Up the Yangtze!

After the euphoria and spectacle of the Olympic games with it's fabulous Opening Ceremony and the spectacular scenery on the route of the road race, I was dead keen to go to to China. I have long wanted to see the terracotta soldiers and the games fuelled my enthusiasm a hundredfold. I started researching, plotting and scheming a trip to China.

Coincidentally, and as part of my research, I went to see a Canadian doco called "Up the Yangzte" . It tells the story of the farmers displaced by the building of the Three Gorges Dam. It is one of the saddest, most moving films I have ever seen. I left the cinema totally confused about whether I actually wanted to go to China and provide the Chinese government with a single cent of revenue. (Of course, this would mean never buying anything ever again, since nearly everything is made in China.).
I highly highly recommend this movie to everyone.. visually beautiful and deeply touching. it made me want to own it, replay it and be thankful for the life I lead.and may I be very careful about ever whingeing again!!!