Everyone sleeping on the bus when we are on the way to our location
Our location for lunch!
Look at the spread!
Pretend weapons??!!
The water lock we saw while on the bus, our cruise will actually pass through here the next day!
Group 5 photo!
Look at how big the dam is!
Look at the condition of their public toilet, no door also!We had a tour of the different attractions of the dam in the afternoon before we went off for dinner at a small town nearby the port where we will getting on the cruise at. We were warned by our tour guide that the food on the cruise will be quite bad as compared to what we had for lunch and dinner. Some of us actually went to stock up on instant noodles just in case we could not get used to the food.
Our room on the cruise.Day 19
Got woken up early in the morning at 6am by the music on the cruise. Our tour guide also actually went from door to door giving everyone a morning call. Got off the boat after our early breakfast to visit one of the tourist attraction around the area.
One of the attraction, 白帝城
Entrance to 白帝城
Everyone coming to the top of the cruise to watch the nice scenery
Trying to act as some princess of the ancient times =X
Playing mahjong at the roof of the cruise!
Look at the top of the mountain! Doesn't it look like someone is actually lying down and reading a book?
The door actually shows that it is a sick bay, but look at what is inside!We return back to our cruise after visiting 白帝城, had our lunch and we were off the our next location. At the next location, we actually have to transfer to a smaller boat and tour the area. We also had to transfer to a small sampan at a harbour for some water drifting. The boat was actually being row by only 6 person and there was 18 of us on the boat. It must really be really tiring for them! They also did the traditional boat pulling, whereby the 6 of the them will get off the boat and use ropes to actually pull the boat along.
2 of the boatmen for our boat. Don't be fool by their appearance, they are actually very strong!
The tour guide explaining to us the history of the place. He can actually speak good english too!
Look at how hard it actually is for them pulling the boat.Got back to our main cruise after the touring of the Gorges. Had dinner and it was free and easy time for us, most of us actually just hang around at the rooftop or in our room playing cards to pass time. At about 11pm, we actually was passing through the water lock whereby it is a shortcut for boats to go to a lower or higher ground. This is also my first time experiencing a water lock process.
The gate of the water lock
Look at how big the place is!
Look at the water level, the water was being emptied and we were lowered by 20 metres!Day 20
The same music was played again to wake us up in the morning, the more i hear it the more i feel its like a lullaby. It makes me want to sleep more! We had the same thing as yesterday for our breakfast before we left the cruise. The bus ride back was very long, took us about 6 hours to before we actually got back to our hostel. Skipped lunch and had 麻辣火锅 for dinner!
Our 2 soup base for the night!
Some of the food we took, each stick only cost 0.30 RMB! ( 6 cents SGD!)
Our 2 soup base for the night!
Some of the food we took, each stick only cost 0.30 RMB! ( 6 cents SGD!)Reflections
The tour guide actually told us that our cruise was a 4 star cruise. But we could actually see that were cockroaches and occasionally rats on the cruise and especially in our rooms. When we actually complained about this to our tour guide, she actually said that it was normal to have rats on boats. You will not actually expect to see even cockroaches on a 4 star cruise in Singapore, but to them here it is actually very normal.
I also notice that China people get into quarrels very easily, they could even argue just because someone cut their quene. They would actually shout at each other at the top of their voice and the passerby will not even care and see what is happening. It seems to them as if it is a very normal thing that is being done.
The tour guide actually told us that our cruise was a 4 star cruise. But we could actually see that were cockroaches and occasionally rats on the cruise and especially in our rooms. When we actually complained about this to our tour guide, she actually said that it was normal to have rats on boats. You will not actually expect to see even cockroaches on a 4 star cruise in Singapore, but to them here it is actually very normal.
I also notice that China people get into quarrels very easily, they could even argue just because someone cut their quene. They would actually shout at each other at the top of their voice and the passerby will not even care and see what is happening. It seems to them as if it is a very normal thing that is being done.
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