Writings on the Cliff face

Proceeding downriver towards Qutang Gorge, we passed by some vertical cliffs that had Chinese characters carved into the rock face.

The reddish paintwork appeared to have faded away with time but one can still make out some characters.

Could this be Zhuge Liang's handiwork...I wondered?

A look inside our Cabin

This was the room on board our luxury cruise ship. As you can see, it came with a good window view...nothing blocking the view from inside. There were 2 single beds with overhead reading lights on the wall.

In the small confines of the room, there was still space and allowance for an attached bath and shower room, clothes cupboard, small writing desk, A Tv set and utility drawers.

Now....the question is why on earth was I bare-bodied ?

Is this a vicarious attempt to show my less than perfect physique ?[ although my present physical fitness and especially my cardio-vascular fitness is another matter. For a person of my age...believe me when I say I can give people half my age a run for their money when it comes to beating them, whether in a sport or game...swimming, running,Badminton...etc . ]

The simple truth of the matter..it was a very hot afternoon even inside our room. The Air/con could not be made any stronger. So, we made our own kopi-o with the kopi bags that D2 had thankfully brought along and had a good coffee break from the heat outside.

The Red Bridge at Wu Gorge

The top photo:
I captured this scene as we were approaching under the Red Bridge. The bow of our ship was facing the bridge. We were all at the rear or stern end of the open deck.

The second photo:

Our ship had just passed underneath the Red Bridge. We were still in Wu Gorge at that point and heading for the last Gorge...Qutang Gorge. This snapshot was taken from the stern of our ship.

As we moved ahead, away from the Bridge, I captured this scene of the water trail left in the wake of our ship's movements.

Goddess Peak

The top picture: After passing all 12 peaks on the Wu Gorge ...we saw this "reverse Red Bridge" linking the two opposite sides of the cliff. It is a majestic landmark. Our ship was heading towards it.

The centre photo shows Shenna or Goddess Peak. Look closely and you can see the lone figure of the fairy standing a little to the right. It is actually about 10 metres tall.

The bottom photo shows Goddess Peak but in the faint background...more to the left.

Wu Gorge

These are some scenes as we cruised along the Wu Gorge.

We have found some new admirers among the Australian group.

They were very grateful that we took the time expand their non-existent understanding of this region and especially introduced them to Chinese History of the 3 Kingdom period.

The mistiness I talked about in my previous post can be clearly seen here

surrounding the peaks.

A grateful admirer!

The other 2 Chinese ladies are from a county near Wuhan. This was also their 1st ever trip to the 3 Gorges region.

D2 and Shirley were most impressed by my detailed recollections of the many aspects of the 3 Kingdom story....as I regaled our assembled group on the sun deck.

Shirley commented that she only knew bits and pieces of the main story and that history was not her strong subject while in school. She added that I was able to comment on many dynasties, kings, incidents, and many details...yet without a book in my hand [ she had 2 booklets with her for reference].

D2 told them I had actually taught history to Secondary students long ago...and that I still retained the passion and love for history.

Ok. True? Absolutely...every word she said!

Behind us is the Denglong Peak [ Peak of Climbing Dragon ].