Mid-afternoon gray skies in Chongqing, waiting for the boat.
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Departing Chongqing and it's neon skyline, via the Yangzi River (Chang Jiang).
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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.)
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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.
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A young construction worker, helping to disassemble old Fengdu's buildings brick-by-brick.
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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.
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A couple of industrial looking boats float down the Yangzi.
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Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river...
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Superfog shrouds another city along the river... unfortunately I can't seem to remember the city's name.
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Finally entering the Three Gorges.
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The Yangzi became narrower and the cliffs grew higher.
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Winter fog made the whole Three Gorges experience cold and spooky.
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Passing under one of the fancy, modern bridges that the Chinese have constructed over the Yangzi in the past few years.
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Stopping at a village along the Minor Three Gorges. The homemade satellite dish improves their reception of mindless CCTV programming.
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The slick-looking boat that ferried us through the Minor Three Gorges.
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