Title: China 2009: Yangtze River Cruise

#P1120035.JPG|Our cabin on the ship
P1120038.JPG|San Dou Ping below the Three Gorges Dam
P1120039.JPG|San Dou Ping 
P1120048.JPG|Doing laundry on the banks of Yangtze
P1120060.JPG|Three Gorges Dam locks
P1120063.JPG|At the museum overlooking the Three Gorges Dam
P1120072.JPG|Three Gorges Dam
P1120077.JPG|Three Gorges Dam
P1120078.JPG|Three Gorges Dam
P1120081.JPG|Three Gorges Dam
P1120089.JPG|Three Gorges Dam
P1120102.JPG|Three Gorges Dam
P1120103.JPG|Bargaining for fluit at San Dou Ping
P1120111.JPG|Entering the Three Gorges Dam locks
P1120118.JPG|Fishing inside the locks
P1120120.JPG|In the lowest lock
P1120122.JPG|Entering the next lock (5 in all)
P1120130.JPG|Leaving the lock system 5 hours later
P1120146.JPG|Entering the gorges
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P1120168.JPG|Coal barge heading down river
P1120179.JPG|Onboard show of traditional costumes (all are crew members)
P1120223.JPG|Onboard show of traditional costumes
P1120228.JPG|Onboard show of traditional costumes (all are crew members)
P1120235.JPG|Sunrise over the Yangtze
P1120244.JPG|Another coal barge
P1120246.JPG|Terraced farming
P1120258.JPG|Terraced farming
P1120265.JPG|A coal shute
P1120266.JPG|Where the green starts is 175 meters above the bottom of the dam
P1120272.JPG|Departing a river ferry
P1120277.JPG|A tracker path rises above water briefly
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P1120332.JPG|Cars and trucks heading down river
P1120336.JPG|A recent landslide
P1120337.JPG|Another coal shute
P1120340.JPG|New bridge under construction at Wusha and the mouth of the Daning River
P1120353.JPG|Traveling up the Daning River in a smaller boat
P1120365.JPG|Farm field (corn) along the Daning River
P1120378.JPG|Photo of a basket that trackers us to carry goods up and down the mountains
P1120382.JPG|In the Daning River gorge
P1120383.JPG|Ladder to a navigation platform
P1120387.JPG|An ancient coffin up on the cliff
P1120397.JPG|The sometimes goes to 175 meters (currently at 145 meters)
P1120398.JPG|Terraced farming on the Daning
P1120401.JPG|Bookstore workers from Shanghai
P1120404.JPG|A restaurant along the Daning River
P1120418.JPG|Our captain in traditional dress
P1120421.JPG|back on the boat: a kite making demonstration
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P1120446.JPG|In the Daning River gorge
P1120454.JPG|Locals paid to sing to us along the Daning River
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P1120507.JPG|Changing masks performance (one of the cooks on the boat)
P1120514.JPG|A passenger from the US performing during the Variety Show
P1120516.JPG|The boat orchestra (our table server is in the center)
P1120528.JPG|A hotel in Fengdu
P1120533.JPG|Coal burning electric generation plant
P1120541.JPG|Man relocated because of the rising water in his new house
P1120543.JPG|The kitchen in the new house
P1120544.JPG|Beautiful grape arbor at the new house
P1120545.JPG|A neighbor's older house
P1120546.JPG|A fish pond at the new house
P1120563.JPG|In the market at Fengdu
P1120564.JPG|In the market at Fengdu
P1120566.JPG|In the market at Fengdu
P1120567.JPG|In the market at Fengdu
P1120570.JPG|In the market at Fengdu
P1120571.JPG|In the market at Fengdu
P1120575.JPG|In the market at Fengdu (homemade scales)
P1120578.JPG|Reboarding our boat at Fengdu
P1120588.JPG|An armada of coal barges
P1120589.JPG|The smog gets really bad
P1120590.JPG|The cause of the smog
P1120593.JPG|Shute for loading sulfur
P1120600.JPG|Building above the river
P1120605.JPG|Our two table servers
P1120615.JPG|Leaving the boat at Chungching (30 million people!)