Mid-afternoon gray skies in Chongqing, waiting for the boat.

Departing Chongqing and it's neon skyline, via the Yangzi River (Chang Jiang).

Stopped at Fengdu early the next morning. This photo was taken in a location where the city formerly stood, soon to be under the Yangzi River. (The inset photo was taken when the city was in an earlier state of destruction.)

Appropriately, the main attraction in Fengdu is the "City of Ghosts"...this image shows the current condition of a decorative entrance gate while the inset shows what it used to look like.

A young construction worker, helping to disassemble old Fengdu's buildings brick-by-brick.

While the boat docked to let off some passengers, I noticed markings near the river showing where the water-level will be when the Three Gorges Dam is completed (top right). Levels have already risen by more than 100 meters in many places.

A couple of industrial looking boats float down the Yangzi.

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river...

Superfog shrouds another city along the river... unfortunately I can't seem to remember the city's name.

Finally entering the Three Gorges.

The Yangzi became narrower and the cliffs grew higher.

Winter fog made the whole Three Gorges experience cold and spooky.

Passing under one of the fancy, modern bridges that the Chinese have constructed over the Yangzi in the past few years.

Stopping at a village along the Minor Three Gorges. The homemade satellite dish improves their reception of mindless CCTV programming.

The slick-looking boat that ferried us through the Minor Three Gorges.