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October 20 - Cruise - Day 8

We had asked for a 6:15 wake up call to see the three gorges, but when we looked outside, we were already docked next to another ship. Within 10 minutes we were moving again.  It was worth the early rise. We got to see a spectacular sunrise with the mountains and the river as background. It was the first time that we needed our jackets. The mountains seemed to create a kind of tunnel effect.

We had booked the optional excursion, tribe of the three gorges tour for $58 each. The tour is well worth it. The scenery was fantastic and even if everything was staged for us tourists, it was well presented, almost as a live museum. There was quite a bit of walking involved with stairs. I strongly recommend the tour if you can walk. The pace was slow because of the enormous amount of people.

Our guide to the village
Our cruise ship plus other one in the background
Walkway to the village




Traditional wedding ceremony
They like them big in China
In the afternoon, we were bused to the three gorges dam. The world's largest producer of hydro electricity. Here again we had to go through a security check point, where you couldn't have knives, pointed objects, lighters or liquids except for water. Another overload of information with 10 minutes for shopping before we climbed to the top on escalators. (No escalators going down).








We were told that they relocated 1.5 million people to make the dam.