Huangpu River Trip (Shanghai)

Advantages: Good facilities
Disadvantages: mind the scaffolding

...I have just returned from a holiday in China and spent two days in Shanghai. What a city where the old and the new sit side by side. Millions of Dollars have been spent in recent years upgrading the city with new homes and businesses with skyscraper after skyscraper. A fantastic new bridge spans the Yellow river where our spaghetti junction pales into insignificance compared with their huge 'noodle' junction. The pace of expansion is exhilarating. Do not miss the Bund which was the old financial centre. Have a short river trip. Spend some time in the old Chinatown. Avoid the Friendship store.... Read review

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Advantages: Knowledge Culture Adventure
Disadvantages: Fog

...the gargantuan Three Gorges Dam, 25 miles further upstream, is completed in 2009. Now, most all of the Yangtze cruises begin at Yichang to sail upstream and visit the Three Gorges and the construction site of the new Dam ending at Chongqing or, vice -versa, begin at Chongqing and sail downstream via the Three Gorges and finish at Yichang. These trips last three or four days - half the length of our cruise. Considering we had been on board since Shanghai for five days and apart from the magic of the Yellow Mountain I did wonder about the value of these extra days on the MV Victoria Rose. We'd seen no birds, no fish, and no wild-life at all unlike all the other rivers we've sailed on, including the Volga and the Nile, and my lasting impression is of a polluted river, industrial waste, rusty boats and junks and everlasting smog. The MV Victoria Rose... Read review

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Advantages: Guide takes your camera to take pictures of you
Disadvantages: Market at top

...What can I say about my experience of Dunn's River Falls but FANTASTIC !!! My husband and I enjoyed it so much we did it twice !! You travel to it by coach ( probably best to arrange the trip through your hotel as we did, to ensure you are going with a reputable coach and guide). When there you are split into small groups (depending on the number of people on you transfer coach and you get assigned to a guide. Our guide was called Chicken and a nicer guide you couldn't meet !!! Your guide takes your camera of you for safe keeping (so you don't ruin it when you get wet (and believe me you WILL get wet) He leads you up the waterfall in stages so it is never too tiring. He also takes photos of you with the water running over with your own camera. When you reach the top there is a small market selling traditional Jamaician wears. This can... Read review

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