Thursday, September 8, 2011

Yangtze River

Time to relax with a cruise on the Yangtze River.


Our cruise started at the sight of the 3 Gorges project.

we got a traditional welcome on board.


At the 3 Gorge Dam wall.

Juice showing the Yangtze before and after the dam wall. 3.5 million people had to be relocated due to the raised level of the Yangtze - 175 meters.

Unfortunately it was rather over cast for the this part of the gorges. It was very beautiful going through the gorges.



The bridge in the back ground was re-built as the original is 100m below the water level.
In fact the are areas were the entire city is underwater. They simply rebuilt many cities higher up the mountain sides or re-located the people.


Juice and I went for a walk through one of the river cities.


Notice how clean everything is. We found it amazing how everywhere we went the was no rubbish laying around. China recycle everything.

In case you're feeling a little tired or simply with to look important.

Our river boat, it was so much more than we were expecting.
Every evening there was a show and food was great too.



The cruise ended in a city called Chongqing.

Chongqing is the most populated city in the world at 32.5 million people.

They have built 2 Golden Empire State building replicas
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