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Happy labour day.
Dam, that's a powerful dam! The 3 Gorges Dam generates 45% of China's energy. Slept through most of the 5 stage lock that transports the boat down the 130m difference in water level, and takes about 4 hours. But we had a trip onto dry land to have a look at the dam and locks from a couple of vantage points above. Rather misty today though so not the clearest view :(
Chilled in the cabin with the picture window at our feet watching the gorge-ous ;) scenery go by before disembarking in the afternoon in Yichang. Not before settling the bar bill though! Am sad to say goodbye to the Pearl.
Yichang is a small city by Chinese standards, just 4 million population. But it was to be the scene of our search for pizza, which was successful, however ironically it was the only meal so far that's given me a bad tummy!
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