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.
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.
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing your great reports, Cheryl. We are enjoying them so much. What did you think of the Terra Cotta warriors?
We are looking forward to seeing your photos and hearing all about your thoughts on China.
Love,
Don and G
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