Day 9 Saturday October 24, 2015 Yangtze river cruise

Day 9 Saturday On the Yangtze river

our boat moves at night. We enter the first gorge Qutang Gorge.

We take an optional tour to the White Emperor city . Located at the entrance of the 3 gorges. It is the most famous historical scenic spot along the banks of the river. On the top of the mt. Is a platform to visit the scenery of “Kui Gate”. There are 73 stone inscriptions. We climb ,many many many (300 steps) 299 too many .beautiful gardens and temples. We also see the hanging coffins in a case.

We will see where they were hung latter. Back for lunch then where we transfer to a ferry through the second gorge-Wu Gorge.

this  is the first gorge . this scene is on the face of the 5 yuan bill 

these are the boats we go up the canyon in

this is the cliff the hanging  coffins were

Known for odd misty rock formations and soaring mountain backdrop. Lots of beautiful scenery a mini grand canyon. Here we see where the hanging coffins are. Back to the ship for the Captains Farewell dinner.