Yangtze River Cruise

The Yangtze River cruise on Victoria Cruise lines was great. It was a small river cruise ship that holds 150 passengers but, due to the flu, there were only 54 guests on board so we got lots of extra attention. It was either foggy or raining for most of the cruise so our visibility was limited but all three Gorges were gorgeous, at least what we could see of them. The Dam was supposed to be 2.5 km long but we couldn’t see most of it due to the fog. Going up the Dam in the 5 locks was great. We could see the whole thing and the gates of each lock were just like those at the entrance to King Kong. The staff on the ship were excellent and we would both recommend this cruise to anyone. It was a bitter-sweet cruise for us. The scenery was gorgeous but it’s hard to look at the river banks knowing the destruction, relocation and lost heritage sitting below the water levels.
The disembarkation city of the cruise, and our final leg of this part of our trip is in the city of Chongquing. What a wonderful surprise this city is! The entire length of the river in the city, most of the buildings and many of the ships are fully lit like Hong Kong at night. The city is high above the river so none of it had to be moved when the river was flooded. It’s a very modern and metropolitan city with very fashionable residents and a frequent displays of wealth at every turn.