Emei, China Travel Blogs

Emei-zing!

A travel blog entry by bethverde

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... with me, but he had to visit family in Australia during this vacation. Of course, there's three other holy Buddhist mountains in China to climb...next time, maybe I should practice a little first. And get a better map. But I'll definitely bring my ...

Chengdu to Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by marshallmatters

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Unfortunately, due to the fact that Nic has waffled for ages on this blog, the pictures will not show as thumbnails at the top as they normally do. To view the piccies, all 62 of them, go to the bottom where the postings are listed and click on the ...

Hanging Around

A travel blog entry by alasdairm

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With not a lot to do in Emei when not climbing mountains (although I realized today that we weren't in Emei town itself actually but Baoguo Village just down the road) we passed the time till the train was due to leave just messing around and talking ...

Monks, Monkeys and Mountains

A travel blog entry by alasdairm

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... a little harsh as the rest of the hotel is spotlessly clean and the staff ever helpful. Anyway today we set off to climb Emei Shan one of the Middle Kingdom's four famous Buddhist mountains but from reading some of the messages left my past climbers in ...

No Way!

A travel blog entry by alasdairm

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... The news was as expected with little to see unless you loved fog and cloud so we took the next bus back to the hotel. Now China is big and I've been traveling for over a month around it covering 1000s of kilometers as I hopped from place to place so ...

Exploring the holy mountain

A travel blog entry by idarich

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... paths took us away from the crowds (thank goodness!) and into the heart of the wonderfully lush forests on the flanks of Emei Shan. HongChunPing seemed restful and quiet, afloat in a sea of green; but the place got busier as sunset approached: hundreds ...

One Big Buddha

A travel blog entry by alasdairm

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... dropped us off at what we were told was the entrance to the Big Buddha but as we were about to purchase our entry tickets (China really is the land of the admission ticket where even the smallest park often has a entry fee attached) we were told the ...

The Climb

A travel blog entry by scott_and_amy

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... along the trail. We started our hike through beautiful forests and along a flowing river. It was the most peaceful place in China, until we hit Monkey Way. Here there were a bunch of Monkeys looking for food, of course the Chinese Government was ...

Damn You're Old

A travel blog entry by scott_and_amy

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... never thought I would be excited about having two eggs and some bread for breakfast on my Birthday, but how things change when you are in China. We got up early and met up with Dale from Wales who has the same Birthday as me (Don't tell anyone but he is ...

Mad Monkey Monastaries in the Mist

A travel blog entry by bonkers

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... famed for it's hot-hot-hot food, and we had a few horse's helpings of that before making our pilgrimage to the sacred Emei Shan Mountain. This mountain is covered from top to bottom in Buddhist monastaries, and by the looks of it, a permanent thick layer ...

Monks and monkeys

A travel blog entry by a_d_smith

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... The next morning I went down the mountain on a five hour trek with the girls and Zebedee. He gave us some fascinating insights into China, and took us to an infant school on the way. We helped out the locals by pushing a car up the hill. That ...

Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by valach

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Went climbing holy Buddhist ...

The Enchanting Emei

A travel blog entry by escapefromuk

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... jeans! We took a short trip into Emei Town and kitted ourselves out for the climb, thankfully clothing is pretty cheap in China. That evening we bumped into a lone traveller who was almost instantly magnetised to our witty charm! Dario, an Italian Tree ...

Stairs, stairs, and more stairs

A travel blog entry by tpietruszka

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... the Teddy Bear Hotel and our room was about $11 a night.) Our purpose of coming here was to hike Mt. Emei, one of the five sacred mountains here in China, and about 3,052 meters high. A lot of people take a bus to the upper portion of the mountain ...

Emei Shan - week 2

A travel blog entry by neil_trickett

... local men as short, ugly but easily controllable Sat - leave Chengdu - bus to giant buddha, avg, arrive Emei Shan monastery, Patrick and great food Sun - bus and cable car to another buddha, monorail, relentlless scaremongering about ...

Showering with Ten Chinese Women

A travel blog entry by larlar1286

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Emei Shan turned out to be bigger and steeper than we'd anticipated, and Sam and I decided not to try to make it to the top on our second day on the mountain. As I wrote in the previous entry, we did make it to one of the summits and the monastery ...

