Alex Quinn's Japan Journal

3/30/2005, China trip day 7: Yangtze River boat trip day 1, stop in Fengdu

The first real day of the boat trip was great.  There's not a lot of story to tell here, but definitley some pretty pictures.  We spent the vast majority of the time just sitting on our bunk beds staring out the window at the beautiful scenery.  Here are the photos.

After some cruising, we stopped briefly in a town called Fengdu.  These apartments will be submerged in water as a result of the Three Gorges Dam, which is currently being built, but well under way.

These are definitely poor people who will be displaced.  I'm told about 1.9 million people will lose their homes due to this horrible dam.

Here is more information from Wikipedia about the dam project.

A bridge we passed under.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Approaching a sightseeing stop.  Notice the pretty temple in the background.

Pretty temple.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

A bridge we passed under.

Another bridge we passed under.  This one is still under construction.

This looks like a hazardous job to me.  But, China is full of hazardous jobs.  Nothing new there.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

Pretty coast land along the Yangtze River.

David taking pictures of the pretty coast land from his bunk bed.  By the way, this room may look clean from this picture, but the rest of the room was pretty dirty.

After lots of staring at pretty coast land, I decided to study Japanese kanji (characters) for a change of pass.  Imagine taking a break from relaxation to study.  You know you're on a vacation when you stop resting to study.  It was a nice break.  Maybe 2 hours of studying that day.

We passed a city.

The city had some weird structure on the river bank.  I'm not sure what it is.

This was our breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the whole time we were on the boat.  Peanut butter, jelly, white bread rolls, apples, sunflower seeds, peanuts, pomolo (a kind of fruit like a giant grapefruit), and water.

City lights seen from the boat.

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