And then we were four!

Tuesday 21st May

 

This mornings shore trip was to The White Emperor City.  This too was a site that was protected by the rising waters by a coffer dam

 

It is now on an island and has a wobbly suspension bridge to walk over to get there

 

All these historic sites are protected after the waters of the river rose when the dam was built but the people whose towns were submerged were just moved out, Either they were moved up the bank or across the river into new towns which were sometimes nice and sometimes less so.  The Chinese are very accepting of this situation. I can't imagine this being the case at home!

 

By now our original 19 had reduced to just four!

 

More resting by the others.  However this site was lovely and although there were more steps to climb we were glad we went.

 

We are feeling that the walking is doing us good and that these important places should not be missed. We will almost certainly not come this way again although I suspect we might come back to China

 

Back on the ship and lunch was early as we will pass through the first of the Three Gorges early this afternoon.

 

By now the message about the ginger was received and understood, to the extent that my lunch was served separately and was ginger free and very delicious!  Thank you Chef