Pour continuer dans la lignée des clichés chinois, nous partons sur les traces des grands sages chinois et entreprenons l'ascension d'une des quatres principales montagnes sacrées bouddique : Emeishan. L'ascension complète prend trois jours, même si une route ammène quasiment jusqu'au sommet (la partie finale pouvant être faire en téléphérique)...

Speed Entry Arrived by bus in Leshan from Kangding. Caught 3 more buses from Leshan to Baguo village in Emei town. Checked into highly relaxing and friendly Teddy Bear Hotel. Split a double room with a Polish dude, Vitec. Walked around Baguo, got terribly lost. Indulged in delicious fried bananas with chocolate (plus pi jiu) before retiring to ...

Time for another update. I hope you all like my lovely display photo that I took at arm's length at my hostel in Beijing. My next authentic Chinese experience was the Sichuan hot pot which is the specialty in this region. I met two french girls from my hostel and we decided to go out, armed with our Mandarin phrase book, and give it a go. We got...

The day where we are woken up by pilgrims, our knees hurt lots, we eat at nathans and I get a letter from the headmaster. After our strenuous exertions the day before we had promised ourselves a lie in. This however is a lot easier said than done when theres a constant stream of chanting monks, howling monkeys and shouting pilgrims walking past ...