The (in)famous Three Gorges are no more - as the waters rise, the cliffs around the river, though sharp, become nothing like what they used to be. The strong currents and the trackers, men and beasts who pulled boats upstream along the shore, are gone too. According to an article I read (National Geographic I think), about 2 million people had to be replaced or had their lives severely affected by the planned flooding of the river, as the 3 Gorges Dam further down keeps building up. Along the river, the scenery is peaceful, but is also a scenery of a changing land...
The old and the new...
Rising waters... (notice the water height signs)
The wider gorges of today...
On the way to the Three Little Gorges...
Squeezing in :-) Beautiful waters, hidden between the rock...
At the end of the journey, the concrete monster awaits...
And here are my nice roommates from the ship - they spent most of the trip playing cards! (quite typical btw..)
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