The first gorge - Longchuan Canyon |
Qia (swallow) cave in Parrot Gorge |
Hanging coffin in Shennong canyon |
The Shanghai-Chengdu bridge! |
Really inappropriately placed girls |
Local herbs |
They also put on a show of local singing and dancing against a poster showing naked men hauling boats through the shallows which made for a very inappropriate backdrop to the performance!
Empress Wu Peak!? |
The thinking man!? |
The Goddess Peak |
As we exited the Qutangxia gorge we saw the Goddess Peak. This is the symbol of the Three Gorge area of the Yangtze and is shown on the 10 Yuan note.
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10 Yuan note |
The weirdness of the day came from the evening entertainment, a so-called Dance Party. This consisted of a half dozen disco tunes sandwiched between two episodes of Chinese language karaoke. It was as bad - to Western ears anyway - as it sounds!
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