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Margaret, Catherine, Connor and Alan in the soft sleeper from Xi'an to Yi Chang |
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View from the train to Yi Chiang |
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View from the train to Yi Chiang |
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View from the train to Yi Chiang |
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Dang Yang station |
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View from the train to Yi Chiang |
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View from the train to Yi Chiang |
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View from the train to Yi Chiang |
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View from the train to Yi Chiang |
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Yi Chang station |
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Yi Chang |
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By the river at Yi Chang |
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Boarding the boat at Yi Chang |
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Yiling Yangzi bridge at Yi Chang |
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Yiling Yangzi bridge at Yi Chang |
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Gezhou dam |
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Small boat near Gezhou dam |
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Ship Lock at Gezhou dam |
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Ship Lock at Gezhou dam |
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Entering the ship lock at Gezhou dam |
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In the lock ship lock at Gezhou dam |
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Shipbuilding by the Yangzi |
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Water hyacinth on the Yanzi |
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Water hyacinth on the Yanzi |
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Cable car across the Yangzi |
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Tower overlooking the Yangzi |
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The Yangzi between the Gezhou and Three Gorges dams |
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Boat on the Yangzi |
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The Yangzi between the Gezhou and Three Gorges dams |
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By the Yanzgi |
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Boat on the Yangzi |
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By the Yangzi |
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The Yanzghi river |
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The Yangzi river |
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Ailie and Margaret |
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Overlooking the Yangzi |
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On the Yanzi river boat |
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Boat on the Yangzi |
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Boat on the Yangzi |
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Tributary water level kept above the Yangzi |
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Tributary water level kept above the Yangzi |
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Boat on the Yangzi |
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Walkway by the side of the Yangzi |
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Bridge by the Yangzi |
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Boat on the Yangzi |
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Bridge over the Yangzi |
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Dredging downstream from the Three Gorges Dam |
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Appoaching the Three Gorges Dam from downstream |
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Five tier ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Alan and the five tier ship lock |
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Alan and the five tier ship lock |
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Entering the ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Entering the ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Entering the ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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In the bottom tier of the ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Bollards in a groove |
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Container ship in the lock at the Three Gorges Damm |
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Moving up the tiers in the lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Moving up the tiers in the lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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At the top of the ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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At the top of the ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam |
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On the Yangzi |
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On the Yangzi |
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We boarded this boat for a trip up the Shennong River |
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At the entrance to the Shennong River |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Coffin and cave by the Shennong River |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Boat on the Shennong |
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Boat on the Shennong |
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New village - the old village is under water in the Shennong River |
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The Shennong River will rise to here |
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New village above the future waterline |
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Shennong River |
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Shennong River |
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Shennong River |
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Shennong River |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Boat on the Shennong |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Shennong River |
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Shennong River |
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Margaret is cold on the Shennong |
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Arriving at the Shennong visitors' centre |
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Boarding small boats on the Shennong |
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Margaret dons a lifejacket |
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Margaret and Catherine in lifejackets |
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Heading upriver in the trackers' boats |
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Heading upriver in the trackers' boats |
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Our guide on the Tujia trackers' boat |
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Our guide and Reg on the Tujia trackers' boat |
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Tujia trackers row the boat |
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By the Shennong tributary |
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Boats negotiate the shallows |
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Trackers pull the boat |
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Trackers pulling the boats |
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Trackers in the rapids |
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Riding the rapids |
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Strictly prohibit selling |
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Shennong River viewed from the visitors' centre |
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Shennong River visitors' centre |
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No Stump |
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Looking downstream from the Shennong visitors' centre |
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Shennong River |
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Shennong River |
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On the banks of the Shennong |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Shennong River gorge |
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New village above the future waterline |
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The Shennong River will rise to here |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Shennong River gorge |
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Hanging coffing by the Shennong |
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Our Yangzi boat viewed from the Shennong boat |
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Our Shennong boat ties up on the Yangzi boat |
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Down stream from the Wu Xia gorge |
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Down stream from the Wu Xia gorge |
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Margaret, Sue and Kathy on the Yangzi boat |
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Yangzi hydrofoil |
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Yangzi hydrofoil |
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Wu Xia gorge |
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Wu Xia gorge |
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Wu Xia gorge |
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Wu Xia gorge |
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Wu Xia gorge |
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Goddess in the Wu Xia gorge |
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Wu Xia gorge |
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Wu Xia gorge |
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Dragon peak in the Wu Xia gorge |
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A road ends in the rising Yangzi |
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Wushan Bridge comes into sight |
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Margaret and Wushan bridge |
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River level markers near Wushan |
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Yangzi bridge at Wushan |
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Yangzi bridge at Wushan |
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Wushan |
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Yangzi bridge at Wushan |
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Wushan |
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Upstream of Wushan |
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Sunset over the Yangzi |
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Margaret and the sun setting over the Yangzi |
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Margaret and the sun setting over the Yangzi |
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Sue in a sedan chair at Fengjie |
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Sue and Kathy in sedan chairs at Fengjie |
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Kathy in a sedan chair at Fengjie |
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Sue and Kathy on sedan chairs at Fengjie |
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Kathy in a sedan chair on the steps at Fengjie dock |
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So where are we? |
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View from the hotel bedroom at Fengjie |
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Street breakfast in Fengjie |
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Early morning at Fengjie |
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Early morning at Fengjie |
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Early morning at Fengjie |
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The dock at Fengjie |
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Boarding the hydrofoil at Fengjie |
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Yangzi hydrofoil |
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Passing our Fengjie hotel |
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Passing our Fengjie hotel |
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On the banks of the Yangzi |
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On the Yangzi hydrofoil |
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The Yangzi |
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On the banks of the Yangzi |
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Town on the Yangzi |
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Town on the Yangzi |
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Town on the Yangzi - maybe Wushan |
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On the banks of the Yangzi |
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On the banks of the Yangzi |
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On the Yangzi hydrofoil |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Alan and the Three Gorges Dam |
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Alan and the Three Gorges Dam |
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Downriver of the Three Gorges Dam locks |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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The ship lift at the Three Gorges Dam |
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The ship lift at the Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam under construction |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Three Gorges Dam |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Aquarium at Yi Chang |
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Aquarium at Yi Chang |
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Margaret and a stuffed chinese sturgeon |
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Yangzi crocodile at the Yi Chang sturgeon research institute |
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Yangzi crocodiles at Yi Chang |
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Yangzi crocodile at Yi Chang |
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Yangzi crocodile at Yi Chang |
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Yangzi crocodiles at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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2.5 metre Chinese sturgeon at the research institute in Yi Chang |
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Paddlefish at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Chinese sturgeon at Yi Chang |
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Yangzi crocodile at Yi Chang |
| photo:2005:China.October:Yangzi | Parent album |
