ZHANGJIAJIE N YANGTSE CRUISE D6 APRIL 2009

DAY 6

8 April 2009

YICHANG TO CHONGQING

The cruise ship slipped off Yichang berth and sailed on River Yangtze towards Xiling Gorge.

We woke up before sunrise and look around the ship’s main deck elegant furnishing and  walked on the sun deck and enjoyed the cool fresh morning air. The river was calm and greenish and viewed the spectacular views on both sides of the river.

The ship berthed at Xilin and we disembarked and joined a land tour of the Three Gorges Dam exhibition to better understand this gigantic task of damning up the 3^rd longest river in the world and same time see how ships are lifted ships from the lower river to the upper dam. 

Three Gorges Project Model Room

The cruise continued her journey towards the locks and we watched the amazing operations where she will be lifted up to upper portion of Yangtze River through 5 giant locks. It was indeed an engineering masterpiece.

The Xinling Yangtze River bridge, the first bridge after the dam.

The opening and closing of the gigantic doors followed by flooding of the lock to the water of the preceding lock was truly educational. How mankind has the ability to overcome nature.

Entering  Second Lock and the rest of the locks

In the evening there was a dinner show.