The famous 3 Gorges on the Yangtze River are our next stop and the site of the largest construction project in China since the building of the Great Wall.

Mr. Winchester discusses the opium wars, gunboat diplomacy, a cold war incident involving the H.M.S. Amethyst, the meaning of Mao's much-publicized swim in the Yangtze and the gigantic dam that will soon drown the river's famous Three Gorges.

The most recent feasibility study, completed in November 1988, recommended building the dam at the eastern end of the Yangtze's famous Three Gorges, one of the world's scenic wonders.

After our lunch stop we will drive to the Ngorongoro Highlands via the world famous Olduvai Gorge, where our earliest ancestors were discovered by Professor Richard Leakey.

It is the largest and most downstream-eastern of the famous Three Gorges.

Tourists to China know this place as the exotic starting point for the riverboats that take passengers through the famous Three Gorges, downstream on the Yangtze River.

He found what he wanted - needed - at the famous Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania among the droppings of dik-diks, the shy, tiny African antelopes.

The real hub of palaeoanthropological activity was in eastern Africa at the famous Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Later we drive to Serengeti National Park via the world famous Olduvai Gorge where our earliest ancestors were discovered by Professor Richard Leakey.

It then cuts through Mount Wushan bordering Chongqing and Hubei to create the famous Three Gorges.