Day 61 (14th July) Yichang
In 2018, the ship passed down a massive lock built into the Three Gorges Dam, which was a unique experience. The Dam has created a reservoir of water which drives … Read more
In 2018, the ship passed down a massive lock built into the Three Gorges Dam, which was a unique experience. The Dam has created a reservoir of water which drives … Read more
Day 60 (13th July) Wushan There was an optional tour to see the White King Castle on an island but it was raining and very misty. We would have got … Read more
The Guiguojingdu complex of temples is located on the top of Mount Ming at Fengdu and is reached from the river either by climbing 400 steps or by taking a … Read more
IMPORTANT NOTICE Can anybody reading this tell Sandy that we have not been murdered, imprisoned or kidnapped. He can follow us on this blog. Also tell our dear neighbour Mo … Read more
This was a lazy day. I booked the Yangtse cruise at a travel agency on the ground floor of the hotel and then we went for a meal to a … Read more
Day 56 (9th July) Xi’an to Chongqing The admirable Mr Jones, the concierge at the Hilton, booked the train tickets for us to travel from Xi’an via Chengdu to Chongqing. … Read more
When we arrived in Xi’an, we got a taxi and asked the driver to take us to a hotel. He took us to the Hilton, which is very expensive by … Read more
We got a taxi to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda where Xuan Zang returned from India in 645 to translate the Buddhist texts brought from India and write his Great … Read more
Day 53 (6th July) Jiayuquan to Xi’an The hotel booked a flight to Xi’an for us, let us stay in the room until 14.30 and then took us in their … Read more
There was no problem getting tickets for the train from Dunhwang back to Jiayuquan and, as opposed to the 380 yuan coming it was only 129 leaving for “hard seats”. … Read more