Day 11 Monday May 6th

We had to get up very early this morning as we were being picked up from our Hotel at 6.30am to be driven to the station where we were to take a high speed train to the city of Yichang. We had said our goodbyes to most of our group as there were only 12 of us doing the Yangtze River Cruise. We were left on our own to catch the correct train to Yichang. We managed to do this. Despite being a very high speed train the trip still took 8 hours. We were then met at the station by a guide and taken to a nearby restaurant for a very early dinner. From here we had a 90 minute drive to the Victoria Cruise Ship. When we arrived we saw a very large cruise ship similar to those we’ve been on before and a smaller ship nearby. Our ship was the smaller. Once on this ship we settled into our small cabins and relaxed. We were a little worried at first as there had been a pipe-burst on our floor and the staff were trying to dry everything out but as it worked out our ship was quite adequate despite not being as flash or large as some of the other ships.