This morning we boarded a sightseeing vessel to sail through the spectacular narrow Lesser Three Gorge region. It’s sheer cliffs and mountains with beautiful blue water. The vessel had 2 decks, the bottom had seats 8 across in rows to the back, all surrounded by windows and a front and back outside deck. Upstairs was open air and a few seats and deck.
While he weather has been nice, it was freezing here! We were all bundled up like it was winter. But the scenery was spectacular so we had to keep going out on deck to see things they were pointing out like the hanging coffins! They were so amazing to see. Ancient coffins that are still there, they believed the higher they were, the closer to heaven so you see these coffins up on these really high cliffs. Many have been moved to museums but the ones remaining are a curious sight!
We set sail before lunch and spent the day slowly sailing through the Three Gorges so we could fully admire the beauty of each one. Everyone was either on the top observation deck or on their balcony’s. It reminded me of the Glacier Bay day on an Alaskan Cruise, very relaxing and very beautiful. They also had commentary during the day explaining what we were seeing and history.
We also saw the famous gorge that is shown on the back of their 10 yuan bill. This was probably my favorite day on the cruise so far with the warm weather, the beauty and relaxing in it.
Another fabulous dinner and then everyone heads over to the Yangtze Bar for an after dinner drink and to see the show. Remember this isn’t like an ocean cruise, there isn’t much else to do at night. There is a majong room, a game room with felt tables and a cinema, so there are other options.
