Xiaolangdi Dam (小浪底 - Xiǎolàngdǐ)

Rem Sapozhnikov / April 2014

I had a choice of where to go: to the Shaolin Temple or the Xiaolangdi Dam. What was my choice – is clear. Someday I want to visit the Three Gorges hydropower plant on the Yangtze River. But while I have the opportunity to go to the hydroelectric power station on the Huanghe River. Xiaolangdi project included the construction of hydropower plant to generate electricity, the creation of the reservoir – for flood control or irrigation.

There is a bus that goes to Xiaolangdi Dam from the bus station located opposite the old railway station. The distance is 40 km.

My bus left from the bus station at 10:15. On the way it stopped in another small bus station, which is hidden among the houses. From there we left at 10:30.

By the way, in China before the departure of intercity buses a controller comes into the salon and checks whether all passengers and the driver have fastened the seat belts!