Day 12 - Pirates of the Yangtze river - A-Team!

Woke up at 7am! early bird catches the worm! and we went downstairs for breakfast! after breakfast we were told that we are gonna go off the boat to a small boat for a tour around the gorge! very beautiful scenery everywhere. i shall let the pictures do the talking!

Breakfast!

A-Team!

Smaller boats!

A-Team on the boat!

Nice scenery

A cave!

Brenda and me!

The tour guide singing a song for us!

After the boat tour, we went back to our cruise and had lunch. then A-team (Group A) had their project group discussion at my room.

Yummy lunch!

A-team at work!

Then at about 4.30, we left the boat again and went to a place called Bai Di Cheng. we have to walk up 400 steps to get to the top. how tiring! but oh well. it was worth the climbing eventually! great place! it was said that liu bei once took over that place in the past. after that was dinner and mahjong till late!

Tickets!

Our bus!

Me, nick, brenda, jia li!

A-Team on a mission!

Come on up if you dare!

Reflections:

i learnt many things about the chinese culture today. visited places that has nice scenery. learnt about the history of the places and why those places exists. i have finally seen with my own eyes how the 3 gorges looks like, and indeed it was a great experience, especially the short hike to the top to see the scenery. China is indeed a very beautiful place.

Day 11 - Row row row the boat to 3 gorges!

TGIF! and we begin our journey to the 3 gorges. we set off at 1pm in the afternoon and took a long bus ride to a restaurant for dinner. before the trip, everyone was busy packing their bags, not knowing what to bring there as some say no towel, no this, no that. then everyone was confused. end up we just brought more just in case! better safe than sorry right?

Our bus!

Preparing for the long journey!

Pit stop along the way!

Dinner at restaurant!

Then after dinner we set off for our cruise! how exciting! adventureeeee! we board out ship and headed to our rooms. i was rooming with nicholas. but how unlucky we are! the shower head was spoilt. no water coming out. so we requested for a change of room. but after the locks, we went back to our new room and the pipe was broken! then we called the service lady again and she came and change the pipe for us. what an unlucky start to the cruise trip. but nonetheless, first day was awesome, except for the lack of sleep since we need to wake up at 7 for breakfast. ps: we slept at almost 4.

Our ship on the background!

Our room!

Gate of the locks!

Inside of the gates!

A-Team!

Reflections:

A great experience so far as the 3 gorges are known to be a very scenic place. and without a doubt it was. however what caught my attention was experiencing the locks. i learnt in maritime management about locks and how it works and why it is used. however, i had a hard time understanding the method of which it was using. being able to experience it first hand was awesome!