day 11, 12, 13 (3 gorges dam tour!)

On friday, we set off for yi chang city to go onboard our cruise to tour around the 3 gorges dam. We deicded to be fully prepared as our seniors told us that the living conditions in the cruise was very bad and therefore we should bring water, sleeping bag and food. They even said they saw dead grey critters(rats). Gosh! The tour guide and our seniors told us that the water is brown in colour and the food might not suit our taste. They were only half right. As soon as we boarded the cruise, we expected the worst living conditions in the cruise, but to our surprise, what greeted us was far more better than what we expected. The bed was white in colour, WOW, the food was acceptable but well, the water's brown in colour :/ Its still much much better than what we expected. In the end, the things we brought seemed redundant. In the night, we went to the roof to see the ship passing through the ship lock, its a new sight for me and it kind of fascinates me. After that we just went for a few rounds of monopoly deal and went to bed. While we were asleep, the ship went through another 3 locks and well, i did not manage to wake up to watch it pass through.

On Saturday, i woke up at 6.30 on the first ring of my alarm. I found out that my room-mate issac was still fast asleep. So i just went up to the roof and see what was happening. It turns out that the cruise was going through the 2nd last lock and i watched it pass though 2 locks before going to eat my breakfast. Apparently our class of pharmacists are not early birds and so i did not see anyone on the deck till its time for breakfast. Around 11, we went offshore to visit the shen nong xi river and as always, the scenery took my breath away as singapore its a concrete jungle instead of a natural one. The rest of the day was just playing games till 1.30am.

And so on sunday, most of us got a rude awakening by the loud music being played in our roooms. At first i thought why was there music in my dreams till i woke up and realise that its the music from the loudspeaker. :@ The breakfast was set to be at 7.30 am but we had it at 6.50 instead. After that we went down to visit the 3 gorges dam and it was a magnificent structure built by the Chinese. If you thought that hu bei is a very ulu country, think again. At the end of the tour, we went to eat at a restaurant and guess what, there's another wedding. It seems like we always gatecrash a wedding. After done with lunch, we were on our way back to our dorm and when we got back, it was raining and freezing cold. But it was nice that we got back to our dorm where there is heater.


That is pretty much what happened during the whole trip and this saturday we are going on a trip to wudang mountain!(btw check my facebook to see more pictures)