12^th day in China. Woke up early again to have our breakfast as there are different timeslots for the different batch of people to have their meals. As we were the 1^st batch so we need to wake out early to have our breakfast. After the breakfast we need to prepare ourselves as we are getting down the ship to visit a temple. We need to climb a fleet of stairs to reach the temple. I think the climbing was still ok, as I had climb much higher stairs during my previous trip to Korea and China and I think the next trip to Wudang mountain will be much more higher. Beautiful scenery when looking from the peak. Walk around the place. Most of what we saw is about historic figures, did not hear much from the tour guide as I was busy taking pictures. Something that caught my eye was some real bones and coffin. First time seeing real bones. Feel a little scared after taking the photos. After visiting the temple, we return back to the ship so as to reach our next destination which is the Shen Nong River. We change to another ship which is said to be environmental friendly. On our way there, we saw a lot of beautiful sights, mostly mountains and water, but for me I think the scenery in New Zealand is much more beautiful. Overall, it still very beautiful as we cannot see this kind of scenery back in Singapore and by comparing the water in Singapore River and Yangtze’s. It seems that the water is much cleaner here. As we reach Sheng Nong xi stream, we change our ship into another wooden boat. According to the tour guide, in the past, the people who row the boat did not wear any clothes, but they do wear some clothes now. It was quite relaxing during the ride, but for those people who the boy it was a tough job. I saw frowning while rowing the boat. I heard the guide said that those who are rowing the boats had an hour walk from their homes before they start with their work. It is really a tough job for them. I was wondering why they don’t move to the city to find a proper job or maybe have some education first before finding a job. After that, we take the environmental friendly ship back to our ship. Have our dinner after that. The tour guide said that we will be able to reach the dam at about 11 pm so I waited until 11. While waiting, Jia Lin and I make some new friends from the other courses. Had a great with them. I was excited when the time was 11pm, but there was a delay. It started to get into the dam around 12am. Due to the delay, most of my course mates had gone to bed, hence I was alone. Talk with the people in other course. Had a great time. The dam is beautiful at night due to the lights. We can’t actually feel the water is lowering down. I wanted to wait for the ship to get out of the dam, but I was too tired so I went to bed after it had reached the 3^rd gate.

-JiNx-