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In 1992 the National People’s Congress passed a resolution to launch the massive Three Gorges Hydropower Project, including the construction of a huge dam and a reservoir, slated for completion sometime after the year 2009, which will submerge the most scenic sections of the river.
South of Toploú the road sweeps on to the modern village of Palékastro and its nearby ancient site of the same name, then doglegs south to Zákros where you can leave the car and hike to the coast down one of the most dramatic gorges in the east, the Valley of the Dead.
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.
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.
a good contour map. In Nepal, distances on the trail are measured not in miles or kilometers but in hours from place to place. Trekking routes often wind in and out of gorges and deep river valleys, which involves muc