Tuesday 10 April 2012

CHONGQING ( A ONE HOUR VISIT)

Renmin Square with the 3 Gorges Dam Museum in the background



Magnolias found at the Renmin Square


Fossilised jawbone of the water buffalo


Trackers

Part of a painting in the museum

Stone art carving


Artifacts donated or recovered before the dam completion








Stone sarcophagus

Tujia loom



Peoples' Hall, Hazy Chongqing 

Monday 9 April 2012

DANING RIVER AND THE LESSER GORGES


Dragon Gate Gorge








2000 year old Hanging Coffin of the Ba people at Misty Gorge


Fish farms of the Danin River



Stalactites on cliffs

Ugly cliffside tourist walkway

Another Hanging Coffin


Motorised sampans on the Madu River to the Lesser Gorges



YANGTSE VESSELS







Russian-made hydrofoil, very fast and reliable.



Ferry





Pagoda boat ?


Police boat.