Here it is day 14, November 14th, we've been on a dead run. Since I last posted we've been to the Great Wall, I even climbed it. The Forbidden city. On to Xian saw the Terra Cotta Warriors and then on to the Yanztze River, we just finished a four day river journey this morning. I've never seen so many new bridges being built. The new Three Gorges Dam is so massive, it takes five locks to go up the height of the rise in the water to the reserivor side. The dam has increased the river so much it makes the Mississippi and the Columbia Rivers look so small now. The river only has about three more feet to rise and it will be at the max level for the dam. The villages have all been relocated above the water level. There are so many new apartment complexes along the river.
We saw the three Gorges and they are just like you see in the pictures. So beautiful. We took a small sand pan type boat down a smaller gorge and really had a good time taking pictures. I've probably taken 1000 pictures. So when I get home I'll have lots to share. Tomorrow we go to the Li River take another small boat and view the limestone formations. This afternoon we inside a limestone cave. The cave was all lite up with colored lights and the formations were beautiful.
This evening we walked downtown and found a KFC and had good old KFC for dinner. Then we walked to the night market to find the bargains. They love to bargain with you. After the shopping we went over to a big fancy hotel, that is about 10 stories tall and at 8:30pm they turn lights on the back side and a waterfall comes down all across the whole backside. It was really spectacular. I've never seen a hotel with a waterfall coming off it's roof.
I forgot to mention that where we got off our boat this morning in Chongqing, it's the largest city in the world, 35million. I want to know how come we Americans had never heard of it?
Sorry I haven't sent any emails but I can't get onto my wildblue account here in China. I have four more nights. Two here and two in Hong Kong and then I fly home on the 17Th. See you all soon. Chop Chop as our guide Joy loves to say....miss you all Cheryl.

Day 6, Bejing, we've been on such a run I haven't even had time to get on the internet. I heard Obama had been elected President elect while climbing the great wall of China. the weather has been absolutely beautiful. The pollution is still down from the Olympics and the city is very clean the people are so polite, it's a pleasure to be here and see this great city. I'm taking so many pictures. The group I'm traveling with are great. The tour guide is a cute lady about 38 and speaks perfect English, and has so much to share with us. we leave tomorrow for Xian to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. Hopefully there I'll be able to find an Internet Cafe where the price is reasonable. I'm using the hotel's and they are very expensive, so this will be short. I may just have to do this journal when I get home. but wanted you all to know I'm safe and traveling with a great group of people. The guide is very careful with us and lets us know what to eat and what not too. I'm thinking of all of you, love to you all. Hopefully I'll be back on sooner. Cheryl , Ps tonight we went and saw the Peking Opera that was a trip...