Three Gorges

The scenery of the Gorges was really beautiful and the early morning mist gave the place an eerie but not altogether unpleasant feel.

The first of the three Yangzi Gorges is known as the Qutang Gorge, which, at 8 kilometers long, is the smallest and shortest of the Three Gorges, but contains the fastest water. On the north bank are remains of Warring States Period peoples who buried their dead in coffins set in crevices in high caves along the riverside cliffs. Nine coffins discovered in such crevices include bronze swords and armor from the period. The cliff sides include square holes bored into the rock to hold support timbers for plank roads and scaffolds.

Wu Gorge (Wu Xia) is about 40 km long, with sheer, narrow cliffs on either side rising up to 900 m above the water and sometimes seeming to close over approaching boats. A nearby rock inscription is attributed to Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms period, and the Kong Ming tablet, a large inscribed rock slab at the foot of the Peak of the Immortals. A side trip leads to the Three Little Gorges (Xiao Sanxia) along the Daning River for 33 km, passing the Dragon Gate Gorge and remains of a Qing dynasty road cut into the cliffs.

Xiling Gorge is the longest and deepest of the three at 80 km, with cliffs that rise as high as 4,000 feet. It begins at the town of Zigui, known as the birthplace of the poet Qu Yuan of the late Warring States period (3rd century BC), whose suicide is commemorated by dragon-boat races throughout southern China. In former times this was the most dangerous gorge, negotiated only with arduous efforts by trackers on shore.

ChongQing of China

The “Mountain City” located upper Yangtze River is the youngest municipality of China. Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is served by flights from Nagoya, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Munich and other Chinese cities, such as Beijing, GuangZhou, ShangHai, TianJin……

Chongqing attracts visitors from home and abroad for its cultural heritage and other tourist attractions. The religious cliff sculptures of Dazu and Baodingshan and the Three Gorges scenic region of the Yangzi River are all nearby, making Chongqing an important center for tourism despite the scarcity of notable sights within the city proper.

Shopping Center (JieFangBei)

Chongqing is famous for its hot Sichuan cuisine and world-famous hotpot dishes. Street vendors as well as restaurants feature exciting spicy delicacies for the adventurers. Following posts will give you details of other related things like hotel and transport of ChongQing.

ChongQing Night View

Bintan Resort of Indonesia

Last month, we went to Bintan Resort of Indonesia. We stayed in Nirvana Garden, a 4 star hotel. Nirwana Gardens is a truly complete resort destination for you, your family, loved ones and friends. Even getting there is easy – via a 55 minute ride on fast speed catamaran from the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal in Singapore, followed by coach transfer from the ferry terminal to the resort grounds.

There is really a good place to relax, but if you want to have nice dinner, you have to call the outside restaurant to make an appointment then they will pick you up in hotel’s gate. Otherwise, you may also have dinner inside the hotel; since the resort is far from the city, you’d better hire a car and spent one day in Shopping. The time on the way to shopping will be about 4 hours.

If you go here first, please remember that do not change money to Indonesia money as they accept Singapore dollar. Everything there can be paid by Singapore dollar. That time, we changed the money before we went there; when we pay them, they told us the amount in Singapore dollar, then change to Indonesia money; of course, the exchange rate is lower than the rate we change money.