24th-26th Sept - 3D2N Three Gorges Tour

As usual for all outings, we have to set off early in the morning as the bus ride to our destination is not very near our university. The meeting time was suppose to be 10am but suddenly while we were preparing, Ms Thoo called at 9:25am and say that the bus is here to pick us up and ask us to hurry. I haven’t even comb my hair properly and I have to rush down le. Was combing my hair and biting a packet of swiss roll in my mouth, super unglam. Lucky that no one is taking photos! Haha! The bus ride was about 4hrs to hotel where we will stay for 2 nights and it’s located in one of the local university and the facilities again are not bad compared to that we have in our hostel. Its free and easy before dinner and after dinner and that’s all for the day.

Second day was the day where we are to set off from the hotel to the ferry terminal to hop on to the ferry for a ride to the Three Gorges. The bus ride was about 1hr plus from the hotel but we still set of early as the ferry sets of early and takes 4hr to reach the destination. We were however fortunate as we got to take this very luxurious ferry for the 4hrs and all of us were so happy. We went through the experiences of passing through the dam and the wind, although is very strong but was very nice and we all enjoyed ourselves at the top most deck of the ferry and we even played in the cold! Cool huh?! Ordered coffee and nuts to pass time and got to listen to the pretty on-ferry guide explaining the use of the dam and the construction of it. The sceneries are super nice.

On the ferry, there is a section of song and dance and audiences are invited to join in a small game after the performance. As the area for the performance has many locals, they smoked and all of us didn’t go down except Mr Satha (So Brave!) He was invited to join the interactive section and although he doesn’t really understand what the rules of the game is but he was very cooperative and he enjoyed the interaction. I managed to take pictures of him before my camera battery died off.
When we reached our destination of the Three Gorges tour, we took the tour bus to have our lunch and set off for the 3 stations of visit. First stop is to see the model of the Three Gorges and to take a look at the beautiful sceneries around it.

They planted so many beautiful plants around and it made me cant resist to take photos of them. Second stop is to get a taste of the height of the dam. Its height is about 185km and the plane we are standing on is of the same height as it is. Third stop is where artist drew a whole picture of the long Three Gorges and it’s on display. However photo-taking is not allowed. There after when the trip ended it was about 4pm. We reached back to the restaurant near our hotel for dinner at about 5pm and headed back to the hotel to rest thereafter. Had lots of fun with my team mates for this trip and they are really fun and nice. We enjoyed the company of each other a lot.




Third day, we set off to take a look at a waterfall. When we reached, there were no one there and we are the only group at the area. This made the site seeing very peaceful as it’s just our team. We went through behind the waterfall and if you did not buy the raincoat, you’ll definitely get wet as the waterfall is very strong and even your shoes would get wet! Crossing the little rivers by rocks, and hills to hills by a long suspending bridge. Getting close to the nature is so good and relaxing.










On the way back to hostel which is suppose to be 4hrs, we experienced 2 traffic jams on the way which made our trip 5hrs in total. The only accident that I saw was a whole lorry of cabbage got turned over and the cabbages were all over the road that caused the traffic jam. I manage to get a shot of the scene! During the long waiting, I also say 2-3 lorries transporting large amounts of cotton flower! So super cool. Take a look at the photo!