Entering the Wu Gorge from the east (going up river) during the blue hour.

Goddess Peak in the Wu Gorge

Hillside shrine in the Wu Gorge.

Temple on the mountain in the Wu Gorge.

Side stream entering the Yangtze

Typical scenery along the Wu Gorge.

Sampan collecting trash after flood.

Bridge at the eastern entrance to the Wu Gorge.

Mountain scenery along the Wu Gorge.

Side stream entering the Yangtze.

Shipping traffic in the Wu Gorge.

Creek and mountains along the Wu Gorge.

Peek-a-boo view of the Goddess Peak in the Wu Gorge.

Hillside shrine.

Hillside shrine.

Hillside shrine.

Wu is the middle gorge of the three gorges. It is between Wushan and Badong cities. You can see a larger version of any picture by clicking on it.

On the Yangtze River cruises there is an outing from Badong. I don’t know what the general rule is, or if there is one since we took different cruise lines different years, but going up the outing was to what they called the “lesser-three gorges” (hopefully my next post), going downstream last spring it was to Shennong Stream.

*If you read this post earlier: I made a mistake earlier and the actual name of the outing was “lesser three gorges”, sometimes called “mini-three gorges”, there is a similarly named “three gorges tribes” themed area in the Xiling Gorge.