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Big buddah, big traffic jams
So today we were up early to catch a bus to a place called Leshan which was supposedly a 2 hour bus ride away.
Leshan is famous for its 1200 year old Giant Buddha, which is the worlds tallest. With fingernails bigger than the average human, he is massive.
At 71 meters tall with ears 7 meters long and toes that are 8.5 meters long, its hard to appreciate how big he really is.
So the bus ...
Leshan and Emeishan
From Chengdu I hopped a bus and stopped in Leshan for the day to see the Giant Buddha, then hopped back on the bus to continue on the Emeishan for some hiking in the next day or two.
Was very fortunate and got clear blue skies on the summit with a sea of clouds below. apparently fairly rare. it rains there 200 days of the year.
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China loves steps, we hate them!!
We woke up at 6 this morning eager to go trekking (not). We had our hiking sticks that we purchased the day before like true professionals and our bag of goodies and stuff to stay overnight as we were informed it was normally done over 2days. It was a bus to the foot of the mountain and then we began the lengthy walk at 07:30.. Did I also happen to mention it was steps the entire way up?! I know I previously said I would rather not see another step as long as I lived but china ...
Emei Shan
6:30am start. Left Teddy Bear hostel & walked to eastern entrance. Met Tim from Germany. Walked 2hrs to main entrance and monkey zone. Lots of monkeys. Met two Chinese girls and crossed through monkey zone in a group armed with bamboo sticks. 12hr walk to top of mountain. Arrived at hotel at 9pm in dark and heavy ...
Le plus grand boudha du monde
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Enfin mon deuxieme jour de ciel bleu depuis mon arrivé en chine ....
Donc visite du park ou il y a le boudha , il y a une multitude de temple , de caves avec des statuts etc .... super ambiance chinoise à l'ancienne dans le park ...
Apres encore 3 ou 4 interpellations pour posé pour des photographes chinois , toujours tres heureux , il te sert tous la main apres et te remercie 5 fois avant de ...