Thursday, 2 May 2019
Today we departed our ship early in the morning. Cruise ships are no longer allowed to go through the locks at the Three Gorges Dam - there are already too many freight ships for the locks to handle. Before heading to the Yichang airport, we got a look at the Three Gorges Dam. The dam was not nearly as impressive as I expected it to be. It's also difficult to see.
Today we departed our ship early in the morning. Cruise ships are no longer allowed to go through the locks at the Three Gorges Dam - there are already too many freight ships for the locks to handle. Before heading to the Yichang airport, we got a look at the Three Gorges Dam. The dam was not nearly as impressive as I expected it to be. It's also difficult to see.
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| When departing the ship, we had the luxury of incline cars as an alternative to walking up over 140 steps with our carry-on luggage. |
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| The dam as seen from the top of the cruise ship dock. |
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| The double set of five locks that raise/lower ships 370 feet. It takes a ship about 3 hours to get through all five locks. |
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| The reservoir side of the dam as seen from the viewing area. |
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| In addition to the locks, there is a "ship lift" that can raise a small ship (less than 25 m, 80 ft) directly. It is much faster than using the locks, but it was not in operation when we were there, so we didn't get to see it in action. |
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| The cruise ship dock as seen from the dam viewing area. It's difficult to tell, but there is a total of five ships moored here. The center ship is actually three ships side-by-side. |
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