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A big, wet Buddha
Feb 8, 2008
(22 photos)
"A characteristic of our independent travels seems to invariably involve getting to points of interest wholly independently. This is in part because it's usually less expensiv ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
youngtravellers
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The Worlds Biggest Buddha...Hes a Big Bugger!
Jul 24, 2006
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" Hey Hey and a Big G´day to you all Well what can I say, it was time to visit the Big Bugger! After breakfast we headed to the river side to grab our tickets for the ferry to find ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
eddakath
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Giant Buddha
Sep 1, 2007
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"Leshan has the Biggest Buddha in the World towering in at 71M high. His ears alone are 7M long and his big toe is bigger than an average family. Now I've seen literally 1000s of Bu ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
rcys
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Buddha Time (U Can't Touch This)
Aug 21, 2006
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"Hello all. Hairy here. We are sat in a large internet hall in Chengdu. One of the first we have found in China, due to the tight government rules that arose from a fire that killed ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
foolsgold
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Thursday in the Big Buddha House
Mar 22, 2006
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"Our bus from Daju left for Lijiang at 7:30. Unfortunately it was near impossible to get to Lugu Lake from here so we had to change our plans again and head to Leshan. We off loaded ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
escapefromuk
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Le plus grand Buddha du MONDE à Leshan
Apr 23, 2008
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" Nous n'aurons pas nos visas avant 7 jours. D'ici là, il nous est formellement interdit de quitter Chengdu! Oui, oui !...Surement!... Nous partons dès le lendemain matin pour Lesha ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
tch3k
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leshan dafo
Oct 6, 2008
"Stepped through the entrance gates and walked down the steps where a man put a monkey on my arm and then Niamhs in an attempt to make us pay for a photo. The monkey was very light ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
clayspice
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Day trip to Leshan
Feb 2, 2008
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"We woke up excited to make the day trip to Leshan to visit the World's Largest Seated Buddha. After breakfast at the hotel, we took taxis to the bus station. Liz and Dylan got us t ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
theklanges
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Leshan
Sep 19, 2006
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"Just a little bit out of order, but here are some pictures of the big Buddha at Leshan in China. It is 72 meteres tall, that is about 215 feet. We walked to the bottom and then thr ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
rvagabond
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Giant Buddha of Leshan
Oct 21, 2008
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"Hi We came to Leshan for the day to visit the giant statue of Buddha....and it was another amazing site. We came by bus from Chengdu, about 2 hours, but into one of the 3 bus stati ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
natgordon
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Ohh My, You are a Big Boy
Sep 20, 2004
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" Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation - Elizabeth Drew Here at Last Boy was I glad to finally get to Leshan, in Sichuan Province, Chi ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
byrnedm
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The Great Buddha
Jun 28, 2007
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"We finally made it Chengdu, even with 2 hours of delay in Beijing due to bad weather. Chengdu is extremelly hot, we arrived at about 10.30 at night and it was about 30 degrees Celc ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
lachilombiana
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Giant Buddha
Oct 30, 2008
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"We travelled to Leshan mainly to see the famous giant Buddha statue, but also to renew our visas, having heard that it was one of the best places to do it. There is not that much i ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
angela_louise
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The big buddha
Feb 27, 2008
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"Hello, We just arrived in Leshan today which is only 2h from Chengdu on the smoothest bit of road in quite a while! 28-2-07 Today was spent at the buddha park, home to the biggest ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
rhonamcd
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Leshan
Nov 19, 2007
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"Our visas for China run out in 4 days. As we entered China in Tibet, the authorities are not too fond of us anymore and rather than allow us in on the 3 month visum we had obtained ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
raquel_chiel
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Le plus grand Bouddha du monde à Leshan
Apr 23, 2008
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" Voilà, nous avons déposé nos passeport en bonne et due forme chez nos amis du Police Security Bureau à Chengdu. Ils nous ont bien averti qu'on de devais pas quitter Chengdu avant ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
z00b
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The largest Buddha in the world.
