Goddess Stream
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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 20 May 2018 23:57
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Goddess Stream Boat
Trip
 This afternoons activity was a trip
up the gorge of the Goddess Stream. A picture on the wall advertising the trip
gave us an idea of the local topography.
 The view from our
cabin.
  After lunch we bimbled from the big
boat, along a jetty filed with tour boats, met our
guide, joined our little boat and off we
went.
        Dramatic
scenery, other tour boats and steep sides.
Situated at the south bank of the
Yangtze River. Goddess Stream, with its source among Guandu district of Wushan
County in Chongqing City, flows into Yangtze River at Qingshi Town, opposite The
Goddess Peak in the Wu Gorge. Upstream is named Guandu River, midstream Ziyang
River and Goddess Stream (our trip) measures 31.9 kilometres.
The Goddess Stream is surrounded by
steep mountains. During the Three Gorges Project many locals had to
relocate.
    Our guide showed us a lovely book
filled with pictures of yesteryear. A quote read:
After the completing of the Yangtze Three Gorges Dam, the great dam of “To
hold back Wushun’s rains and clouds till a smooth lake rises in the high gorges”
has totally come true. Many new scenic areas have been developed properly. The
ancient towns and cities have already become new and modern cities. All the
sceneries below 175 metres above the sea have become our memory of the
image.
  A massive area affected by the building of the
dam.
 Such
raw scenery.
   Shangsheng, Qiyun and Palm
Peaks.
 High
water mark.
  A
closer look at a tour boat and engine.
   Local ladies.
     Return trip.
  Once
docked, we passed new buildings that have replaced
the old.
 A
parked day tripper.
  On
our way back to Century Sun we had to cut through a local
tour boat with tiny
cabins.
 Off
once more along the deeper water of the
gorge.
    Happy us watching river traffic whilst enjoying a sherbet – and onward scenery.
   ALL IN ALL BEAUTIFUL BUT SO MANY
VILLAGES AFFECTED BY THE DAM
EXTRAORDINARY - THE ORIGINAL GORGES WERE OVER 150
METRES
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