Today we got to sleep in until 7. We woke up to another beautiful
view, this time it was of the goddess peak from the lesser of the three gorges.
We were taken on small boats in groups of 20 to see the gorges. (lesser = narrower).
Our local guide sang to us in Chinese. This excursion and yesterday's optional
tour were the 2 better tours so far. The view is indescribable it is so
beautiful. We were told that the people who live here have a life expectancy of
10 years more than the people who live in the rest of China. The air is cleaner
some who live in the mountains don't have electricity yet. The children climb 2
hours in the morning to get to school where the school day is 5 hours long. Then
they climb back down to go home. We saw the mandarin trees planted in rows on
the mountain.
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| Our small tour boats for the day |
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| Just in case you need to do a pit stop |
We then went on the upstairs deck to watch while our boat sailed
through the beautiful Wu gorge. After lunch we watched while we sailed by the
Qutang gorge.
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| They like to build temples high up in the mountains |
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| Is this the Chinese version of Stairway to Heaven? |
I went upstairs after to read a while since it was too hot
outside, while Jacques went for a lesson on how to play mah-jong.
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| Sights along the way |
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