神农溪漂流

与清江闯滩相比，国家4A级风景区神农溪漂流又是另一番景象了。神农溪那古老而浪漫的纤夫文化，那青山常青，碧水长流的世外桃源，吸引了千万业界朋友，醉迷了多少中外游人，真是美轮美奂，自然天成。

今天下午的神农溪漂流，心中只有四个字——江山如画

刚从神农溪漂流回来，又忘了用手机拍了，只能回来翻拍一下相机屏幕，朋友们将就着看看吧，等结束后再整理到博客上去。早晨换小船进神农溪，离开时顺便给我们的维多利亚3号来个全景……

神农溪漂流使用的是一种形似“豌豆角”的扁舟。跨上这种古味加土味的小船，在碧水清波上悠然漂流，会使你感到一种原始的野趣。

One of the shore excursions while travelling down the Yangtze River on the President No. 7 cruise ship in mid-October 2013 was a boat ride down the Shennong Steam near Badong, China. We got off the cruise ship and were taken by a "ferry-type" boat down the Shennong stream to a location where visitors can go down the steam via "pea-pod" wooden boats. The whole excursion took about 1 1/2 to 2 hours - - - 1/2 to 3/4 an hour to get to the pea-pod boat location, 1/2 an hour on the pea-pod boats and 1/2 to 3/4 hour to get back to the cruise ship. Along the way, the local guides point out "hanging coffins, goats grazing, wild monkeys, etc.. The pea-pod boats are crude and the paddling is done by local men with equally as crude paddles......but that's what makes it fun!!!! The 3 paddlers per boat worked very hard to paddle us up the stream. The guide on our pea-pod boat sang a local song in her dialect.....it was great. On our way back to the cruise ship, we saw the local men who had paddled the pea-pod boats walking on the narrow steep paths up the side of the mountain to get to their homes (on the other side). This steep path up and the hard paddling that these guys do explains why none of the had any excess fat.......they were slim, trim and very fit. It was very fun thing to do and we would recommend it if you are travelling down the Yangtze River near Badong.

Wow, what an amazing way to see and meet the boatmen. We loved the peapod ride along the river and would highly recommend it to all!