Sunday, September 16, 2007

Sep 16 – Yangtze River, Fengdu

We left Chongqing in the early morning passing under some under construction bridges.

Img15525

This cruise boat (not ours) had what looked like an airplane fuselage on its deck.

Img15551

The river flows so quickly that the channel markers have to be shaped like streamlined boats so they have less resistance than a square buoy.

Img15533

Img15539

This is one of the relocated cities. All the buildings are new. Check out how far the people have to go to get down to the river for water. The water will eventually rise up enough to almost cover the concrete.

Img15547

Img15548

We never did figure out what this giant segmented statue was.

Img15546

In the afternoon everybody got off the boat to climb “Fengdu Famous Mountain and Ghost City”. 

Img15555

Img15553

Img15554

Img15563 Img15561

I forget what the story was here but if you stood on one foot in this spot and played or sang, something lucky was supposed to happen.

Img15566

Img15568

Img15564

Our boat from the hilltop.

Img15570

Img15571

This is where a village used to be that was moved across the river to the new city. There were still some hangers on.

Img15572

No comments:

Post a Comment