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Xingfa Hotel Leshan

No.105 Jiading South Road,Xingfa Street Leshan, Sichuan, China

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Hanging out with the World’s Biggest Buddha

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... was created to calm the surging waters of the river that now lie at it’s feet. The devoted say the Buddha did calm the river. However, more pragmatic people suggest that it was the stones that were tossed into the river, during the carving, eased the waters. The construction of the Buddha began in AD 713, and the completed Buddha is pretty impressive. The Buddha is 71 metres tall, has ears that stretch for ...

The buddy Budda/ Gran pezzo di Budda/ Kawal Buddy

A travel blog entry by anna_e_mateusz

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... good enough. Anna got her shoes, trousers (wind and rain proof), polar and jacket (wind and rain proof) for ca 70 euro total. But before Western Sichuan we want to explore some interesting sites closer to Chengdu - first is The Great Budda in the town of Leshan 2 hours by bus from the capital of the province.
When we get there we discover to our disappointment that my Polish ID and Anna's Driving Licence don't give us student's rate ...

China, Unexpectedly

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... death," "take your machete," and "gangrene." I should also point out that I would have been perfectly fine hearing the words "tribe of amazingly attractive Asian women who are inexplicably attracted to Western men" as well. It seemed SE Asia would not be the sort of adventure I had envisioned. I guess I had known this, though. After all, it's been a hot backpacker destination for many years. I did know it, but I thought my trip would be different, ...

The Worst Bit of China?!

A travel blog entry by lauracarr

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... did a decent amount of stuff, although it was so hard and I realised just how unfit I am!! We found some lush waterfalls and then walked past the monkeys. They were once wild but have now got to know visitors. There were loads of them and were jumping all over the place!! I was worried they would jump on me and give me AIDS (!!!!) so I screamed and ran past them on the bridge!!!

We had some well deserved beers and food at a local restaurant that night.

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Emeishan

A travel blog entry by iliaflax

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... 14 97;ם לצאת ב-4 בבוקר לראות את הזריח 92; הוא ענה שאת הדרכו 04;ים יחזיר לנו לא לפני 5 בבוקר. בשלב ...