Yangtze River

May 9/10, 2005
We set sail up the Yangtze after passing through the Three Gorge Dam locks.  It was hazy in the morning but burned off by noon.  The sites were amazing and it just kept getting better and better with every turn.  I noticed that most of the travelers were fully engaged with the view, there wasn’t anyone reading in the lounge.  We have been fortunate with the weather throughout the tour and today was picture perfect.  I knew the pictures wouldn’t do just justice and of course, they don’t.

There was plenty of discussion of what this was going to look like in a few years.  The dam should make the river rise another 40 meters up.  How much of this would be left?

On May 10th we boarded smaller boats to head into smaller gorges followed by once again boarding even small boats to view the lesser gorges.  It was magical.