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Time & Tide
China's Disappearing Three Gorges

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All photos (except Shanghai) taken during
“Time & Tide” Tour — November 2002

 

Our tour begins in
Beijing, home to
the Emperors
of China

  
  The vast
Forbidden City
will be a highlight
of your experience		  
  Couples pose for
photos at the
intertwining trees
in the gardens
of the Forbidden City		  
  Intricately carved
dome of the
Temple of Heaven		  
 

A group doing
exercises on the
grounds of the
Temple of Heaven

  
  Others meet here
to play dominoes		  
  A walk upon the
Great Wall of China
is another highlight of
our stay in Beijing		  
  Posing for a group
photo atop the Wall		  
  The Ming Tombs
are located in a tranquil,
forested setting		  
  Our group's photographer
poses for a photo of himself
at the Ming Tombs		  
 

The Summer Palace
is situated on a
beautiful lake

  
  Posing before the
Stone Boat at the
Summer Palace		  
  One of the Summer
Palace's attractions
is a long covered walkway
embellished with exquisite
paintings like this one		  
  Before departing Beijing
take a Hutong Tour via
bicycle-powered rickshaw
to see these old-style
walled communities		  
  Meet “Lazy Susan,” a
prominent feature of
banquet style dining
throughout China		  
  Xian, our next stop,
is the locale of the
impressive museum
erected over the
Terra Cotta Warriors		  
  You can pose for a photo
with some replica warriors
at the museum gift shop		  
 

The Wild Goose
Pagoda at Xian

  
  Image of the Pagoda
captured at sunset		  
  The ancient City Wall
of Xian — wide enough
to bike upon		  
  Chonqing is our
next stop, where we
commence our cruise
through the three gorges		  
  At a flower
exhibit in
Chongqing 		 
  Learning Tai Chi
aboard the
Victoria Cruise ship		  
  After a shore excursion
you can be borne by
litter back to the ship		  
 

During the cruise
we take smaller
craft into the
“Lesser Three Gorges”

The “Mini” gorges
are beautiful . . .

  
 

. . . but cannot compare
to the grandeur of the
primary gorges, seen
here as we enter them
at the hour of dawn

  
  The visitor's center
at the Three Gorges
Dam construction site		  
 

Two hams at the dam

Photos don't do it justice;
you must see the dam in
person to grasp its scale

  
 

A performance at the
Provincial Musem in Wuhan
on replicas of the ancient
bronze bells preserved there

  
  Finally, the tour concludes
in the modern city
of Shanghai		  
  The museum
in Shanghai		  
  Shanghai is an
ultra-modern city		  
 

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