Electric Power Hotel Emeishan

... le Lonely Planet, qui l'eloge. Pourquoi? Parce que les phrases qui suivent. Nous decidons d'y prendre une bouchee, et le proprietaire, aussi sympatique que Sim du Cozy Garden Hostel, nous donne des cartes, nous renseigne sur les directives et directions, et nous jase carrement. Bye! Nous devons y aller, la journee est longue et nous devons nous timer pour trouver gite avant la tombee de la nuit.

Autre autobus jusqu'au pied du mont Emei Shan. Dire ca est ...

... me. I turned and looked and saw a big grand-daddy monkey swinging from Anthony's backpack. I was laughing so hard I completely forgot to help him. But, with a swift right foot to the chest, he was able to escape unharmed.

We made it down just before dark, had some beers to celebrate our achievement, and I began to research the next stop in my journey.

... way so for the most part the hike was pretty solemn and devoid of screaming tourists. Signs along the trail are not always in place (or only in Chinese) and one has to ask what the name of the place is. Overall, this was the longest "famous mountain of China" trip - most of the mountains I have been to I hiked for 2 days.

P.S. Books to read while traveling in China: River Town by Peter Hessler, China Road by Rob Gifford, Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian, Sky Burial by Xinran

... polohach, ktere jsme minuly autobusem. Jenda mel poradny pruser, ze naplanoval cestu, kde se opice nevyskytovaly...

Slapali jsme statecne po schodech odolavajice nabidce nosicu postavajicich podel cesty. Ackoliv to bylo radne do kopce, na ceste bylo az prekvapive cinanu. Asi byla lanovka poradne draha. Na ceste se vyskytovaly kramky se suvenyry, jidlem a caji, takze nebyl problem cestou doplnit energii. Nakonec jsme vystoupali na vrchol, ktery se tycil ve vysce ...

We had climed those steps until late in the evening, and eventually made it to a small guest house. At an altitude of 2000m, it was the last place to stay before the 1000m ascent to the summit. The rooms were clean and the fuyuyen were helpful enough. The food left a lot to be desired. The following mornining, 15/07: At 5am the fuyuyen were banging on hour dorm room. It was a still dark, a mist still clung to the ...

... the noises of insects were overwhelming- a thousand hums, chirps and buzzes all fusing together to form a singular wall of sound that pretty much drowned out everything else. It took us a while to get our bearings, but eventually we were travelling in approximately the right direction, following a mountain stream along a steep-sided valley.

The incline got steeper, the going got harder, and in the high humidity it wasn't long ...

... looking for Wenshu Monastery. It was good and all that, but it's getting to the point where you've seen one temple, you've seen them all. All of them claim to have something that makes them unique in some kind of way. This one was no different, though I forget its exact uniqueness, so it couldn't have been that amazing. No no, the highlight of the day came in Mr.Wang's Tiny Museum. This was on the map as being right in the center of the city not far ...

... back to Chengdu disappointed. If you want nature and real hiking, go to the national parks 6-7 hours north of Chengdu - they are bound to be less smoggy with better scenery. We also heard that there were smaller, less crowded and cheaper versions of something similar to Emie Sham, all within reasonable distance of Changdu. Take our advice, skip this site and save yourself a lot of money, leg strain and various monkey injuries.

... your respective boys/girls rooms where you hand your outsides shoes over for some sandals (see? it worked out!) then enter a locker room full of naked chinese women. It was a little of a woah, and I was super glad I decided to change before I left. I put my shirt in my locker that unlocked with a nice magnet electronic lock thing and was handed a warm towel. Then me and the other two girls headed down the stairs past the showers, toilets, and feet cleanser area out to the pool ...

... Temple in the abundantly green mountains. It was a fantastic view from up there. When arriving at the top we visited the temple and monastery. The monks had their own vegetarian restaurant way up in the mountains and a different style bathroom to boot. It was interesting to see their way of life. Rachel had also done some great research on this area and had heard about a Duo Bridge area that was a much further walk then what the guide had originally proposed. He ...