Ron and Amy
Go To China
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Day 9
Bus to Wanzhow
Yangtze River by Hydrofoil
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On the bus to Wanzhow, we got the expected treat of watching the Arnold
Scharzenegger film, "The Sixth Day" with Chinese subtitles. I
got a photo of Robert Duvall
on the overhead TV screen. We saw a lot of misty
mountains this day. I wondered briefly if this was the inspiration for
the Led Zeppelin song, "Misty Mountain Hop."
By one in the afternoon we were on the
dock at Wanzhow awaiting the hydrofoil.
To build this hydrofoil, you start out with a high-powered speed boat and
stretch it out to accommodate a few hundred seats. This boat is really fast
- or as you'd say in Brooklyn, "This ship be maaaaad fast yo!"
I stuck my head out the door and it felt like we were doing at least 60mph.
I'm no expert on hydrofoils but it seems as though the whole boat lifts
up out of the water and skims
across the top. We flew past a dozen cruise
ships like they were sitting ducks. I think I would have gotten really
bored chugging along at the rate they were moving. |
Bus to Wanzhou
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| I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to describe the Three
Gorges because I've included a lot of photos on this website. The hydrofoil
had two open bays toward the rear where I spent most of the voyage with
the wind in my face, taking it all in. It was quite an exhilarating experience.
After the morning's fiasco, I was asking myself if I even should have come
to China, but the Three Gorges put me back in the right frame of mind. |
Hydrofoil |
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Misty Gorge
More Gorges
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Wanzhou from the pier |
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