Yangtze River, Shenlong stream, the Dam

Moving waters

The First Gorge

Towering mountains

Fishing boat on the Yangtze

A Russian-made hydrofoil

Peak after peak on the Yangtze

Sun rising about the ridges

Fascinating rock formations

Navigating the Shenlong stream

Entering the First Gorge

The boatman's leg and sandal

Farming the land on such a slope

Steve and Gail on the hydrofoil

Marking the water rise, check out the two signs indicating the water levels

More bridge building across the Yangtze

Beautiful sky over the Yangtze

Most of this town will be demolished and flooded

Terraced rice paddies

Putting wheat on the road to be threshed by passing vehicles

A wall mural of pulling the boats

Flowers by the path

The water level will rise as high as this sign

Vertical walls

Getting onto the boat at Shenlong stream

Floating down the Shenlong

A cross-section of the huge dam

Going through the Three Gorges

The ends of the bamboo poles on the boat

Navigating downstream

Watching the Shenlong meeting the Yangtze

Steve after we "break out"

Twilight on the Yangtze
A view of the dam
The Dam as the sun sets

Working 24/7 on the dam

Sun rising over boats on the river

The Third Gorge

Reflections of the sun on the river

River scenery

Valley to be flooded soon

More terraced rice paddys

The boats ready at Shenlong

The 2km wide dam