Oct 11, 2007
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"There's not much to Leshan itself but it has the largest Buddha in the world so I had to go take a peek. Grand Buddha Facts: - Largest in the world at 71m high. - His ears are 7m l ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
andremaheux
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feed me
Oct 22, 2005
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"This morning I arrived in Chengdu after a 41 hour train ride from Guangzhou. I was actually looking forward to the down time to read and catch up on some writing, but after a day o ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
cmj
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Going with the Chinese Flow
May 30, 2006
"Leshan, a city that according to the LP has 2 million more inhabitants than Chengdu, boasts the tallest Buddha (71m high) in the world. The Buddha is carved into a cliff overlookin ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
kimm
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Leshan and The Giant Buddha
Oct 4, 2007
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"Today we headed off on a day trip to see the world's largest seated Buddha called Dafo. He was built at the confluence of the Dadu and Min Rivers in the hope that he would calm the ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
jmabro
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The great Buddha in Leshan
Sep 25, 2006
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"This morning we left our hotel at about 9 in the morning. It is a great hour of the day you would think! However, today I actually felt even more tired than yesterday. I could hard ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
samira_steve
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Leshan grand Buddha
Aug 29, 2007
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"Near from Chengdu (2 hours of bus) there is the grand Buddha of Leshan, the biggest sitting Buddha in the world or at least: it s what they said. I went with other travelers but th ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
worldtaste
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Giant Buddha
Oct 5, 2008
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"We arrived in Chengdu to meet our guide. We were to go to Leshan to experience the city and its culture and then come drive to Emeishan for the night. One the way up it was a fanta ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
ramrtw
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Giant Buddha
Aug 18, 2005
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"From Emei we took the bus straight away to Leshan an hour and a half away. Leshan is famous for its giant Buddha carved into the sandstone cliffs, next to where 3 rivers (including ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
dunnsage
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Dafo - Giant Buddha
Nov 23, 2006
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"Leshan is about 1 1/2 hrs southwest of Chengdu and I was fortunate enough the previous day to catch a ride back from Wolong with a tour guide who knew the area very well. So ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
davejin
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Big Buddah
Oct 30, 2008
"Had our first hot pot here. drank a bottle of vodka between us in half an hour. Gave spud a black eye. Got up next morning and went to see the 71m giant buddah and got the flock ou ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
themadnecropsy
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My biggest Buddah
Oct 6, 2008
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"I took a day trip to Leshan from Chengdu, partly because the largest Buddah in the world lives there, but partly because a Visa extension was called for. Before I l ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
hayleybay
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Leshan and the Great Buddha
Aug 19, 2007
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"Today we traveled down to a city called Leshan and the major attraction is the worlds largest Buddha carved out of the rock of an enormous cliff facing the joining of two large an ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
williwinkle
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Leshan - it really was a big buddha!
Jun 4, 2005
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"Ok just a quick seperate entry on my day trip to Leshan. Leshan has the biggest Buddha in the world, even bigger than those blown up by the Taliban (by 17m). He is 71m high and car ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
hmules
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A big scare and a big Buddha
May 14, 2007
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"Firstly, The Big Buddha and the big scare are two exclusive things. I'll start with the big scare. After our brief stopover in Chongqing, we travelled by bus to Chengdu, where were ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
stevea
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Super Buddha
Mar 8, 2004
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"Continued from ; Enter the dragon Typically, we'll drink Pi-Jou ( beer ) at the Dragon until late and descend en masse on the open fronted cubby hole of a restaurant down the stree ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
gerry_goosehart
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The BIG Buddha
Aug 13, 2005
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"We had intended to get up in time to take the first ferry at 8:30 am to avoid the tourist groups at the Grand Buddha. But when Yoong woke up early, she didn't want to wake me up so ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
raymondc
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The Largest Buddha in the World
Apr 15, 2007
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"I realized soon after reaching Chengdu I was too sick to go to Tibet. I barely made it through the Kathmandu airport and even just being in the Lhasa airport made me feel ..."
