KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery

3/27/2004

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Our first view of the Yangzi River. The spot in the distance is the first bend that makes (east) from its southerly flow.
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A typical mountain village that we passed today
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Tiered wheat fields along the Yangzi River
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Huge mountain peaks (part of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Range) in the distance
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A view of the Yangzi River as it approaches Tiger Leaping Gorge
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The drive to the gorge was nerve-racking - no guard rails, and an immediate drop-off....
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Tiger Leaping Gorge
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Legend had it that tigers would leap over the gorge, using this large rock as a stepping stone...
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A Black Yi woman smoking a pipe
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Black Yi women gathered at a local market in Tiger Leaping Gorge village