Fashion parade by the crew
Costume & Fashion parade by the crew		 A cargo of pigs, some dead
A cargo of pigs, some dead		 River traffic through a flat part of China
River traffic through a flat part of China		 Wuhan, the end of the Yangtze cruise
Wuhan, the end of the Yangtze cruise

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