Today we docked just upstream from Yichang for our tour to Three Gorges Dam. Once again, visibility was poor. I was able to take a few, very poor photos of the dam. The shipping locks are a series of 5 locks. Unlike the Panama Canal, the Three Gorges locks are free to all ships.
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| Carlos overlooking shipping locks |
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| Model of dam |
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| Model of shipping locks |
After reboarding the ship, we sailed down river another hour before disembarking in Yichang. We were met by our guide, Helen, who took us to the airport. She was very efficient and had our boarding passes and told us to wait until 20 minutes prior to boarding to check in our luggage. Everything went very smoothly.
After clearing security, there were 4 young girls who wanted to practice their English. Such a happy group and Phil got a photo of me with them.
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| Kathleen with hostesses at Yichang airport |
We parted ways with Phil at the gate and he went on to Beijing and we boarded China Eastern for our 6 hour flight to Singapore. Somehow we lucked out and were upgraded to first class. How sweet it was.
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