We finished our Three Gorges Cruise in Yichang, an industrial city. Normally the tour doesn't stay in Yichang, but our cruise was moved up one day (and upgraded to a Chinese 5 star cruise - not to be confused with western 5 star luxary, but nice nonetheless). Yichang is pretty ugly, possibly more typical of a large, Chinese city than the places we have been stopping on our tour. It did have a few redeeming features, such as a large, children's park complete with Mickey Mouse statues, mazes, boats, a zoo and nice playground equipment. Here is Stephen's take on the lovely city of Yichang...
Yichang City
Rubbish
Good things
Had huge bubble bath in the hotel
Managed to post some postcards by standing in the middle of the post office and flapping them in the general area of the staff
Bad things
Found nightclub where they sing karaoke as loud as they possibly can paying little attention to the beat or backing tune. Old couples were walzing and the audience was furiously shaking clappers. Chinese entertainment on a wet Monday night...
Rubbish
Good things
Had huge bubble bath in the hotel
Managed to post some postcards by standing in the middle of the post office and flapping them in the general area of the staff
Bad things
Found nightclub where they sing karaoke as loud as they possibly can paying little attention to the beat or backing tune. Old couples were walzing and the audience was furiously shaking clappers. Chinese entertainment on a wet Monday night...
1950s Hackney. A place of rubble and sogginess... and the internet shop smells of wee and smoke so I won't be here very long and quite fancy nipping off for a bath and a game of cards.
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