Tag: Yangtze River

  • Tuesday 22 August 2006 Highlights: Visiting a Ghost Town, Leisurely cruise Today we got a chance to visit a “Ghost Town”.   Basically this is a town with different temples.   It is called a ghost town as it is home to the after world on earth and all souls much journey here. Then most…

  • Monday 21 August 2006 Highlights: Little Three Gorges, Hanging coffins The highlight of today was easily a visit to the “Little Three Gorges” and area that before 2003 was not really possible to visit due to low water levels.   Now however that the water level has been raised about 70 meters we could go…

  • Sunday 20 August 2006 Highlights: Difficult overnight Train, Boarding Victoria 2 (cruise) Well the overnight trip to Yichang could not have really been worse.   The train itself was very old however we managed to get the windows open which helped cool the air down to around 26-28 I’d say. I’m not sure why I…