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Well the boat ride is finally over - cruises are fine but 4 days on that river boat was just long enough thank you!!!

The gorges we have travelled through on the boat for the past few days have really been spectacular and jaw-dropping sights to see - it was absolutely beautiful through the gorges section of the Yangtze River.

Group visit to Fengdu, known as the Ghost City for its gardens temples and statues of ghosts and devils. (Kemm and I didn't go - 'just another temple' and the weather is yuk!)

A much better sleep last night and I ‘think’ I am feeling a little better. After breakfast it’s off on a shore excursion again – this time via another ferry and up the “Minor 3 Gorges” (have to admit getting a little tired of gorges now!), but in reality, irrespective of ‘it’s just another gorge’, this really is an amazing place – the gorges are so deep and it’s really interesting to see the people who live within, and where on earth they come from whilst waiting on the river edge – how on earth do they get to that spot – there’s no way down from almost 800 metres up there!!!

I had a terrible nights sleep last night, turns out the lounge bar is right above our room and although Kemm was snoring like a trooper, I was kept awake by footsteps sounding like elephants above us!

Ho hum, such is life. On with the day - breakfast first then we headed out on our shore excursion to visit the Three Gorges Dam project - quite simply jaw-dropping! The enormity of this project involving building the actual dam, relocating about 3 million people into new cities and building the ginormous lock system for shipping traffic - as said, it's all amazing and needs to be seen to be believed.

Apr 23. Beijing to Yichang (Start of River Cruise on the Yangtze)

Check out this morning - bags out at 8.30am never to be seen again! Well I guess we will but not sure when! Han luggage for our flight later today is loaded on the bus and off we wander to Tiananmen Square - Tony out in front with his cardboard APT sign to follow.

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