Description
Our two boatmen strain against their bamboo poles to push the boat upstream on Daning He, a tributary of the might Chang Jiang (Yangzi) in China's Sichuan province. The boats take tourists on the turbulent river trip through the so-called Lesser Gorges from the starting point in the city of Wushan. Some tourists make the trip in the motorized vessels you can see ahead of us, but I think our man-powered boat was much more fun and adventurous.
Photograph taken March 1989.
And here is a selection of previously published photos from Daning He: