back to this post on wuhan ISP.

we visited the 3 gorges dam during the weekend of our 1st week in wuhan. i would say the scenery wasnt really like what i have dreamt of, but still, its nice to visit the place once (:

went on a bus trip that lasted about 5 hours? to the area where the dam was located. after that, we would go on the ship to sail through the river and visit some other places onshore near the dam.



expressway just after we got out of the tunnel. passed by a few tunnels before we got to the dam. heard that the construction fees for the tunnels were high due to 3 reasons like the materials they used in building the tunnel etc.

then, we entered this centre where they came up with miniature models for the 3 gorges project. interesting to know how the water's travelling, the uses of the dam so on from here.





and then, we went outside to take more photos.











these are the views onboard the ship...



the key to our room



our room. it looks damn small and it doesnt smell good. the air con kept breaking down and jeroen even broke the key -_- the worst thing was, super big mosquitoes were everywhere. I think I broke my own record of killing 5-6 of them while I was bathing. wahahaha.



jeroen, louis, guan and I. the guys were supposed to protect us, so we stayed with them. hahas.

soon after we got on the ship, we got bored. we were waiting for the gates to open so that the ship could sail through... so you can guess what we did again while waiting... during that first night on the ship, i remembered that it was drizzling, and yet we stayed on the deck to see the boat travelling past the 5 gates.



everyone onboard the ship



frankly speaking, we could see some of the ships beside us and they looked more presentable. but well, we're going budget, so nvm :)



there was nothing much to do on the ship also, so we played uno! its quite fun to play with them, just that guan and I were always the last 2 to end every round :( in the end, we changed our method of playing and surprisingly, we were not the last!



stefan, luke and fabian



featuring the 4 NBS students from GSS



sian-ed. hahas.

these were some of the views we had while on the ship. actually i felt that the rain created some of the effects, but it would have been nice as well if it wasnt raining as often... we also saw hanging coffins in some of the caves. interesting.





holding the dollar note at the scene where it was featured









after the entire ship ride, we went to bai di gong. photos photos.









went on a sampan ride along another river. nice river.



guan and i with the sampan guide



sampans



look at how clear the water is.



there was a part of the river (where water was shallow) where the rowers needed one another's help to pull the sampan to the side of the river. in this instance, i really saw team spirit. hmmmm.