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We left the hostel dragging out feet to the bus bay early in the morning. Taking a 5hour bus ride to yi chang was a tiring one as everyone did not have enough sleep , the journey to yi chang was worst as the road condition was not very good the bumpy ride was enough to keep one awake the whole journey. Nonetheless we still slept despite the bumpy ride at noon we stopped by for lunch at a hotel , the food was better then usual we had a wide variety of food which tasted much similar to Singapore's food especially the steamed egg. After lunch we continued our journey to the dams for a short visit before entering the cruise at 9pm .
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On board the cruise we had little or none entertainment as the four star cruise was not what we expected . I think our expectation was a little to high for this trip many of us did not bring toiletries on board the ship , to our surprise the ship did not even provide us with bath towels the toilet was more interesting as the lock was placed at the outside of the door . So teamwork is important on this Cruise when ever we needed to bath we have to ask our partner to lock the door outside before we are able to bath . We went to visit "Bai di cheng and sheng nong xi stream", the scenery was nice although i was not feeling very good after eating the food on the cruise i went ahead with the group to visit the tourist attractions . The boat ride at the sheng nong steam was nice although i find that it was quite a torture for the people to row the boat to and fro the river and they had to pull the boat when the water level was low, furthermore they are paid 30 yuan per trip . At the end of the trip we gave some tips for their hard work as well as help them to keep this trade alive .then we ended our days journey by having dinner at the ship.
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We given a morning call at 5.30 am in the morning to have our breakfast at the restaurant . After having a scrumptious breakfast we headed back to our rooms to pack our stuff and got ready to leave the ship. As the ship got to the jetty it marked the end of the three gorges road trip . It was drizzling when we headed back to land , walking through the winding road turning here and there to reach the end of the boat . We boarded the bus and headed to the near by supermarket to buy some local products as our snack during the journey . I bought some local made biscuits back to the bus and munched on them while on the long bus ride back to our hostel.
pictures for the day
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the rest station on our journey
way up to the three gorges dam
the overview of the dams
the tour guide giving us some infomation of the dams
pictures of the dam. It was quite misty that day saddly the photos were not clear due to the mist on the moutains
day 19
our tour in the morning
me alvin and xanier
our mr photographer
pollution on the clear river
my reflection
After this three day trip to the three gorges dam i feel that i have to set my expectations lower and not to compare everything with Singapore. A good example would be the Cruise , comparing a four star cruise in Singapore and a four star cruise in china the result would be heaven and earth as the cruise in china do not provide the basic toiletries as compared to the extensive products available on a international cruise .Furthermore i feel that the people working at those tourist attractions are being used as a human slave , after hearing the tour guide talking about their daily lives i feel that people working here in the tourist industry are quite lucky as they are being paid fairly for their effort.However although the travel industry in Singapore is booming and they show signs of improvement yearly people are still complaining that we do not have enough this and that , it might be true that in Singapore the standard of living is high but comparing us with china's travel industry we are slightly better then the Chinese people .
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