China 2010 - Day 8

8th day 5 Nov Fri
万盛石林

will b leaving the cruise tis morn..8am set off.wah 重庆 damn foggy..n COLD..heard from our 重庆 tour guide, he said today considered gd weather as last few days have been raining and is a normal scene to see foggy weather..


重庆 ChongQing is foggy in morn, bright in afternoon, cold at nite.. and realised their traffic like no rule one.. damn anyhw..scary.they hv 3 colours representation: grey cos of cloud,yellow cos of cab colour as yellow has higher vision in haze.n no yellow priavte car is sold in there.so as long as see yellow car,tts cab.last colour forgotten..hee.. n the reason they eat ma la steamboat is to prevent them from hving Rheumatism cos the city too foggy n v humid..

1st attraction is 万盛石林 and climbing steps again!! tired n pray nth happn to my juz-recovered leg muscle..


spent 4hrs plus in there, including lunch..


really lots of climbing and tink tis walk is ard 12km..haa.. we always the last grp to walk as we keep tking photos and the rest hv to wait for us..haiz.. mking us to rush..






found out actually theres one thing called automatic mahjong table.. really cool.. juz shift all the tiles to the centre..and it will auto mixed and arranged in 4 sets of tiles.. cool~ but ex la..


after tt went bk bus n heading towards city area..


reach there ard 5plus le.n some of pple went for body massage and lasted for 90mins in a cost of sgd$20..but i din go.. and so those pple who nt interested juz wait outside for 90mins to pass..damn waste time and tour guide din ask us to go walk walk also..anyway lazy go walk walk cos forgot to bring my thick jacket again..cold~ its 7pm liao.. worse is the driver went wrong direction n dinner time delayed again..damn hungry n some dishes were cold..sux.. nt appetite.. duno y weather so cold.. bk hotel at near 9pm and no mood go walk walk le...feel like gng hm..haa..zzzz..tired..anyway, nice hotel room~

China 2010 - Day 7

7th day 4 Nov Thurs
丰都鬼城 / 重庆

as usual brkfast at 7 n 815am set off to 丰都鬼城 is like SG's Har Par Villa..spent 20 bucks to tk cable up..else hv to walk 600stairs~ nw see staircases feel scary.haa.but nw leg gt strength le..nt pain anymore.. yeah..~



hmm.. this attraction has nth much to see.. only exciting part is the cable car, cos will not be sitting in an enclosed cable car, but is juz a opened cable car with your legs hanging outside~ .. cool~ but at least the distance from leg to bottom nt v high..


saw many roadstalls selling braised pig.all parts of pig really v gd for biZ. whole head,ear,tongue,tail,stomach,meat.. yums..


hee.after tt bk to ship n rot all the way til lunch at 12..


den hv documentary show on 大坝.wah once again, i cnt mk it.fell aslp after 10mins of watching.. haa.. is interesting la but eyes nt steady enuff.. went bk room alone to zz instead.. glad to see sunset for this trip. .but only last awhile.cos mountain too high thus block the sun n causes no reflection on water..



6pm has farewell dinner by Captain..


tonite will be reaching at Chong Qing 重庆.. wah really is a city of lights..like no need money to decorate their building.everywhere lights.but nice to view from ship..



830pm has farewell sing dance show for visitors.. n so sway i kana asked to go play game.those muscial chair but muz collect item b4 rush to get chair.still ok cos v few ppl n nt dancing or wat.n i lost in the last stage.wat i gt?a map of Yangtze River.haa.den tats all for tonite liao..last nite spending in ship and tml travel in Chong Qing le.

China 2010 - Day 6

6th day 3 Nov Wed
巫峡 / 小三峡 / 小小三峡 / 瞿塘峡

wakie at same time.. today weather is gd! finally see sun~ get rid of the foggy weather~ cool~ but stil cold~ ard 715am, the ship reached the 2nd gorge 巫峡.


bk to hotel for brkfast den ready for offshore trip again at 830am..



this visit will b gng for 小三峡.. heng sun came out else the trip will be wasted..took one small boat to tour 小三峡 for ard 1.5 hr plus.



den nxt chg to smaller boat to tour 小小三峡 for ard 45mins.. haa.. actually duno wat to see.. juz enjoy the mountain, see which mountain resemble who, and enjoy the cold breeze~ on the smaller boat, din really take lots of pics.. too crowded and cnt really move much.. only get to see coffin on the cliff..


after tat back to the small boat and 1.5hrs journey back to our ship.. reached ard 115pm.damn hungry liao.. din expect this cruise trip has the best meals throughout.. haa.. still tot it wun suit our taste..

afternoon journey will be spent n rot in boat liao..cruise passed the 3rd gorge Qu Tang Gorge 瞿塘峡.. this gorge distance is a short one..and also the backgrd scenery of RMB$10.. hee..



tired til zz while waitg for dinner time 630pm.. tonite, the boat will be travelling throughout..entertainment given for tonite is KTV session, but u stil hv to pay 10rmb to sing a song! so ex~ no wonder no one sings except us.. haa..so tonite will hv my 1st time zz with bit rocky feel..hee..one more nite left in cruise. . and heng today leg feel much better.

