Yangtze River Cruise

Hi All, I know it's been awhile but this was worth waiting for. Doug and I started our trip Tuesday night aboard the Princess Elaine. The cruise itself was much like any other cruise anywhere. The ship and our cabin were clean, the crew friendly and helpful, the bar was open but you pay for your drinks and their were demonstrations and entertainment. I went to the demonstration on chinese traditional medicine and the onboard river guide talks. The talks all pertained to the Three Gorges, the locks and the Three Gorges Dam. The Three Gorges are spectacular definitely the highlight of the cruise. There were 3 shore excursions - the first one being Fengdu the ghost city. The ghosts are actually these 2 guys who told everyone they were immortal and the people thought they meant they were ghosts. We had to go up the mountain to this place so I took the cable car, Doug and a few people walked. There was a temple there and the scenery wasn't bad but the trees actually blocked the view of the river. I wasn't overly impressed with this trip but Doug said I missed quite a bit because I didn't climb up beyond the temple.