Our
minds are swirling with so many different images from the last couple of
days!
- The magical night when we went through the
locks and reached out and touched the hands of the people on the Chinese cruise
ship next to us.
-Folks doing graceful tai-chi in parks and on
street corners. What a great way to start the day we thought so we tried it on
the ship one morning at 6:30!
-A trip on a smaller boat and then a sampan
thorough the gorge showed the beauty of the river and the path that it cut
through the mountains over the millennia. It is hard to comprehend how the
landscape was altered so drastically when homes and towns were submerged with
the construction of the dam. Over one million people were relocated and their
lives were irrevocably changed. The guides told us that while the quality of
their lives improved materially, they still remain very sad.
-A walk through markets with folks hawking
every type of thing imaginable from freshly fried fish to old Chinese coins.
Finally found the sun umbrella I had been seeking. The best form of protection
in this climate.
- The sleek and regal tigers and the unique
pandas in the zoo in Chongqing made for an interesting morning before catching
the flight to Tibet.
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