Trip to Leshan and Emei Mountain

A travel blog entry by iceman9gem

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... are coming through, even though they have the green to walk across the street. This is normal and not rude at all since in China the pedestrian doesn't really ever have the right of way. So get to the last stop which is about ...

Getting High is Easier than I Thought

A travel blog entry by byrnedm

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... going, on this trip at least. So what of Emei Shan? Well it's a holy mountain, one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. It's also the tallest of the four, its Golden Summit topping out at 3077m (10,000ft), and if you were to assume, because of ...

Man Down!!

A travel blog entry by jeznkez

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Emei Shan (mountain) is one of the 4 holy Buddhist mountains in China and stands at 3077 metres. The perfect training for us on our way to Tibet! 2 hours on a bus from Chengdu with the most suicudal prick for a ...

Mount Emei

A travel blog entry by drwandgini

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... on the way up was fantastic and we drove for 2 hours up through the cloud layer and then it started to snow! We knew the weather in China was going to be cold but hadn't really prepared for snow up a mountain it was now we thought this was going to be a ...

Climbing Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by dunnsage

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... "Teddy Bear" and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. Our objective was to climb one of the 4 sacred mountains (shan) of China and stay at the top to see the sunrise. That evening we found a nice street with outdoor restaurants displaying food and ...

The unhappiest room in the world

A travel blog entry by djkizza

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... , the unhappiest room in the world. Our local guide for the Yangze River once told us that he called the toilets in China, Happy Rooms. Well we are in the monastry in Emei Shan and we have discovered the unhappiest rooms in the ...

Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by finrod3791

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15 Kilometers Up Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by larlar1286

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... Chengdu. Like Putuoshan, which Sam and I visited in January, Emei Shan is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains in China. Our hike of Emei Shan was the first excursion we planned on our trip around the West. We took a bus from the city to ...

Emei Shan - area in the mountains

A travel blog entry by raquel_chiel

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... roads are surprisingly good, the highway is really good. I don't remember this good infrastructure, but then again apparently the whole of china is really changing quickly and everything is improving. They use about 40% of the world's cement. It is really ...

Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by davejin

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Mt Emei is a UNESCO site and is one of the five sacred mountains in China. Quick - what are the other 4 mountains? I don't know either. The weather this morning was overcast again. I wasn't sure if I should try the hike or just ...

66 000 stairs to Heaven (or Hell?)

A travel blog entry by meli_matt

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... of the 4 holy mountains for Chinese Buddhists. The mountain is also a national park, and hosts some of the oldest monasteries in China and... wild monkeys! 8AM on 16th May - our loooong way up begins - all monasteries are linked to each other by carved ...

Mount Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by nickyates

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Near to Chengdu is the 3,077 meter Mount Emei, which according to legend can be climbed easily in just two days. Accompanied by Dan and Holly, who were also stuck in Chengdu waiting until it was possible to travel to Tibet, we ...

I fought the Monkey (and the Monkey Won)

A travel blog entry by stephaniedianne

We've just gotten down from three days on Emei Mountain, one of the four holy Buddhist Mountains in China. We stayed in monasteries at night, and hiked nine hours a day--over 25 miles altogether. The mountain is inhabited by monkey-devils- they pounced on ...

Emei Shan

A travel blog entry by alexbright

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Our only reason for visiting Emei town was to climb a mountain. Emei Shan stands at 3099m at its peak. We climed to the Golden Summit which is at 3077. Day 1 - we left at 8am roughly and I am embarassed to say that we only started on the mountain ...

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Emei-zing!

Chengdu to Emei Shan

Hanging Around

Monks, Monkeys and Mountains

No Way!

Exploring the holy mountain

One Big Buddha

The Climb

Damn You're Old

Mad Monkey Monastaries in the Mist

Monks and monkeys

Emei Shan

The Enchanting Emei

Stairs, stairs, and more stairs

Emei Shan - week 2

Showering with Ten Chinese Women

Trip to Leshan and Emei Mountain

Getting High is Easier than I Thought

Man Down!!

Mount Emei

Climbing Emei Shan

The unhappiest room in the world

Emei Shan

15 Kilometers Up Emei Shan

Emei Shan - area in the mountains

Emei Shan

66 000 stairs to Heaven (or Hell?)

Mount Emei Shan

I fought the Monkey (and the Monkey Won)

Emei Shan