DAY 46 - The Gorge-ous Views! (27 July)

Today was the day that the boat entered the area that I had been waiting to see - the three gorges! Towering tall above us, they made me think of the Avon Gorge back in Bristol. These were magnificent to be looking at from the tour boat. It was interesting to see things like huge televisions, small houses and tiny shrines dotted around on the cliffs! Being on a traditional Chinese tour (there were only about 9 westerners in total on the boat).

The icing on the cake (and worth the extra £20) was to leave the boat and go onto further boats (each decreasing in size), and see the "Lesser 3 Gorges". In terms of the wow-factor, they were "morer" rather than "lesser" for me! Though the gorges were "smaller", they were narrower, and you could really get up close and appreciate the scale. And wasn't it just great that the trip cleared to a hot sunny day in time for this?

It was on this part of the trip that I met the family from Hull (no Pics I'm afraid). Sharon and Andrew, the parents were heading back to the UK after finishing 2 weeks with one of their daughters Chris. But Liz (the other daughter) was staying on for a total of 4 weeks. She reminded me very much of Ceri (who some of you know). Apart from her look and mannerisms, she was raring for action and wanted to grab every last experience. Jurg didn't make it unfortunately... somehow he'ad accidentally paid for something else (been ripped off?), and had to spend 6 hours in the town.