You can already hear footsteps, voices, doors, it is still early, and it is the end of the ship’s journey. One sunrise later we make our way to breakfast and then to the assembly point on deck 2, at 8 o’clock we leave. We say goodbye to Summer, she looked after us personally on the ship, many things were easier for us with her help.
It’s raining. Today we are taken from the ship down to the road with a stationary gondola and do not have to walk the steps. Arriving in the right bus, we go to the Three Gorges Dam. In the museum, it is explained exactly how the dam was built. With 6,300 km, the Yangtze is the third longest river in the world after the Nile and the Amazon.
The picture shows the place where the dam stands today, before the construction. The small island still separates the dam from the lift and the locks.
It is a huge project, almost half a million people will be resettled.
Now it has a ship lift and a 5 lock system for large ships next to the dam.
We can walk over to the park and from there you have a direct view of the dam. A huge part. And what this ship lift can do, fascinating. A lot of oranges are grown in the area, fresh juice is offered with a lot of flavor and it is not a bit sour.
Then we take the bus for an hour to the Three Gorges Tourist Office. Cool, our suitcases are already ready. Our driver comes a little later. We have 4 hours of road ahead of us, on the way the driver wants to recharge the car briefly… no electricity on the fast chargers. There is no traffic and the service area resembles a ghost town.
We arrive in Zhangjiajie on schedule, no plan how this is pronounced. There was still confusion about the hotel, they wanted to accommodate us somewhere else than planned… Well, short communication with Jenny from the travel agency and we were able to move in as planned.
Now something warm in the belly. On the way back to the hotel there is a little foretaste of tomorrow.