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The beginning of a 23 day trip through China. Including a 10 day, 1649 mile, river boat trip up The Yangtze River. Cities visited include: Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Lushan, Wuhan, Yueyang, Yichang, Wushan, Wanxian, Chongqing, Xian, Guilin, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Enjoy! The quality is not so good as these are copies of snapshots.
2 Tian An Men Square - Beijing. Background (right) is Maos tomb. Note the line to view Mao on the communist parties anniversary.
3 In front of Maos tomb in Tian An Men Square. Statue features soldiers, workers and farmers striving toward communism.
4 The Forbidden City. We had a half day tour of The Forbidden City - Remember the movie The Last Emperor? Notice the entrance to the city (bottom) then see the next photo.
5 Entrance to the Forbidden City.
6 Our group of seven and guide Wang (left) at The Great Wall.
7 Hike to the top of The Great Wall on a very hot day. The effort was worth the view. See the wall in the background. We fly to Shanghai.
8 Shanghai - A Communist Party statue next to Shanghai bay.
9 School children learning to dance in Shanghai.
10 Full day hike on Yellow Mountain in the city of Huangshan. This place is magnificent!
11 Yellow mountain views.
12 Can you see the hotel on the mountain?
13 City of Yangzhou.
14 Yangtze River Boat (Victoria V) - The beginning of a ten day river boat trip from Shanghai to Chongqing (see map) aboard The Victoria V - 2660 km. We will make one or two stops each day at cities, towns and villages.
15 The trip is planned to see the final phase of the Three Gorges Dam Projectand before the flooding begins.
16 Three Gorges Dam Project - The Three Gorges Dam Project is the largest dam in the world. Planned in the 1920Õs, exact site identified in 1949 and construction begun in 1991 with completion expected in 2006. This project will control flooding on the Yangtze River and supply ten percent of ChinaÕs power needs for its 1.3 billion population.
17 The project is too large to catch in a picture.
18 The Dam Project - The Dam project will flood this area to the top of the bridge by 2006. Signs on the hill say Ò135m and 185m. New housing is being built on top of the hill.
19 The Small (Lesser) Gorges - Day trip by small boat up The Lesser Gorges. Hanging caskets, monkeys and some river rapids.
20 Lushan.