Day 225 – Three Gorges Dam and a LONG Day at the Airport in Wuhan

We left the boat after breakfast and put our suitcases on a bus that would later take us to the airport and then we boarded the bus that would take us to the Three Gorges Dam.  It was about a 45 minutes drive to the dam, but with spring in bloom and the fact that the sun was almost shining through the haze, we didn’t mind the ride. 

We had to go through security to go to the dam site, almost as much as we would at the airport.  Then we rode several escalators up and up and up to the top where we could survey the surrounding area and watch the locks at work.  The tour took almost two hours and then we were back on the bus.

 

Going through the five locks at the Three Gorges Dam.

We were all glad that we didn't have to climb the stairs to get to the top,  This is one of five long escalators that took us up there.

The one on the bottom left: "Don't Playing on the Autowalk."

Looking down on the area of the locks with ships going through.  One side is for going up the river, the other is for going down the river.

They call this the "Baby Boat Lift."  When it is completed later next year, it will take small boat through the dam area.

We had a four-hour ride on the bus to the airport.  We stopped for “lunch” at a “convenience” store and rest stop.   Not a whole lot to choose from though.  Then we were back on the bus and then we had one more short stop before we got to the airport.  Some of the flights left within an hour of arriving.  Others left within three hours.  Our group from Jinan had over six hours to kill at the airport, so we were grateful to have the Internet to entertain us, since we had been away from it for almost four days. 

I think we would say, "Slippery when wet."

Our flight left at 11 p.m. and we arrive in Jinan at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday.  Long, long day and I had to work the next morning at eight!