An early start to the day..up and ready for brekky by 530…for a 7am departure from the Hotel. Everyone was at reception with their bags packed at 7am this morning … lots of distance to cover today.
One hour bus ride to the airport
Two hour plane ride from Xian to Wuhan
Five hour bus ride to Yichang to begin our 3 night Yang Tze River Cruise … Glad there’s a couple of stops en route.
Whilst reading the newspaper on the plane we found out about the lives lost and disruptions to the trains at Xian …we considered ourselves very lucky we were not affected by the heavy rains flooding and mudslides.
We were met by our guide Shirley (Temple) at the airport … she’s pleasant and easy to understand. Five hours and a massive storm enroute later we arrived at a restaurant in Yichang for dinner…more rice. .more duck…more beer. ..what a life!
Yichang looked so beautiful by the river … houses are big and villa like a 4km park ran along the river with beautiful trees parks etc but when we turned off the main road the contrast was evident with narrow slum like areas lined the route to the wharf.
Taking another narrow road…like driving through a Forest we finally made it to the wharf where our boat was berthed.
After the prolonged ship introduction, a long awaited shower and a cocktail we called it a night.
