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If you go inland, you can still take the celebrated four-day boat trip between Wuhan and Chongqing through the Yangzi (Yangtze) River gorges (before they are swallowed up by a massive dam project to be completed after 2009), and from there fly to Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou for sightseeing, shopping, and gourmet dining.
China’s most exciting boat trip is the Yangzi River cruise through the spectacular Three Gorges (Sanxia).
The retreat ended in 1938 with the Nationalist government dug in behind the gorges of the Yangzi River, in the last-ditch capital of Chongqing.
The country offers plenty of outdoor enjoyment, too: swimming and other water sports, or just sunbathing, on Alpine lakes, on the beaches of Normandy and Brittany, or at the famous resorts of the Côte d’Azur; first-class skiing in the Alps and Pyrénées; canoeing down spectacular gorges; and marvelous hiking around the country’s national parks and nature reserves.
The leisurely three-hour ride passes through steep gorges, narrow terraced rice paddies, and neatly tailored tea plantations hugging the mountain slopes with not a square inch of usable land wasted.