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Victoria Jenna
Nov
3
2010
Victoria Cruises is once again setting new standards for Yangtze River cruising. Inaugurated in 2009, The Victoria Jenna will be the largest, most technologically advanced river ship along the yangtze river.
Year Built: 2009
Length: 33.8m
Width: 18.8m
Gross Tonnage: 8000T
Draft: 2.6m
Speed: 26km/h
Passenger Decks: 5
Crew: 179
Total Passengers: 418
Answer #2
We arrived in Chongqing to be greeted by our first of 4 private driver and tour guides. All the tour guides were knowledgeable and had an excellent command of the English language. We took the Victoria Cruise ship Jenna up the Yangtze River. Our room was clean and very comfortable and the crew caring. We ended our 3 day cruise after going through the 3 Gorges in Yichang, where we spent the day before flying to Xian. I would like to go there once again even though I have been there!
Answer #3
We flew to Yichang and were met by Edward who took us to a dinner before proceeding to the docks to board the ship for our Yangtze River cruise. As we arrived and got out he said it would be 10 Yuan for each bag for the porters. We had a nice room on the third floor and had a good sleep at the first night and off to tai chi in the morning of the next day. We went to the Three Gorges Dam today. Our ship the Victoria Katarina docked at Sandouping and we went ashore to visit the three gorges project. When complete, it will be the largest dam and largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. We are sitting in the locks at this moment listening to music played on the locks speakers. It was built to provide flood control for the river and to provide power for the country. It takes several hours to get from end to end through the ship locks. The scenery through the Xiling gorge was breathtaking. We spent time on deck just relaxing and being in the now with the mountains and river. In the afternoon we went to the doctor’s demonstration of acupuncture, acupressure and cupping. I was having aches and stiffness in my neck so I set up an appointment and had all three. It helped. We have met the most wonderful couples at our independent dining table. We spent a lot of time conversing with them. The food on the ship of course was wonderful. Breakfast and lunch are more of American taste and dinner are served with more traditional Chinese food.
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Answer #1
Our first night aboard the Victoria Jenna, the newest cruise on the Yangtze, was very comfortable and we woke up next morning to find that it was cloudy and misty. This meant that we got little more than an impression of the size of the Three Gorges Dam, the ship locks and ship lift, as we could barely see the gigantic structure through the mist. During a buffet lunch back on board we commenced sailing upstream towards the first of the three gorges. In the early afternoon we entered Xiling Gorge. Jeff, the river guide, gave an informative commentary in excellent English. Before long we came to the second Gorge named Wu Gorge. In both cases visibility was hampered by mist and rain which gave the gorges a dramatic air that was hard to photograph. We managed to see the rock formation called “The Goddess”, however, which is regarded as a lucky sign. We put in at Wushan and had drinks and appetizers in the lounge before a table service dinner. After dinner the crew modeled Chinese fashions through the ages and regions, including modern outfits—available of course for purchase on board. After another delicious breakfast we embarked on a smaller vessel to take us through the three Lesser Gorges. The mist had lightened a bit, but it was raining on & off all day. The Lesser Gorges, named Dragon Gate, Misty and Emerald Gorge, afforded us better picture opportunities than the bigger ones. We saw troupes of Rhesus monkeys in the trees. Two so-called “hanging coffins” were regarded as the main attractions. The afternoon was leisurely spent photo editing, journaling, and learning about Chinese kites and basic Chinese language skills. After dinner the crew put on a cabaret performance. We continued sailing upstream during the night, arriving at Fengdu at about 3:00 AM. A morning excursion took us to the “City of Ghosts”, a dilapidated tourist attraction built upon the remains of a Ming dynasty temple sitting on top of a hill reached by chair lift. This was little more than a time-filler: our original itinerary specified a stop at Shibao Zhai to see a temple hanging from a protruding cliff—a “star site” according to our guidebook, which we passed by during the night. Our cruise itinerary had to be altered due to construction work on the ship locks. We had a farewell banquet with the captain and our fellow passengers, and we stayed at Chongqing on the check-off day.