Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Day #3 Friday

Today, we’re going to 三峡 aka Three Gorges.

Early in the morning, due OTOT (own time own target), planned to leave at 9 to eat but delay till 930. As “usual”, we went opposite Wuhan East Campus to eat (by underpass outside WIT east campus). Today, we tried Islam Beef Noodle. As I still not in a very good condition, I never eat the noodle, but just took a few Xiao Long Bao.

The cook is Chinese Muslim. And he is very pro in making the Ramen. Stunning la.

Then, we go back to hostel and prepare to go to San Xia at 11am. Bus came late.

Info about San Xia:

Three Gorges starts at Chong Qing and ends at Hubei YiChang, total 205km. Among the journey there are 3 main

长江三峡西起重庆市的奉节县,东至湖北省的宜昌市,全长205千米。自西向东主要有三个大的峡谷地段:瞿塘峡、巫峡和西陵峡。三峡因而得名。三峡两岸高山对峙,崖壁陡峭,山峰一般高出江面1000---1500米。最窄处不足百米。

To go to San Xia, we have to travel from Wuhan to YiChang. Yichang is the 2nd largest city in Hubei Province, after Wuhan. Yichang has population of about 4.15million.

宜昌市(英语:Yichang 汉语拼音:yíchāngshì 喻意:宜居昌盛)。简称“宜”。别名“水电城”。
宜昌古称夷陵,是湖北第二大城市,位于湖北省西南部、长江中上游结合部,是举世瞩目的长江三峡水利枢纽工程所在地、湖北省域副中心城市、国家卫生城市、中国中部最佳投资城市、国家园林城市、中国综合实力百强城市、中国优秀旅游城市。辖五区三市五县,区域面积2.1 万平方公里,人口415万,城区人口135万。

The travel time from Wuhan to YiChang is approximately 4 hours. Only one stop along the 汉宜高速公路.

汉宜高速公路,1994年11月建成通车,全长278公里,途经蔡甸、仙桃、潜江、荆州、枝江等9个县市(区)。作为宜昌至武汉的主要通道,汉宜高速公路一通车就承受了巨大的车流量。据湖北省交通厅的数字,汉宜高速公路日均车流量已达15000辆,为宜昌发展立下大功。

HanYi Expressway was started in 1994 November, total length is 278km. It is the main connection for Wuhan to YiChang.



Bus:
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Rest station:

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A few photos taken during the 4 hour journey:

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Upon reaching YiChang town:

The toll plaza
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Downtown:
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Then, we went to have dinner before boarding the ship at 6pm.

Restaurant:
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First dish:
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(taufu)

No more photos taken for the dishes after that.. because too hungry already.. started to eat and cannot stop. Question: is it the food really nice or is it we are too hungry that eat anything also feel very nice?



Construction site opposite restaurant:

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Then, we went to the jetty to board the cruise.

Walking to the cruise
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3 kingdom cruise:
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I heard about San Xia long time ago, and people say it’s dangerous to go there, as we will be travelling on ship. In our case, we took a 4-star cruise – Silver Moon 银月亮. 2 person 1 bed. Our rooms are very near to the deck, so we can go out easily to see the view when the cruise is moving.

On cruise,
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Room 
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MM tour guide 陈谨
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Night time reaching, my camera becomes very noob and cannot take night shots already. So, not much photo for night. Will collect photos from weiyang & kuan next time. They have DSLR and their night shots are nice.

On the journey, we past 2 big barrage, one is largest in china and one is largest in world.

三峡大坝五级船闸是三峡工程的一部分。三峡双线五级船闸是目前世界上级数最多的船闸,它全长6.4公里,其中船闸主体部分1.6公里,引航道4.8公里。船闸的水位落差为世界之最,坝前正常蓄水位为海拔175米高程,而坝下通航最低水位62米高程,船闸上下落差达113米,相当于40层楼房的高度。三峡双线五级船闸是三峡大坝主要的通航通道,上行和下行分别进行,北线船闸上行,南线船闸下行。船闸的有两扇巨大的门,每扇门的重量达到了800吨。而在它合并关上后并不是平的,而是呈“人”字型。

SanXia Dam 5 level Barrage is part of the SanXia project. It is the world’s highest level barrage. Total length 6.4km. The height difference is 113meter, which is about 40storey-building-high. Then the gate closes, it is a人 instead of a flat shape.

Also, there’s a bridge without support on its span. The bridge is 1118.66m long, width 18meter. It is the 4th generation bridge.



西陵长江大桥

该桥于1993年12月动工兴建,1996年8月建成通车

西陵长江大桥犹如一道江上长虹镶嵌于风光秀丽的西陵峡谷之中,成为沟通大江南北的交通要道。由于目前坝区正处于紧张的施工阶段,这座桥梁也是封闭式管理,不允许行人通过,并且桥梁的两端都有武警驻守。桥梁样式属于第四代桥梁——悬索桥,它的特点是没有桥墩,桥身承重由大家所看到的两根钢缆与桥两端的两个塔柱承担,桥身可载重290吨。这两根钢缆每根造价1亿元人民币,每一根钢缆由10010根英国进口的镀锌钢丝所组成。而桥两端白色塔柱的海拔高程为1875米,仅比未来的三峡大坝高出25米。

桥梁样式属于第四代桥梁——悬索桥,它的特点是没有桥墩,桥身承重由大家所看到的两根钢缆与桥两端的两个塔柱承担,桥身可载重290吨。这两根钢缆每根造价1亿元人民币,每一根钢缆由10010根英国进口的镀锌钢丝所组成。而桥两端白色塔柱的海拔高程为1875米,仅比我们未来的三峡大坝高出25米。
  大桥全长1118.66米,桥面宽18米,两侧设有宽15米的人行道。这座桥的颜色为橘红色,原因是多方面的,一、橘红色鲜艳醒目,有利于导航。二、橘红色代表了富贵吉祥。三、宜昌市是全国有名的柑橘之乡,而这座桥正位于宜昌县的三斗坪镇。

Lessons:
  • To travel from one place to another in china, every journey takes a long time. and to them, the locations are near
  • With advance technologies, high-end bridges and structures can be built
  • There're alot of food with beef in china
  • we only have hot water for shower in cruise after the cruise started to move for > 1 hour

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