Day 18: Weekend Trip (3 Gorges)

Day number 18. Some of us woke up very early in the morning while some of us didn't sleep at all during the night as we have to gather at the admin block at around 6.30am in the morning. Prepared, packed our bags, and off we go for our 3D2N 3 gorges tour.

Set off at around 7am in the morning till so some delays along the way and here comes our 5 hours bus journey down the road to our destination, Yichang, 宜昌. It was a very long bus journey down with a washroom break in between.

Bus Journey

After we reached Yichang, 宜昌, we went for our lunch at a local restaurant and the food there was rather nice. Here is the photo of our lunch!

Lunch

After lunch, its roughly another bus journey to our destination, the 3 gorges dam. The place there was huge and rather nice. Collected our tickets and prepared to proceed on with our tour.

At the entrance

Sign at the Entrance

After passing the security clearance, we boarded the bus in the place of interest to proceed to our first destination, the dams.

Me & Entrance Ticket

MDE Group Photo


MDE Group Photo with Mr. Loh


Group Photo


Gigantic & Enormous Book!


Random Shot

Had quite a number of photos taken there before we proceed on to our next destination, the 185. The photos taken wasn't very nice as the weather was not very good as there was fog around.

MDE Group Photo with Mr. Loh

The Dams


Me & the Dams

Similarly, at the 185, we had quite a number of photos taken there before we proceed on to our next destination, the memorial park. Photos was not very nice as well due to the poor weather and fog.

MDE Group Photo!

Some of the guys
Mingyu, Roy, Jarold, Edy, Me




Me

After visiting the memorial park, we headed to a local restaurant for our dinner before we go to the sea port to board our cruise. There was some delays over there and we had to wait rather long outside the centre before we boarded the cruise.

After we boarded the cruise, we went to our rooms, put down our belongings and bathed. Here are some photos of my room!

Room 329

The beds


The toilet

The cruise wasn't as good as what we thought it was. There isn't much facilities on board for us to enjoy. Thus, most of us hanged around and toured around the cruise before we turn in for the night as everyone of us were all very tired after waking up very early in the morning today and after the long bus journey which is rather tiring.

My Reflections:

After the long bus journey as well as the visit to the 3 gorges dams today, i realise that the natural resources is very important. For example, from the 3 gorges dam visit today, we realise that water can be used to transform into electricity to power up several places instead of burning coals or other stuffs. Thus, we should not exploit too much from the environment.

"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry"
- Thomas Fuller