mr woody, i have just returned from China, iterally three days ago. I was on the Yangtze River Cruise approx. a week ago. We booke dthr cruise from England prior to commencing our trip. Haing met numerous other Europeans on the trip, my suggestion to you is to think about booking the trip once, you get to Beijing. There is an internal flight from Beijing to Chongqing, which this disembarkation point which takes you to Yichang, from there you can move onto your next destination.

regards, ash.