The Chang Jiang(a.k.a. the Yangtze River)

Leaving Yichang…our first set of locks

The Three Gorges Dam

Ariel view of the dam project

Hours in the locks to get upstream

Reservoir on the other side of the dam

Once the dam project is

completed, the river above the

dam will be much deeper,

as indicated by this measuring

line.

We docked for the night…

…and watched the sun set.

The Three GorgesAlong this part of the river there are three gorges. Here the cliffs along the river are very steep.

The water is not dirty. It is muddy

like the Mighty

Mississippi.

We watched another beautiful sunset as we

passed through one of the gorges.