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Simon Winchester, a trained geologist and well written
author on Pacific rim countries decided to follow up
on his long standing dream and travel along the full
3,900 mile long Yangtze river. The river, one of the
biggest in the world, splits China in two and is at
the center of much of the culture and folklore of this
huge country. The route which he follows takes him
from the mouth of the river near Shanghai, on the
Pacific coast all the way across the country into the
foothills of the Himalayas and the deepest recesses of
Tibet.