The third and final day on the river indeed dawned overcast and drizzly. I was once again up and about at 6:30am and despite the gray and sunless morning the scenery was the most spectacular of the passage. Whisks of low cloud surrounded the peaks of nearby hill tops, flowing like misty waterfalls into the [...]
Suspension bridge near Nanjing The next morning dawned sunny and clear and I arose by 6:30am. With two cameras in hand (SLR and handy-cam video), I did not want to miss a moment of this great journey. I arrived on deck just as a huge, half-completed suspension bridge was looming ahead. We had just passed [...]
In comparison, Third Class was a series of dorm-like cabins that accommodated up to twelve passengers, while Fourth Class was similar but in dorms that held up to twenty people. Lastly there was Fifth Class – deck space only. Walking through the main foyer area of the ferry, scenes at times resembled ones of a [...]
