Here’s the third episode of the Southwestern Adventure.
Click here for a Google map showing the route on which these pictures were taken.
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Southwestern Adventure 江河行 2010: Episode Two
As promised, I present you with Episode Two.
Here is a Google map of the approximate route on which these pictures were taken.
Southwestern Adventure 江河行 2010: Episode One
I sincerely apologize for the lack of posts in the last few weeks. I’ve been struggling mightily recently with a couple of big topics:
1) What are the most effective ways to support and promote environmental protection in China?; and
2) What would I like to do/what am I able to do for the environmental cause in China?
I have yet to figure these questions out. As you could probably tell from my last post, I am quite pessimistic and discouraged about what can be done without some major systemic changes.
On a smaller scale, I’ve also struggled with how to present the pics I took during the Southwestern Adventure. I think I’ve finally come up with a prudent way to do this that is hopefully entertaining and informative while also adequately “safe”.
As always, I highly encourage comments. I will always do my best to reply to them, and even when I don’t, be assured that I really appreciate them. I dream about comments and the people who leave them. Yes, I just told you the secret of how to appear in my dreams. Now start commenting!
This post includes pictures from the first several days of the trip, covering the approximate route showed on this Google map. Several other galleries are upcoming. For your enjoyment, I’ve included captions on a large majority of these pictures. Please let me know if you have trouble seeing either the pictures or the captions. If you are not satisfied by the size of the photos afforded by the gallery view, you can right-click on individual pictures and select “view image” to see larger versions.
Don’t Mess with Sichuan
I thought you might appreciate the irony in the picture below. This trashed sign, lying amidst various pieces of litter on the side of a highway running along the still-mighty ( not for much longer, thanks to a series of 22 dams currently being built or planned) Dadu River (大渡河), reads  : Please care for the flowers and grass, littering is strictly prohibited (请爱护花è‰ï¼Œä¸¥ç¦ä¹±æ‰”垃圾）.
Xiaowan Hydropower Plant
Need to hit the road soon, so can’t write much. The least I can do is give you some pictures from yesterday, when we visited the Xiaowan dam and hydropower plant, completed earlier this year on the Lancang River (better known as the mighty Mekong). At 292 meters, nearly the height of the Eiffel Tower (300 meters), it is the world’s tallest arch dam.
Here’s a picture from the reservoir side:
