Chongqing, Yangzi Jiang Cruise, Three Gorges (Jan.31 - Feb.3)

Viva Chongqing! This view welcomed us when we exited the main train station.

Us starring in downtown.
Boarding time. We took the cruise boat at 11 pm. Instead of giving us keys, we received tags with our room number one it. The friendly staff had to open us the door whenever we wanted to enter.
Lunch on deck.
Luis with his Chinese friends.
Actually, this is one of the first pictures. On the first morning it was so foggy that we just lay at anchor for half a day.

Yeahh, energy, power, tension.....Click!
Ahhh, fresh paint. No sign! China...

The tide is rising. The reservoir began filling on June 1, 2003. So far it has reached a level of 155m and the final tide will end @ 175m.
The Three Gorges. The first and smallest one ranges 8km far and is called Qutang Gorge.
The second covers a distance of 45 km named Wuxia Gorge. The Xiling Gorge is the longest one and extends over 66 km.

New cities already being build high on the hills. 20 more meters to go, you know.
From the three gorges we left our cruise boat to jump on a smaller one that took us to the three small gorges.

Later on, we exited the smaller one to get a ride in a nut shell. Then, we shipped through the three mini gorges.

Two engineers, one dam. Construction began in 1994 and structural work was finished on May 20,2006, nine months ahead of schedule. At the moment 14 turbines with an output of 700 MW each are already operational. Twelve more will still be installed. The total capacity will reach 18,200 MW and claim the title to being the largest hydro-elecetric power station in the world.