Oh boy. A dam.

Woke up at 5:30... seem to be waking up earlier each day. We disembarked and headed to Maoping (easy to remember: Mao + [Deng Xiao] Ping) to visit the dam facility. It's finally raining steadily. I'm starting to think we lucked out with the weather the last few days. The dam visit wasn't particularly thrilling... rain, cold and fog.

We reached Yanching, which was a very clean, decent-looking city. Unfortunately, this is where the boat group had to split up and head our separate ways. The TBI group piled onto a small bus for the 4 hour trek to Wuhan.

Our escort, Richard, arranged a meal stop for us in Shashi. This was my first real Chinese meal on the trip. Took long enough. Lotus root soup, beef, water chestnuts, bok choi, bread with bean paste, and supposedly chicken (but what some at the table suspect was dog). All pretty good. No complaints.

We parted ways with the 4 United guys in Wuhan. The drivers (in China) provide some comedy, as I may have mentioned in Beijing. No turn signals, excessive honking (even honking at someone after we've passed them), no seat belts (unless the cops drive by), and my favorite: driving in two lanes at once. I suppose driving in the middle of the road like that gives them the greatest tactical advantage when forced to choose only one lane to pass someone.