Yangtze River Cruise Day 2

Just entering the ship locks. First of five.

Traditional rain gear. I'm such a good boat driver!

Medium boat that took us from our ship to the small boat.

Look at the small cave in the face of the cliff. There is a small wooden coffin inside.

Entering the first Gorge. Kinda like Lake Powell, but a little different.

We entered passed through the gorges today and the sights were breathtaking. We could see monkeys on the mountain and goats, terraced rice fields and villages. It was interesting to see where the villages had been relocated because of the rise in water due to the building of the dam. The other interesting thing was the "hanging coffins." In ancient times the people would carve a cave out of the sheer cliff wall and put the coffin in it or suspend them down the cliffs. Many are still there and you could see them. It was rainy today, but everything was still beautiful. We took and excursion in a sampan to the mini three gorges. Really fun. Our guide let me try on his rain gear and he even sang to us. Tonight we entered the ship locks and it took about 4.5 hours to get through all of them. Really amazing.