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The weather during our cruise up the Yangtze was rather dismal with frequent rain showers and generally overcast at best, sometimes misty.  Our embarkation was delayed because the ship had to stop downstream fogbound!

Lower Xiling Gorge
Looking back from the GeZhoussa Lock.	Above the GeZhoussa fllod control dam.		A path carved into the cliff side.
The Three Gorges water control project
	The Three Gorges Water Control Project mainly consists of the main dam, overflow dam, two hydropower stations and two navigation structures. The dam is 2309m across the top of the concrete wall and is 185m high. It has a five step series of locks and a ship lift, under construction.
A model of the project.		The bottom step lock, from the road.	The ship lift.
The Three Gorge Dam wall.	Lower viewing garden and dam wall.	A book of information on Tanzi Ridge.	Tanzi Ridge and viewing hill.
The fourth lock of the five step rise.	A view of the five step lock from Tanzi viewing hill.	The dam wall from the Tanzi viewing hill.	The garden and fountians on Tanzi Ridge.
Looking back from inside the bottom lock, before our evening ascent of the step locks.	The boats assembling in the bottom lock.	Some three hours later emerging from the fourth lock, and through the top lock, at present unused.	Looking back at the dam wall. The water has been raised 135 meters in the first stage of flooding.
Xiling Gorge
A new bridge at the new clearance.	A general view with boat.	A temple on the side.	A tourist boat going upstream.
A cave in the cliffside.	A settlement and boat.	Tea table on the Yangtze Angel.	Coal loading facility.
Reconstruction and deserted buildings.	Reconstruction and new bridge.		A new bridge.
Shennong Gorge
Shennong river.	Hanging coffin in a cave.	Sehnnong gorge.	Terraced farming.
Fishermen.	Large cave	A Temple	Farming.
Pleasure boat	Boatmen.	Boatmen hauling boat in shallow water.	Cave dwellings.
Wuxia Gorge
Yangtze Angel	Wuxia Gorge		The 'Goddess Statue' rock
A new lighthouse	A new bridge	Gravity coal shute	New developments.
Quatang Gorge
	Boats on the river
Clouds round the mountains	Boats in Quatang Gorge	Temple on Cliffside	New constructions
Fengdu
Berthed at Fengdu and ghost city.	The welcome to Fengdu	King of the underworld Temple	Temple at Fengdu
Temple Tower	Incense burning	A temple quadrangle	Pagoda
The new city across the river.	The ghost Fengdu, which is being demolished and will be flooded.		Yangtze Angel berthed
The upper reaches
Boat building.  To be launched when the river rises?	A waterfall		A new bridge and further boat building.
Boat with new bridge in the background.		Water level markers showing the new level of the Yangtze.

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