Dragon Ships on the Yangtze River
Not every ship on the Yangtze River is a dragon ship--or has this much fun.
In any event, a cruise along the Yangtze River in China is a beautiful experience.
We traveled in October and had perfect weather and a very interesting time.
One thing we enjoyed was just watching the shipping go by us, headed upstream, while we went downstream. It is a very busy river and the traffic is carefully spaced, too, because many of the areas are too narrow for "passing lanes."
For passengers, there are the cruise ships, like the dragon ship. There are many of these along the river, providing a variety of tours and services, but all showing the visitors the beauty of the Three Gorges and this portion of the Yangtze River.
The other principal type of craft for passengers is a hydrofoil. We saw a number of these, too. One day, a hydrofoil went past us, just as it was also passing a freighter.
There is also a variety of smaller craft along the Yangtze and its tributaries.
Here are a number of small craft waiting to take tourists up one of the smaller gorges These new, smaller gorges have actually been created by the rising level of the River behind the Three Gorges Dam.
Before we took one of those small 
craft, however, we had departed from our Victoria Lines cruise ship for a medium sized cruise ship that took us up this smaller gorge.
The views were spectacular and the gorges re very steep. I wished I had had a wide angle camera lens with me!
As one travels through the gorges, there is no let up to the vessels coming up stream.
Their cargoes are quite varied: container ships, trucks loaded onto huge ferries, freighters carrying grain, iron ore and other products.
There is no disputing that this is a major transpotation method between Shanghai and Chungqing.
Finally, here is a picture looking downstream in one of the Three Gorges, with a freighter in the distance coming toward us. 
We spent 4 nights on our Yangtze River cruise and had a ball.
In any event, a cruise along the Yangtze River in China is a beautiful experience.
We traveled in October and had perfect weather and a very interesting time.
One thing we enjoyed was just watching the shipping go by us, headed upstream, while we went downstream. It is a very busy river and the traffic is carefully spaced, too, because many of the areas are too narrow for "passing lanes."
For passengers, there are the cruise ships, like the dragon ship. There are many of these along the river, providing a variety of tours and services, but all showing the visitors the beauty of the Three Gorges and this portion of the Yangtze River.
The other principal type of craft for passengers is a hydrofoil. We saw a number of these, too. One day, a hydrofoil went past us, just as it was also passing a freighter.
There is also a variety of smaller craft along the Yangtze and its tributaries.
Here are a number of small craft waiting to take tourists up one of the smaller gorges These new, smaller gorges have actually been created by the rising level of the River behind the Three Gorges Dam.
Before we took one of those small 
craft, however, we had departed from our Victoria Lines cruise ship for a medium sized cruise ship that took us up this smaller gorge.
The views were spectacular and the gorges re very steep. I wished I had had a wide angle camera lens with me!
As one travels through the gorges, there is no let up to the vessels coming up stream.
Their cargoes are quite varied: container ships, trucks loaded onto huge ferries, freighters carrying grain, iron ore and other products.
There is no disputing that this is a major transpotation method between Shanghai and Chungqing.
Finally, here is a picture looking downstream in one of the Three Gorges, with a freighter in the distance coming toward us. 
We spent 4 nights on our Yangtze River cruise and had a ball.
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