Snowy Spring Holiday Hotel
Travel Blogs from Luding County
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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To Kangding, then back the way I came
... hope that they do not know what they are about to face before they do it. Just one stretch in between bends would be enough to make me get off my bike, sit down, and need a long rest. And if I knew there was more than one, much, much more than one, then I quite possibly would have either turned back or tried to hitch a ride. I don’t ...
Tagong
... that he was small and was actually more afraid of me than I was of him. His owner appeared and I thought this must be the place, but when I showed him my piece of paper he pointed me onwards. So on I went over more hills and across more streams until finally there was a man standing on a hill top with his horse waving at me. He was in fact waiting for me and then ...
Crazy chinese beer seller
A relaxed start this morning saw us having coffee in the hotel cafe with about half the rest of the truck before getting on board and leaving at 10.30am. The first of 4 drive days and 3 bush camps which none of us were looking forward to. The heat and humidity made it a very uncomfortable drive once we finally departed. Initially we drove north out of Chengdu, the plan being to then turn west towards the Sichuan-Tibet highway, which we would then follow south.
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Nee hao
... iran verhaal dat ik ging kijken voor andere opties. Vliegen naar Chengdu China. Ook leuk toch?
Fiets mocht ook mee ookal wilden ze me in Beijing nog ff 35 euro extra laten betalen voor mijn fiets. De groeten. Beetje protesteren en de domme toerist uithangen en door naar Chengdu.
Daar aangekomen was het wel even zoeken voor ik bij mijn hotel aan kwam, ookal was ik er 5 jaar geleden al geweest. Wat is deze stad achtelijk groot. Ik gok tussen ...