Cruise Trip Day 1 (24/09, Fri)
Hey All!
I’m back from the 3 day cruise trip to the 3 Gorges Dam! Follow me as I fill you in with all the exciting findings I have discovered thoughout my trip!
START!
After our lunch, we were ready to start our 4.5 hours long bus journey to the depot at 宜昌 (yi2 chang1)city to board the cruise! Excited To The Max!!! :)
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| All ready to set off! |
One observation I have made when we got to 宜昌 city was that the buildings and residential areas over there are very different from that of 武汉’s. Buildings and residential areas over at宜昌 city are much more modern and commercial looking as compared to武汉. Well, I do not know exactly why is this the case. I guess I just have to ask the local students about it!
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| Very nice looking residential areas 1 |
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| Very nice looking residential areas 2 |
We stopped over at a nice restaurant for dinner before heading to the depot to board the cruise. Coincidentally, we meet 2 groups of fellow Ngee Ann students who were also in 武汉 for overseas programme ECE & FMS there for dinner too!
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| Our Dinner Place where we met 2 other groups of fellow Ngee Ann students |
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| Dinner Buddies :) |
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| Our Sumptuous Dinner |
After our wonderful dinner, we arrived shortly at depot to board our ferry! YES!
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| Arriving at the depot to board the ferry |
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| Group E group photo 1 |
Well, the rooms look nice, don’t you think so?
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| the room Agnes and I spent the 2 nights together |
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| Group E group photo 2 |
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| Group E's Girls' Power! |
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| Group E group photo with Miss Hock! |
Now, the highlight of the day has arrived: Going through the Ship Locks! It was a once in a lifetime experience and I was super duper excited about it! Adding on to that, I have studied in the module Introduction to Freight Forwarding (IFF) about such ship locks, therefore seeing it in real life is very significant to me.
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| the 1st Ship Lock |
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| Going in! |
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| Getting really close! |
Well, that was how Day 1 of the cruise trip ended. Stay tuned for Day 2!
REFLECTION
Thinking about the modern and commercialised building in武汉city, one can’t help but think that even though武汉 and武汉 are in the same province of 湖北, location of places can result in very different architectural structures.
Going though the ship locks were a priceless experience I had as I got to see in real life the things I have studied. Nothing beats experiencing things in real life.
Cruise Trip Day 2 (25/09, Sat)
Updates on the cruise trip continue here!
We started the day off by going into the 2nd ship lock. It was a much bigger one as compared to the first and it could fit 2 large cruises!
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| 2nd Ship Lock |
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| the cruise that was together with us at the ship lock |
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| A group photo really really early in the morning. YAWN... |
Our breakfast on board was made extra delicious with fried rice, noodles and milk prepared especially for us. The other passengers on board did not enjoy the same privilege as us.
THANKS TOUR AGENCY!
After our breakfast, we were greeted by the 1st attraction: 神女溪. The place got its name from a stone statue that was trough many years of weathering, formed to look like a statue of a lady. Check the photo out!
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| the statue of the lady. Do you see it? The extremely small figure |
We later got out of the cruise and transferred to a smaller boat to get a closer look. Being a Geography student in Secondary 3 and 4, I couldn’t help but stood amazed at the wonderful layers of rocks that were formed there over the years.
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| Ticket, Check! |
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| the boat that took us to for a closer look |
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| the wonderful layers of rock |
After finishing our tour there, we got back onto the cruise to enjoy the lunch that was prepared for us.
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| our lunch that was already set on the table when we arrived at the dining area |
Not long later, we arrived at the 2nd place of attraction: 白帝城, a temple that has since been preserved to become a tourists’ attraction. To get to the temple, we had to again get off the cruise, walk to the bus bay to the site and walk a long distance before reaching the close to 400 steps stairway to get to the final destination. it sure was a very long journey and I was really tired out from climbing the stairs. How am I able to pass my 2.4km run for my NAPFA test this November?
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| our 2nd place of attraction: 白帝城 |
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| the start of the 400 steps torture! :( |
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| Yes! Finally reaching the peak! |
REFLECTION
As stated earlier, having learnt Pure Geography in Secondary School, I leant to appreciate how rocks and the natural landscapes were formed. To others, all these landscape might look the same to them, but to me, it really was an eye opener to have a firsthand experience in how these landforms were created. In school, we could only rely on textbooks to learn about them.
Therefore, even though the trip was tiring, I had no regrets as I got to see something that Singapore does not have.
Cruise Trip Day 3 (26/09, Sun)
Our last day on the cruise started really really early at @ 6.30am for breakfast. YAWN….
After breakfast, we left the cruise ship onto our last place of attraction: the 3 Gorges Dam Visitors’ Centre, 三峡大坝旅游区. We again saw one of the 2 groups of fellow Ngee Ann students whom we say 2 days ago. There at the visitors’ centre, we learnt that the building cost of the 3 Gorges Dam was really expensive, approximately RMB 20 billion dollars. It will take about 9 years to complete and will be completed by 2012.
After breakfast, we left the cruise ship onto our last place of attraction: the 3 Gorges Dam Visitors’ Centre, 三峡大坝旅游区. We again saw one of the 2 groups of fellow Ngee Ann students whom we say 2 days ago. There at the visitors’ centre, we learnt that the building cost of the 3 Gorges Dam was really expensive, approximately RMB 20 billion dollars. It will take about 9 years to complete and will be completed by 2012.
After the visit, we headed back to 宜昌 city for lunch at a posh looking restaurant! Coincidentally, there was an uncle celebrating his 70th birthday there. HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE!
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| Lunch at the posh looking restauat! |
We then headed back to 武汉 to end our 3 day trip. On the expressway on the way back, there was an accident that obstructed the traffic. We were delayed for about 20-30mins. In the end, it was a lorry loaded with vegetables that overturned. The road was scattered with vegetables that fell off. What a waste! Wel, I hope no one was hurt in this accident!
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| the lorry loaded with vegetables that was overturned |
What a tiring 3 day cruise trip. I just want to sleep now. Good night!
REFLECTION
As we are in such a big country like China, when we were delayed due to a traffic accident, I initially thought that we had to wait for hours before the police acme to divert the traffic and got the situation under control. I applaud the police in this country for their high efficiency to arrive at the accident scene so quickly and got things under control soon after.
GOOD JOB POLICE!
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