I enjoyed just cruising up the river photographing all the many types of
river boats. The river was full of barges, tourist cruise ships (different
kinds for westerners, rich Asians and local Chinese), Small private boats
and sampans, hydrofoils and every other type of boat.
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Hay barges were a common sight this time of year
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Tour boats are plentiful. Destroying a river makes for good tourism.
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Detail on a tourboat, this one aimed mostly at Asians.
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Another detail of Asian tour boat
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All day, barges filled with green bags of beans plied the river. It was Bean Day, we decided.
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Commonly the locals could be seen out on the river
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Locals on the river ride the wake of a big cargo ship carrying trucks. It's a bumpy experience.
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Another family at work on the river.
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Tour boat goes under a suspension bridge
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One of the "Dragon Boats", common on the river, which specialize in tours to drunken Taiwanese who sing and gamble all night. Next time.
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Our ship, from the Victoria line, docked by the dam
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Detail on another lower-priced cruise ship
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Small fishing boat
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Hydrofoils provide faster transportation up the river
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It's a traffic jam of cruise ships
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A high-end tour boat for Asian tourists.
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Another Victoria ship, a clone of our cruise ship.
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Relaxing on the river
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Fishers get ready by the banks
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Barges line up beside one of the impromptu instant-drydocks.
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This cargo load is in white bags. Men are at work
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Yellow bags to deliver. Don't know what's in them.
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A dredge clears the bottom near a shipyard.
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Riding low to the water
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Coal barges are everywhere. Coal is the power of the river, and the destroyer of it. Many mines will be underwater.
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Four barges tie together in Chong Qing.
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