Shenghua Hotel
Travel Blogs from Liaoyuan
Big boy!
... the hostel that night, Leigh opted for pork and bamboo, the bamboo was actually pretty tasty. We met a guy in the hostel that we had initially met in xi'an, we stayed up for a bit having a few beers with him.. He is from holland and by the sounds of it had a pretty **** day as his bank card was blocked and he had no money.. Luckily the bank managed to sort it out that evening for him so he decided to celebrate and buy a crate of ...
You'd Buddha Believe It... ;)
... cute puppy - ultimate hostel selling point! We spent the sat of the afternoon watching the olympics and we met some people from Israel and their guide tried to get us to join them but we thought he was sneaky and wanted to do the mountain ourselves.
We got some tea (really tasty) and one of the hostel people helped us plan our two day adventure. He told us to hike for at least 8 hours. NAAAAAAAAH. We decided to get the bus, we're not built for hiking.
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Giant Buddha Madness
... and it was defiantly an experience – one never wanna go through again. It’s a shame really because it took away joy of being able to see the biggest Buddha in the world and you just couldn’t enjoy it. Still, I got some good photos and once at the bottom – where surprisingly there were a lot less people we took more photo’s before heading back out of the park. On the way out we came across this girl who was running ...
Chengdu op de fiets en Leshan
... was dat het hostel bij het Sheraton lag. Dat kon ze precies aanwijzen, want redelijk hoog gebouw. Voor het donker was ik weer in het hostel voor wifi en koffie. De volgende dag ben ik per bus naar de grote boeddha in Leshan, een reis van 3 uur geweest. Ook dat was een avontuur. Ik houd het nu echter kort. Zoveel chinese toeristen als daar waren. Het was wel een relaxte dag, vooral omdat het vervoer best lekker ...
Hanging out with the World’s Biggest Buddha
This was the first time I'd been out of Chengdu in a month, so it was great to see another part of China. The bus to Leshan took only 2 hours, though we were lucky to get one, because there seemed to be only one that day instead of hourly like we thought. Clint and I ended with the last spare seats in a minivan. When we got to Leshan, a man from Shanghai started talking to us and, like most Chinese people, asked ...