This outing, commencing in Badong, is to an area where the streams drop directly into the reservoir formed by the Three Gorges Dam and is touted as an opportunity to see scenery reminiscent of how things were before the dam was built.
The area is very lovely. The outing consists of riding on a tourist ferry then embarking on a sampan to explore a stream that is tributary to the Yangtze.
Bridge over the entrance to the lesser three gorges area.
Scenery along the way.
Fish pens.
Looking up to the hanging caskets.
Close up of the hanging caskets.
Sampan of trash pickers.
Tourist sampans heading upstream.
Lesser three gorges scenery.
Lesser three gorges scenery.
Lesser three gorges scenery.
Lesser three gorges scenery.
Lesser three gorges scenery.
A practical note, if you are planning to go: The sampan part was optional and cost a bit more, to stay on the ferry, which I believe travels farther on the more major tributary was included. If you are not fairly spry you might prefer to not go on the sampans.
Still working on the Daily Post Prompt:Gorge
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.
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