A travel blog entry from LeShan by
stacy
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Come see the world's largest Buddha
Feb 6, 2008
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"I got hustled off the train at four in the morning. There was no town, only a row of taxis who appeared to be waiting for something.....I picked the friendliest one and we were off ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
samgowest
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A big sitting buddah
Aug 20, 2007
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"Got a long bus ride down to Leshan. Thank God for immodium after last night's hot pot! Had Fish with a face at Richard's home which was possibly a restaurant and possibly just wher ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
liamail
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Emei and Leshan Buddha
Aug 10, 2005
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"Got a new guide this morning, who seems fine. We drove three hours - through the rain and fog - to reach Emei Mountain. Most of the drive is along an expressway, which makes it eas ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
ahartry
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Leshan
Jul 19, 2006
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"From Chengdu I took a daytrip to Leshan where you can see the Giant Buddha, which is said to be the largest sitting Buddha in the world. Although it was very big, I enjoyed the res ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
ninaversteeg
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Naka soska kdesi v Leshanu
Aug 16, 2007
"Na to, ze sedi, je to celkem velka soska. Pry je vysoka 71 metru. Tesat ji kdysi davno zacal jeden z nejuspesnejsich lobbitu vsech dob - mnich obtizne zapamatovatelneho&n ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
ondrejr
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The Leshan Big Buddha
Oct 15, 2004
"This morning (Friday), we decided to head back down the mountain and travel over to Leshan, to see the world's largest Buddha. It's a seated Buddha, an enormous 73 meters high, and ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
el_condor
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Nejvetsi buddha na svete
Jun 3, 2006
(4 photos)
"Tak jsem si pridala dalsi rekord na ceste a to navstevou nejvetsiho buddhy na svete. Otazka zda se to vyplatilo je jina. Vzhledem k cekani ve fronte jak na horskou drahu temer hodi ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
gabifilova
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Saturday, at Big Buddha
Jul 21, 2007
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"Wheels up at 8:30. Wheels up on the bus that is so guess I should say wheels rolling at 8:30. We trekked to Leshan to see the Big Buddha. Something to see, truly. ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
jstand
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Le plus grand buddha du monde!!!!
Aug 1, 2008
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"Deux heures de bus qu'on a bien galere a trouver la station (on s'est meme trompe de bus en fait...) mais finalement, on arrive a Leshan ou se trouve le plus grand buddha du monde, ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
apiedparlachine
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kangding
Dec 1, 2004
"kangding ist die Grenze zwischen Tibetischer und Han Kultur. Frueher brauchte es 14 Tage um hierher zu kommen...heute tuns 8h....der neuen strasse sei dank. Hatte btw den groessten ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
asci
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Leshan, the giant Buddha and Mt. Emei Shan
Nov 22, 2008
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"heading off with a Bristonian to Leshan we set off to see the world biggest seated Buddha, 72 metres tall, carved out of the mountain after on emans passion turned into an obsessio ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
ladi_tom
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The Biggest Buddha in the World
Mar 22, 2008
"Day 11 - We went to Leshan to see the biggest buddha in the world which is carved into the mountain rock and stands (or should I say sits) 70 metres high! It was an impressiv ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
becpowell
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Leshan
Oct 15, 2007
"A place where with no tourist value. ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
kylekchan
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Leshan - Home to the world's biggest Buddha
Apr 15, 2008
"My last day in Chengdu was a day out from the city itself. I took a bus from the central city bus station to a place called Leshan which is about a 2 hour bus ride away and home to ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
glyn
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Leshan
Jul 21, 2006
"Bus to Kangding 22nd July 2006 Kangding ,Sichuan ,China So time to move on and start putting some bus miles under my belt. I booked a ticket to Kangding but found that the bus was ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
conorsheedy
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shangri la
Aug 28, 2005
"le grand bouddha sous la pluie impressionant quand même ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
reveu
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Mt Emei and Dafo
Sep 27, 2007
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"Definetly a highlight of my trip was to Leshan where I saw the biggest Buddha in the world and Mt Emei where I hiked a 3100m mountain. I arrived into Emei town in the af ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
alycia
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Leshan
Aug 9, 2007
(8 photos)
"Hoje fomos a Leshan. Apanhamos o autocarro em Chengdu e demoramos cerca de duas e meia horas para la chegar. Leshan e principalmente famosa por la perto se encontar o Buda de Dafo. ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
xavier
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Run for the Mountains
Jun 2, 2006
"Keeping in proper form JT, Andrew, and myself arrived at the bus a little late for the trip, but managed to scurry on. In the beginning, the ride contained a little chatter, but sl ..."
A travel blog entry from Leshan by
wdwatts
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