Heizhu Gou Hot Spring Hotel Leshan

... of the Shu people who mysteriously disappeared.
Sanxingdui, also called Guanghan Sanxingdui, which is situated in Southwest China’s Sichuan Basin, is the ruins of the Bronze Age in the middle and late Shang Dynasty. The name was entailed for that its appearance resembles three earth pits. The excavation began in 1980. Two large sacrificial pits of the Sanxingdui were unearthed in 1986, becoming instant stirring news in the whole world. More than a ...

C'etait la derniere journee de ce trip. Derniere destination: Leshan. Arrives dans la ville, la premiere aventure a ete de trouver comment se rendre au site du Grand Bouddha. On commence par prendre l'autobus 13 pour se rendre a une des portes, pour se rendre compte que ca coutait extremement cher pour quelque chose qu'on voulait faire en peu de temps. Consultant le Lonely Planet, ce dernier nous conseille de ...

... 150 RMB!!. Wannian Temple is at 1020 m, I hiked up to Jieyin Hall at 2540 m to stay overnight. I didn't plan on hiking 50 km the first day but I didn't like Elephant Bathing Poll so I continued on. A lovely place is Huayan Peak but I was there too early to stay. The place has an open terrace in the back that looks out to the mountain and has a view of Elephant Bathing Pool. At Jieyin Hall, I met three lovely salesgirls who manned the stall in front of Jieyin Hall ...

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Our 2 hour bus ride took us south west to Leshan. Our first stop here was to a boat dock where we boarded several tourist bost to go view the giant Buddha carved in the side of the mountain. The Buddha is 2,000 years old and since at the convergence point of three rivers. The Buddha was put here to keep boats safe during their voyage. This particular figure is a sitting Buddha where as most have the legs crossed. The thought was this sitting posture displayed ...

... taller then then average man... Not sure if thats a chinese man or a western man but its still pretty freaking tall.

We then headed back to the bus station and headed for Mt Emei, a famous Buddist mountain. We stayed in the Teddy Bear hotel which was quite nice and wandered around for a bit before heading to bed.

... a perfect opportunity to study the fossil record and the volcanic history of the area at the same time. 'I thought the two must be linked,' says Wignall. Wignall and his team - including researchers from the China University of Geosciences - took rock samples from two locations at Wuhan in China where volcanic rock is sandwiched between layers of limestone in Emeishan province. Since the limestone contains easily datable marine fossils it was possible to see which ...

... had set seats according to our ticket numbers so there was no quarreling over who sat where. People came around with food every 5 minutes and you could place orders for hot food which would be brought to you less then 10minutes later. It was awesome! We met two amazing English speakers on the train, also. One guy wants to study in America and the girl was incredibly pretty and friendly. We got their numbers and email addresses, so we will be staying in ...

... lake called Qinyin Lake and the stream of crystal clear mountain water that ran into it. From the lake we headed up the mountain. We soon reached the area of the forest where the monkeys live. I was quite excited to see monkeys but I soon changed my mind when they launched a full scale attack on our rucksacks. First of all I felt a huge weight on my back (a monkey) and then David shouted at it to get off. It didn't. So he pushed it off me. It didn't like that and so ...

... 2500 meters up the mountain and approximately 3,000-5,000 steps from the bottom, we decided to take the two hour ride back down. I debated staying on the mountain at a monastery, which a popular budget option for travelers, but after hearing how uncomfortable it was and longing for a shower and warm meal, I decided it wasn't worth it since the chances of seeing the sunrise the following day were slim, and each day the amount of tourists ...