Pingshuo Hotel Shuozhou
Pingshuo Living Area Shuozhou, Shanxi, China
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... 40+ small caves, each with a couple to hundreds of small buddha statues carved out of the rock. Unfortunately most were damaged because of weather so most of the details and colors were lost. But it was still incredible. After that, the hanging monastery was also memorable. The monastery consists of 36 small wooden rooms, all connected by tiny walkways. The entire monastery is 'hanging' from a vertical section of a mountain. It was a bit scary to ...
Avacardo/brown Bath
Arrived in Datong to find our hostl had been turned into a posh hotel!! So the cheepest option around was a very grotty hotel with a bath and shower we didnt even want to use!! you know that meens rank!! anyway we headed off in the morning to the Yungang Grotto which were breath taking there were so many caves and to think they were created 800 years ago and how big they are its ...
Deuxième étape : Inner Mongolia
... lieux en question ou à cause de l'absence d'arbres? Nous nous sommes donc dirigé vers les grottes des milles bouddhas (C'est moi qui appelle ça de même, le vrai nom il est sous les photos). La guide ne nous explique donc pas combien de temps on restera dans le bus ni rien. Esther s'endort. À l'arrivée, je demande si j'apporte notre lunch maintenant (J'ai faim il est autour de 13h). Elle me répond que nous avons choisi le tour qui n'inclue pas le lunch. Ça ...
From one extreme to another...
... suspended from the side of a cliff. Loder wasn’t too keen on the height and so clung to the rails like her life depended on it, and with tears narrowly averted we moved onto the Yuangung caves. This place was a series of about 50 rock caves each with a shrine inside it – In total about 51000 carvings so the guide book said. They were mighty impressive.
Off to Pingyao on the overnight train tomorrow night. Will let you know how that turns out ...
Wutai Shan
... al vroeg op de ochtend en in een kleinere tempel getiteld Tayuan, die zich kenmerkt door een grote witte stupa, spoorde een monnik mij aan om met hem mee te bidden. Tamelijk in het ongewis over wat de essentie van boedhisme nu werkelijk is en in specifiek de Mayahana school die beoefend werd in China, begon ik mee te lopen terwijl ik de gebedsrollen rond de stupa in beweging zette. Denkend aan een belangrijk principe; het ontdoen van je materiele behoeften om middels ...


