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Viking River Cruise in China?
Has anyone taken the Viking River Cruise on the Yangtse, the one that
cruises 9 nights Chongqing to Nanjing? It's part of their 16 day "China's Cultural Delights" package. I'm wondering if their excursion in Suzhou includes a visit to or boat ride on the Grand Canal. If not, we are considering doing that ourselves as a day trip from Shanghai. I'm also curious about taking the cruise up river against the current, whether the excursions are any shorter. The boat has to travel slower upriver, but it takes the same number of days, so they have to make up the time somehow. Are there any ports where it is better to skip the shore excursion and just wander around on our own? Any other comments on this cruise would be appreciated. |
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Viking River Cruise in China?
Walt Bilofsky wrote:
I'm also curious about taking the cruise up river against the current, whether the excursions are any shorter. The boat has to travel slower upriver, but it takes the same number of days, so they have to make up the time somehow. If the cruise length upriver and downriver are the same, it may be that the completed dam has changed the river current enough that the flow no longer has an impact on cruise duration. On our cruise, we heard the current was going to be reduced. Your post suggests this has already happened even though the complete flooding still has three years to go. We cruised upriver in 2002 and the trip lasted on more day compared to the same trip downriver. Karen Selwyn |
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Viking River Cruise in China?
You might want to read this blog--it is very comprehensive
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China...log-18106.html Tucker in Texas |
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Viking River Cruise in China?
Thanks for posting this, Tucker. We continue to be very interested in making
this trip. Diana Ball near Houston, TX "Richard Whitlock" wrote in message ... You might want to read this blog--it is very comprehensive http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China...log-18106.html Tucker in Texas |
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