Magnificent Yangtze/Ancient Capitals Deluxe 15-Day Tour (CIT005) Photo Itinerary: Days 6-8

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Days 6-8: Three Gorges

A map of China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) from Chongqing to Shanghai, including the Three Gorges (三峡) area Satellite images from 1987 and 2006 showing the changes in China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) caused by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam
Tour of the Three Gorges: from the Three Gorges Dam to Chongqing
(photo by Rolf Mueller)		 Before and after the dam’s construction
(photo by NASA)
An aerial view of the gigantic Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) The locks used by ships to pass through the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) Giant plumes of water spilling out the downriver side of the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
Aerial view of the dam
(photo by Wikitravel)		 The locks of the Three Gorges Dam
(photo by Richard Chambers)		 View from downriver
(photo by “The Pocket“)
The light of the rising sun glints off the water of China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in the Three Gorges (三峡) area Ships entering the giant locks of the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) Ships float very close together in the locks of the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) A bridge across the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) near China's Three Gorges (三峡) area
A Yangtze sunrise
(photo by Robin Poll)		 Ships enter the locks
(photo by Robin Poll)		 Close enough to have a conversation
(photo by Robin Poll)		 Spanning the Yangtze
(photo by Robin Poll)
The high, green walls of Xiling Gorge on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area A distant view of a pavilion on top of a cliff overlooking Xiling Gorge, one of the Three Gorges (三峡), on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) A bridge spanning the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) between the high walls of Xiling Gorge in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area
The first gorge: Xiling Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)		 A clifftop pavilion overlooking Xiling Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)		 A bridge in Xiling Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)
A sampan dwarfed by the high cliffs of China's Lesser Three Gorges or Little Three Gorges (小三峡) area near the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) Mist floating above the surface of the river obscures a boat navigating the narrow course of China's Lesser Three Gorges or Little Three Gorges (小三峡) near the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) Shennong Stream, sheltered by the vertical walls of China's Little Three Gorges (小三峡) Rowboats on Shennong Stream in the Little Three Gorges (小三峡) area near China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
The Lesser Three Gorges
(or “Little Three Gorges”)
(photo by Chris Greb)		 …not really so little—and
perhaps even greater in beauty
(photo by Jeremy Barwick)		 Shennong Stream
(photo by Robin Poll)		 Rowboats on Shennong
Stream
(photo by Robin Poll)
Rowboats pulling up to one of the vegetation- and mist-covered banks of Shennong Stream in China's Little Three Gorges (小三峡) area A distant view of a hanging coffin on a cliff high above Shennong Stream in China's Little Three Gorges (小三峡) area A closeup of a hanging coffin on a cliff high above Shennong Stream in China's Little Three Gorges (小三峡) area
Shennong Stream
(photo by Anita Ritenour)		 A “hanging coffin” at Shennong Stream
(photo by Robin Poll)		 A closeup of the coffin
(photo by Robin Poll)
China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) narrows as it passes between the high walls of Wu Gorge, one of the Three Gorges (三峡) Houses and terraced fields cling to the steep wall of the Wu Gorge, one of the Three Gorges (三峡) on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) A Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) cruise ship is dwarfed by a steep ravine in Wu Gorge, one of China's Three Gorges (三峡) A Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) cruise ship passes through Wu Gorge, one of China's Three Gorges (三峡)
Wu Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)		 The walls of Wu Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)		 Wu Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)		 A cruise ship in Wu Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)
A Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) cruise ship passes beneath a towering peak in Qutang Gorge, one of China's Three Gorges (三峡) The light of the rising sun reflects of the surface of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Qutang Gorge, one of China's Three Gorges (三峡) An entrance gate with the characters for Baidicheng (白帝城), or White King Town, in the Three Gorges (三峡) area of China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) A gray stone statue of a scary-looking ghost or demon in the city of Fengdu on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges area (三峡)
Qutang Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)		 Sunrise at Qutang Gorge
(photo by Robin Poll)		 “White King Town”
(photo by “Gisling“)		 A ghost statue at Fengdu
(photo by Robin Poll)
Pieces of a giant white statue is spread across the hillside at Fengdu on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area Ghost or demon statues stand in front of an ornate temple rooftop in Fengdu on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area City lights shine through the fog and reflect off the surface of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area
Fengdu, the “City of Ghosts”
(photo by Robin Poll)		 A temple at Fengdu
(photo by Robin Poll)		 The City of Ghosts bathed in ghostly fog
(photo by Gary Larson)
A barge cruises past terraced rows of fields and farmhouses on the bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area A peak rises high above the water of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Qutang Gorge, one of China's Three Gorges (三峡) Fishermen on a sampan on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area
Cultivated fields lining the gorge
(photo by Steve Cadman)		 A spectacular view of a peak in Qutang Gorge
(photo by Gary Larson)		 Fishermen on the Yangtze
(photo by Hershel)
A building on one of the banks of China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in the Three Gorges (三峡) area A large container ship on China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) dwarfed by a high gorge wall in the Three Gorges (三峡) area Cliffs rising above the water of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in the Three Gorges (三峡) area A cave in the gorge wall over the surface of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area
A clifftop building
(photo by Anita Ritenour)		 Dwarfed by the gorge
(photo by Gary Larson)		 Sheer cliffs
(photo by David K.)		 A riverside cave
(photo by “Skype Nomad“)
A pagoda on one high bank, overgrown with trees and plants, of China's Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in the Three Gorges (三峡) area A long stairway on the edge of a cliff on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area Shibaozhai Pagoda, a tall and ornate building built into the cliffside over the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area A traditional Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) sampan in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area
A pagoda on the Yangtze
(photo by Jeremy Barwick)		 A riverside walkway
(photo by “The Pocket“)		 Shibaozhai Pagoda
(photo by Anita Ritenour)		 A Yangtze sampan
(photo by Anita Ritenour)
A lone fisherman in a small rowboat on the misty Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area A cluster of buildings perched precariously on a steep bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area High cliffs rise on both sides of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in China's Three Gorges (三峡) area
Fishing in the mist
(photo by Clark Gregor)		 Buildings clinging to the gorge walls
(photo by Eugene Regis)		 Another nice shot of a gorge
(photo by Steve Cadman)

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