China Pictures Include Journey Through The Yangtze River Gorges.

Pictures From The Yangtze River Gorges.

The Yangtze River gorges looked very ominous as we approached them in the early morning despite the fact that the sun was making every effort to break through the clouds and pall of smoke which hovered below the mountain peaks. The mighty river seemed determined to sweep away any obstruction to its flow and forcing its way through the Yangtze river gorges at increasing speed, created whirlpools and dangerous currents, which only the foolhardy would disregard. As the roar of the water grew louder, the conversations between the passengers dropped to murmurs.

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A pall of smoke hung over the river as we approached the Yangtze river gorges. The foreboding scene was a sign that the river demanded respect from all who sailed on its turbulent waters. Whenever we approached one of the Yangtze river gorges, the conversations amongst our group seemed to dry up, but whether it was in awe or in apprehension will never be known !

The river at Chungking seemed quite placid compared to the water in the Yangtze river gorges, with its faster flow, rapids and whirlpools. The early morning sun seemed to turn the waters in the Yangtze river gorges into liquid gold.

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This dead pig might well have been yet another victim of a cliff fall where a simple slip meant disaster, and a plunge into treacherous currents. There were also bodies of two adults and one child seen during our Yangtze River Gorges Cruise but no effort was made to recover them. We were told that it would have been impossible to establish who they were or from which part of the river they had come. The Yangtze would bury its own dead.

What a difference the sun makes ! Earlier in the century, before the general use of motorized boats, it could well take 30 days to travel from Yichang to Chungking, an upriver journey through the Yangtze River gorges, and then trackers were used to manually haul the boats against the torrents. How many dead did the Yangtze bury ?

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