River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
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The village isn’t quite as picturesque as Bacharach, but it’s got an unbeatable view across the river to Burg Katz, one of the most beautiful castles on the Rhine. So what happened? In the '80s, the city had a major pollution problem, thanks to tobacco plantations and chemical plants. By 1975, the river was so toxic that they shut it down to fishing for 13 years. Crime was on par with Detroit. Immortalised in the famous song from Gerry and The Pacemakers “Ferry Across the Mersey”, it spawned Merseybeat, most closely associated with The Beatles. The collection is still there and hopefully someone else will re-open the museum one day. Where Is St Goar St Goar and the view to twin village St Goarshausen After an exhausting day on the water, one can relax in one of the local wineries. The water-access, style of the town’s architecture, as well as a number of local wineries and breweries, offers an activity for anyone’s taste, leaving a lasting impression for all its visitors. Macon, Georgia Cityscape of Macon, Georgia.
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World-class fishing, rafting with unmatched beauty. Plenty of family gathering & picnic locations. Pristinely clear water and pine-fresh air. Nearby points of interest for history buffs, geologists, naturalists, and archeologists.” The Yangtze is peopled – it has been channeled, prodded, diverted, dammed; buoys mark its shallows and boats of all sizes crest its polluted waters. It goes to Shanghai. The Wu – clear, green, lightly travelled – comes from the mountains. One river is all about origin; the other, destination: this is what defines the difference in their personalities. The Yangtze in its size and majesty seems to be going somewhere important, while the Wu in its narrow swiftness seems to have come from someplace wild and mysterious; and the faint forms of its distant hills suggest that the river will keep its secrets. You can fish all day long and the Wu will give you nothing. Don’t Miss Mighty Marksburg Castle The Renaissance Garden in Schloss Phillippsburg Classic Rhineland architecture in Braubach If you’re driving, St Goar is on the B9 road that runs alongside the river from Koblenz to Bingen. The A61 autobahn (motorway) also passes nearby.Finding the source of the River Eden is quite a challenge: it rises on the limestone fells high above Mallerstang Common. Yet over several visits to Koblenz spanning almost 40 years, this is the one Rhine town that has always left me disappointed. The 1988 Deschutes Brewery on NW Bond Street is always populous, offering daily tours free of charge, as well as 19 beers on tap with a beer-centric menu, as one of the largest pubs in the United States. The region is also rich with wildlife, culture, art, and natural resources, all on display at the High Desert Museum near Bend. Boise, Idaho Boise, Idaho. On the Town: With beer-soaked floorboards and surly bartenders, it may not be the classiest joint, but readers consistently touted El Rancho Tavern as the place to grab a beer. (There are 20 of them on draft.) “If you don't have anything important to do the next day, the Ranch is the place to go,” recommends Eric Parker, an ER nurse.
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You can also follow the Lahn valley line from Koblenz Hbf to the spa town of Bad Ems and the stunning cathedral city of Limburg an der Lahn, one of the most beautiful small cities in Germany. The Reichsburg and Mosel River in Cochem Rhine River Towns – Final Thoughts A half-timbered archway in Braubach Time Needed– Two days is enough to cover the main things to do in Rüdesheim, though it’s worth sending longer there. It’s one of the best bases for exploring the southern end of the Rhine Gorge. And it’s also within reach of other places to visit outside the World Heritage area, including the cathedral city of Mainz and the picturesque town of Eltville. 2. Bingen Klopp Castle in BingenStroll along the Victoria Embankment or South Bank for a unique view of many of London’s major attractions. Alternatively, you could take to the water. Who would believe that the city of cigarettes would become the city of mountain-bike trails and triathlons?” asks Ralph White, manager of the James River Park System. We're hiking to the James River, mere minutes from downtown, under an overstory of sweet gum and sycamore. Inner-tubers, snorkelers, fishermen, and sunbathers use this trail to access a beautiful stretch of the fall-line river, which for more than a century held the dubious distinction of being one of the most polluted waterways in the country. “Nobody wears a noseclip anymore,” White says. “When I first got here, all the boaters wore them. Not now.” Situated in the Bibb County, the geographic center of Georgia, on the banks of the Ocmulgee River’s fall line, Macon is known for its riverfront walking trails, kayaking opportunities, wildlife sightings, and especially, the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, where locals and tourists can access thousands of years of life in the region. The fertile soil of the surrounding farms grows peaches, pecans, trees, grain, and cotton, while the town has also been functioning as a long-time processing and distributing centre for the surrounding farmland. Ocmolgee River in Macon. And try to fit in a visit to the Boppard Museum, if only to see the collection of works by furniture maker Michael Thonet. You probably don’t know it, but you have almost certainlysat on one of his inventions – the No 14 Chair – at least once in your life. The Prussians built the present fortress in the early 19 th century. It’s a sturdy, formidable work, which saw very little action. It now houses several museums, a youth hostel, and commands great views over the city.
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Its story revolves around the transportation of goods on the river, and barging is a tradition which continues to this day in the village. People from St-Étienne-des-Sorts are known as Stephanois, and built traditional boats called “sapines”, which only needed three or four crew. The villagers made use of the natural resources found in and around the town, transporting the trunks of poplars and other trees up to the sawmills of Avignon, as well as stones taken from quarries, which were used to reinforce the riverbanks. This commerce reached its peak in the early 1880s, when up to 20 boats a day would leave for Avignon, crewed by the men and boys from the village. Bingen is the largest town in the Rhine Gorge after Koblenz. It’s sprawled across the last stretch of open land on the Rhine before the river squeezes into the narrow gorge just downstream. It’s the hometown of medieval mystic, composer and polymath Hildegard of Bingen, but she, like the vast majority of visitors, also ended up across the river in Rüdesheim. During WWII, Nîmes was a centre for French resistance activity and later, in 1944, the Nîmes marshalling yards were bombed by American planes. The 2nd Régiment Étranger d’Infanterie, the main motorised infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion, has been garrisoned in Nîmes since November 1983. Try To See– Schloss Stolzenfels is the white wedding cake chateau on the left bank of the Rhine, a few miles south of Koblenz. Enjoy a meal at one of the many wineries and restaurants around the town centre, including the Altkolnischer Hof and Altes Haus next door.The Castle is at the crown of the hill above the village, and some of its outbuildings now comprise the Romantik Hotel Schloss Rheinfels, which has three restaurants. Kaub is one of the smaller Rhine River towns. It’s basically one long street with a Castle at either end – Schloss Pfalzgrafenstein on an island in the river, and Burg Gutenfels on a hill above. Koblenz is one of the main Rhine cities, and by far the largest town we write about in this article. China is bafflingly massive. And that is a bonafide geographical fact people. You can get one of those old fashioned things called a map and have a look. See, I am not wrong. Not only is it massive but the PRC is also the most populous country in the world with a population of over 1.3 billion. How do you even go about counting that many people? How do you get them all to stand still for long enough? It’s most famous as the river that passes through Stratford-upon-Avon, home of the Bard himself. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, base of the RSC, sits right on the riverbank.
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