3 Gorges Dam

Janell and I did some Tai Chi this morning with the ship's doctor.   We had our first shore excursion, the Three Gorges Dam which  is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.  We came to the Yangtze river about 15 years ago before it was finished and now it it complete.  I feel lucky to have seen it before. (1300 archaeological sites have  been submerged) Now it is incredible what they have done to try to tame the Yangtze (btw the Chinese call it the Long river, just a small section is the Yangtzee and they don't know it by that name.  I can vouch for that as I have said it several times and no one knows what I am talking about.)
We toured the huge dam and have the Panama Canal to compare it to and this is massive with a two way lock.  One for going up and one for going down and a huge elevator will be working next year for smaller vessels. it has not lived up to it's promises and has displaced 1.5 million people.