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Our boat docked at one of the many
stops along our route. My friend
Thomas is in the center foreground.
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A merchant carrying her vegetables
and a scale in two baskets attached to a pole slung over her shoulder.
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A man and his daughter selling
fruits and vegetables. Notice the daughter is practicing with the scale.
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A
man washing his laundry from a boat dock
on
the Yangtze River. Notice the pole with
which
he used to carry his laundry buckets
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My friend Thomas standing on the
deck of the boat at one of our stops along the way. The bank is being
lined with concrete in anticipation of the continual rise of the water level.
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My
Mom and I on the deck of our boat in
one of the three gorges.
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My friend, and our tour guide, Juice
(her English nickname) standing on the stern of the boat with the tail end of
one of the three gorges in the background.
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Me, chatting with some of the other
passengers on the boat.
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My friend Mike and I playing footbag
with a group of Chinese kids while on the deck of the boat.
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A tour boat docked parallel to the
bank.
Notice the water level maker in the
background showing the height of
the
river when it reaches 175 meters |
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One of the many villages along our
route.
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A sign showing the height of the
river when it reaches 156 meters.
Note this village will be under
water
when the dam in full in 2009.
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Corn being grown along the bank of
the Yangtze.
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Scenery in the Little Three Gorges,
a tributary of the Yangtze
River.
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Farming on the banks of the Yangtze River.
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A marker showing that the water level
has nearly reached 142 meters above the original level of the river.
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The sun as seen through the mist
in one of the three gorges.
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A holding area and chute for loading
coal onto barges, along the banks of the Yangtze.
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Gorges Dam. The five stage locks are large enough to accommodate 10,000
ton ocean going vessels. |
A small section of the Three Gorges
Dam as seen through the mist from below the down stream side of the dam.
Notice the construction cranes.
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A view of a section of the upstream
side of the dam. Work is still being done on the 3000 ton boat lift.
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Workers lining the banks of he upstream side of
the dam with boulders. |
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Workers using a pole slung over
their shoulders to transport a boulder.
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