Hi Louisa,

I just sent this (the following travelogue) to my family ---- thought I would share it with you. ;-)

Thanks for your efforts for our group - otherwise known as Chengdu 9. Susan

Yangtze River Travelogue

Mike & I got home last night - here is relatively quick rundown of Saturday through Tuesday ;-)! We took this tour with 3 couples and a 20 year old son of one of them and we got our group a nickname "Chengdu 9" during the journey. --- God has blessed China with extraordinary beauty - the Yangtze River tour was spectacular scenery!!!!!

On Saturday, April 2

The men had to work because Mon & Tues were the Chinese "Tomb Sweeping" Holiday. At 4:30pm, 8 of the 9 of us took a train from Chengdu to Chongqing --- pronounced Chong-Ching - a "Q" is a "ch" sound. The train was modern & lovely in our first class compartment.We all ate our own snacks in route. One of the husbands met us at the train station in Chongqing - this town only has 31 million people in it. ;-)

From the train station we took a bus to the docks and passed really neat areas of buildings located strait up on the mountain side - we need to go back there again ... We got on the boat CENTURY DIAMOND about 9:30 - we called ourselves "Chengdu 9" so that is how we will be referred to for table seating & excursions. We all

were on the 5th floor with the 6th floor being the sun deck - the room was truly double the size of the room Mike & I had 27 years ago on the only other cruise we have been on. This one had 2 twin beds, nice big shower, 2 sinks, nice big closets and a little balcony. The boat pulled out about 10:30 and we went on to bed not even watching to see if anyone was waving us bon voyage. ;-)