Day 11 - Journey to 3 Gorges

Woke up at 5 to have a quick bath and to pack up the remaining necessities for the trip (ie, towels). Boarded the bus at around 7 plus whereby we learnt that the duration of the journey was about 5 hours long.

I was starving as I never ate any breakfast so I digged into my stash of biscuits. And on with the journey as we had a tour guide who goes by Qing ge(brother Qing) ended up, I thought of 情歌(love songs) instead.

The road trip that I hated the most. Cramped in a seat and sleeping resulted in my stiff neck.

After an hour or ore of travelling, the bus pulled over at a nearby gas station and we went to ease ourselves. Then, we all chanced upon this sight and all felt compelled to take a picture of it.

A beautiful field of bright yellow flowers and a cottage. Just straight out of some landscape painting.

Hey! Pei Jie is stealing my limelight! Nah, we are all stealing each other's spotlight anyway.

Hey, this picture is depicting a father and his 4 daughters. No la. Just Mr Wong and us. From left- Me, Pei Jie, Hui Miang, Mr Wong and Zee min.

Looks alot like Hong Kong from the drama serials.

And finally, the bus pulled over to a restaurant for our lunch. By then, we were all pretty much awake when the tour guide mentioned food.

Look, the retardant has a balcony-like seating. Check out the decorations from the previous wedding.

One of the meals I don't mind just eating the plain stuff. 馒头(steamed buns) anyone?

Potato wedges cut into the shaped of a ball and loaded with spices, especially chili. Nevertheless, it was tasty.

Do you believe that mushrooms can bear another mushroom? No, I don't but check out the mushrooms in my soup bowl. A two in one deal.

Mr Wong filling in the survey form on customer feedback. He was also asking for our opinions. and when finally coming to a comment box, we all piped, "The food's nice but can it be less oily and salty?"

After our lunch we had to go back on the bus. It wasn't long before we were asked to take out our student identity card for verification. It turns out that we were on the road with a lot of officers patrolling the area, a controlled area.

In the meantime, Mr Wong insisted he could sing an Indian song. We all clapped as we passed him the mike.

What Indian song? Heard of "One little, two little, three little Indians?" Yea, he sung that instead much to our amusement.

The breathtaking view on the leg of the journey.

Entering all 4 tunnels in the mountainous area.

Admit it, it's pretty cool and good to live in the mountains despite it being remote.

Look! The dams in the distance!

And finally, our first stop.

The model room of the Three Gorges.

The scale is rated at 1:850. So, please don't imagine the gigantic structure.

Group E together now. Re-introduction- Xiang Yu, Seok Hui, Me and Nadiyah.

MDE (Multi-Discipline Engineering) students, well, a bunch of us, actually.

It never gets old, only the banner gets old.

One of the area in the three gorges.

See, the security's tight as it is. Army in the area, strolling rather then marching if you ask me.

We also had to move on due to the nagging of the tour guides. Since the bus was filled, some of us had to take another bus and so, we waited for awhile before arriving at the next area.

I am in the heavenly palace. Well, mist is being emitted from the rocks behind me. Nice?

Ok, I look like i am begging for water even though I am under a fountain of it. Irony.

Both of us are 'emoing' together. I could barely restrain my laughter as it is.

And 花开富贵 (Wealth comes with blooming flowers).

A flute player in progress.

And this is Mao Zedong Mountain. They say that his face is in the east and legs in the west. use your imagination and walah!

Back to the same restaurant for dinner. Looks tempting.

We were also urged to eat quickly as we had delayed our cruise by an hour as it is. Therefore, we had to rush there. Finally. Silver moon (银月亮) is ready to set sail with us on board.

Zee Min and me are sharing a room number 308. Looks messy as we enter and make ourselves comfortable.

贵宾卡（VIP card) for all of us. Mine is number 050.

And in the night, the view's lovely.

On the deck, we managed to snap quite a number of pictures. I got a bridge outlining the 长江.

Another group shot together.

Finally, we all went back to our rooms to get ready for the next day. I looked out of the window and saw we had reached the 'lifts' (boat version). I quickly snapped a few pictures.

This is a mechanism like a lift.

The gate that opens to allow our ship's passage. Initially, we were below it but then, water was pumped in and the ship took the 'lift' to this gate.

Green light means 'All clear". They also had traffic lights.

Finally, I slumped into the comfortable bed after setting the alarm for 5 tomorrow.