Yangtze River
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Slogging up to Chongqing against the current involves more nights on board, more meals, more fuel, and more expense to the shipping company in general, so travellers often wonder why whizzing down to Wuhan with the current costs more money.<BR><BR>The answer usually given in Chongqing is: <BR><BR>"Express boat!"<BR><BR>Peter N-H<BR>http://members.axion.net/~pnh/China.html
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Personally, I think Yang Tze river tour is overrated. Sure, some portions are nice but the river is dirty and polluted. If you have four to six days to "waste" go to Yang Tze tour. I say waste since from the boat you can't really see much especially when it's raining or foggy which happens quite often. You'll spend 98 percent of the time on the boat.<BR><BR>Li river on the other hand is very clean. The view from the boat is unbeliveably beautiful and the tour only takes four hours. When it is foggy the view is even more beautiful. My advice, don't eat your lunch in the dining room. Bring your own sandwich, skip the lunch (even though it is a good lunh). Otherwise you'll miss some of nicest view while eating lunch.<BR><BR>I took both in May 2001.