China 2010 - Day 5

5th day 2 Nov Tues
长江三峡

had a gd slp.. had buffet brkfast at 730am and also the duration where the boat will be passing by the first gorge - 西陵峡..


the weather is too foggy til din really get to see the REAL thing.. 830am ready to go offshore to visit 三峡大坝 The Gorge Dam..


this visit will hv 3 attraction stops.. was drizzling.. wah, too many pple n impolite pple..damn sux feeling.. 1st stop going 185 sightseeing platform.. 2nd stop gng 坛子岭 sighseeing platform..hmm..



thinkg gt go 3rd stop anot? haa.. this visit mainly showing us the surrounding and closeup of the dam.. however again, too fogging weather mk pple see nth.. haizz..


ard 1045am, went bk to ship n sightseeing at our balcony..


til ship gona stopped for 三峡大坝 TGP Three Gorge Power..


had lunch n ready to see hw the ship gona travel from low level to high level..



max upstream water level is 175m.min water lvl 60m.each session ard 20m.. will hv 5 lock chambers and each chamber only allows 6 ships to move per session..after 6 ships hv moved in..the lock chamber behind will closed n slowly, the water pumped out and all ships will be levelled up til its certain metres..





each chamber will hv its max water level.. and soon u will view the surface.den the front lock chamber will be open n at this time, and water level will the same.. and nw all ships start to move to front for next session..will hv 5 open gates, level up, close gate..


is really cool to see and experience that.. think all sessions last ard 4hrs..meanwhile documentary on the Three Gorge Dam is screened for us to watch.. but fell aslp while watching..


haa..finally out of the 5 lock chambers to view another part of the river..


nw will b free viewing of gorge le.ship travelled Ard 20km/hr..


waitg for 630pm dinner..tonite dinner is great~ was a welcome dinner n Captain came toast with us.


We Singaporeans yam seng when he tbl visit toasting.. haa..


830pm had welcome dance singing session by their staff..they tried hard, but gd enuff liao.. worked here as waitresses stil hv to dance.. =X the dance singing session last ard 1 hr.. bk to room to rest.. once again, the ship will stopped for travelling..

China 2010 - Day 4

4th day 1 Nov Mon
宜昌 / 三游洞

woah, saw the 1st sunrise of the trip..


today gona be a long bus journey from 张家界 to 常德市 to 津市市 to 荆州市 to 宜昌市.. 宜昌 is either the first or the last stop if u going for 长江三峡 trip.. had lunch at Qing Feng Hotel.. went to our first attraction at Yi Chang 宜昌 - 三游洞 Three Vistor's Cave.. this is also a place where pple can play bungee jump and flying fox..


had early dinner at 5pm..


and after tt heading to the 5 Stars Cruise liao.. and is time to say gdbye to our 张家界 tour guide. 24yrs old only.. pengz..so young. haa..but looks old.. =X tonite the boat will not moving and think ard 3 boats stopped side by side also..

tml den start to travel along 长江 and passing by 3 gorges.. 长江三峡 - Xi Ling 西陵峡, Wu Xia 巫峡, Qu Tang Xia 瞿塘峡.. the room is good and in our comfy room temperature.. somemore has balcony for sightseeing..nt bad wor.. sg cruise gt? hmm.. since had lunch and the night is still very young.. 6pm plus.. went explore the cruise liao.. nt much pple walking ard yet.. and the cruise has 5 storeys..1st storey is the main lobby, 2nd to 4th storey is room stays.. 4th storey has entertainment room where can also walk out to see scenery (front and back).. 5th storey is the top level where most pple will go up and see 360deg scenery..


As climbing stairs is unavoidable in cruise, my leg muscle has to bear the pain.. yes, leg muscle nt yet recover..been 3rd day liao..and still pain like hell esp gng down the stairs..haiz..duno y worse than yest.hmm.. had a briefing session at 9pm on the upcoming events during this 3D4N in cruise.. everynight they will give us one piece of paper on tml's schedule.. announcement will be made on air.. and so our tour guide will be the cruise lead..