Huasheng Emeishan

... montraient des dents, pas content content. J'ai pu prendre un bon video de gens completement affoles, pendant que je rigolais bien. <br><br>Malgre la souffrance, we did it. We didn't blow it. On s'est rendu au Sommet d'Or, ou se trouvait une statue doree de Bouddha a quatre visages monte sur des elephants, a cote d'un temple du meme dorage. On a pas pu avoir une vue magnifique de ce point a cause qu'il y avait trop de brume, ou de nuages, ou whatever de ...

... ce soit, ils nous demandent le triple de ce qui etait annonce dans le Lonely Planet, le double d'un dortoir confortable en ville. En plus, ils refusent de nous nourrir. Maudits soient ces moines, eux. <br><br>Nous les avons donc couverts d'insultes, nous sommes sortis en trombe, et nous avons repris notre chemin. Pas tres longtemps par contre, parce que la noirceur percait deja bientot totalement et il commencait a faire un frette arctique. Alors on decide de s ...

... trees and wildlife including monkeys. Magic Peak Monastry was covered in clouds, it was misty and one could not see far so I decided to head to lower elevations and stay at Venerable Trees Terrace. <br><br>Shortly before reaching the temple, I came across a bunch of monkeys who tried to get at my backpack. I retreated and waited for the couple that I had passed earlier to arrive. Going alone is not advisable, so we were three and tried to get by the monkeys ...

... scenery to ourselves as we ascended through the<br>forest. Passed a few temples and monkeys and were continually<br>surprised at where we were in relation to the map. Not sure who came<br>up with the distances on the map but I can only assume they were<br>drunk. Anyway we were hugely relieved and surprised to find ourselves<br>at Xinging Si at 2100m as the mist starting rolling in. Stayed in a<br>corrugated shed which surprisingly had a TV and electric blankets!<br>This ...

... gold. Then the disk of the sun broke through. the crowd went "Ah!" in one voice. It was magic. The magic is that at 3000m the sunrise is above the sea of clouds. I have never seen anything like it before and is second only to the magic of the eclipse.<br><br>We turned around to explore the summit and we saw a huge many headed golden budha. We had walked right past it in the dark before dawn. It was very, very beautiful ...

... steps as they zigzagged up the mountain. By mid-morning we had broken into the sub tropical region, and a few hours later visibillity became drastically reduced when we broke into the cloud level. We heard shouting up ahead. In the silence of the mountain it rang out like a medieval battle. Bamboo sticks clattering on the steps, we hurried forward to find a group of travellers ...

... drove me around the city with sirens blazing and took me out for some very wierd food in a local restaurant. This morning I woke up and visited the Buddha and am now looking for an escape route south. I've only got 3 weeks left now so need to be thinking about heading towards Hong Kong, but the only issue is that my next destination is Shangri La, which is 4 days away by bus via the Trans-Tibetan Highway (4000m - 5000m) and I'm the only English speaking tourist in town. Beast.

... We read a few blogs about the area and decided to mostly take cable cars up to spots and walk down, instead of ascending most of the way which seemed like a Herculaneum feat. We did two day trips instead of an overnight at a monastery in the mountains. We wanted a warm bed, food we could eat and a (be it cold) shower; none of those things were possible when staying overnight on the track. Yes, we are wimps. The first ...

... statue was built about 1300 years ago, to calm the raging waters of the river below. Judging how it was swirling around it hasn't worked!!! Anyway it was a great day and much more to see in the park than just the big statue. As we only saw about 4 other "Westerners" it is an undicovered gem. Cheers Gordon

... feet of the giant buddha. Took loads of photos and Niamh was asked to be in many more before starting up the cliff walk to Wayou monastery! The cliff walk took us along a winding path through the cliff and on the side of the cliffs before we came to a small village where they had a market selling all sorts including turtles and alligators. After being hassled by a woman who insited we needed to go on her scooter, we then ...