Jinxiu Mountain Villa Wutaishan

Wutaishan was one of our greatest disasters to date.Hee and there's been a few. I booked a hostel which gave directions to Wutaishan bus station but was in fact in Nanning- a whole other provence. Oops.<br>Pretty place, once we'd finally checked into somewhere in our price range. It was the coldest place I've ever been. The water in the river had frozen solid! We had pot noodles in bed and tried some rice wine, (evil smelling stuff) and quickly got on a bus out of there! <br>Love Lucy xxx<br>

... and people taking pictures!<br><br>When we reached Datong we caught the bus to our hotel and checked in. Because there is no hostels in Datong we had to book a proper hotel for once. This turned out to be a 4 star luxury business hotel, not bad for £12 a night!!! We actually had a private bathroom with a toilet instead of a squat, toilet roll, bath, tv, air con, mini bar and even comlimentary toothbrushes!! We hadn't ...

Den jsme zacali zmenou brlohu, nas domaci byl vydriduch a Adelu budili od 6ti rano auta na "magistrale". Nabidkova cena noveho bydleni byla Y400, po kratsim smlouvani skoncila na prijemnych Y240 za noc.<br><br><br><br>Po ubytovani jsme vyrazili na horskou turu na North Terrace. Po par stech metrech jsem poprve vyzkouseli cinske stopovani a zastavili si nakladacek s delniky a vysvetlili jim (rukama nohama), ze chcem jet s nimi na korbe. Cestou jsme ...

hlasi se Misa z Wutaishanu, sedim prave v internetove mistnosti plne cinanu, kteri tu smazi hry.<br>Pisu male resume z poslednich dvou nasich dnu:<br><br>story1: presun Datong- Wutai<br>Diky mnoha zdrzenim dobihame na posledni chvili bus na Datonskem nadrazi. Cesta do Wutaishan je klikata a hrbolata. Coz se za chvili projevi srazkou naseho autobusu s osobnim vozem. Ridic auta si montuje poprve na svuj vuz ...

... avaient vus depuis un bon bout, plusieurs moines etaient incapables de se concentrer, ils ne faisaient que nous regarder tellement ils semblaient impressiones de voir des non-chnois, ils en oubliaient de prier.<br><br>Quotidiennement on rencontre des chinois qui capotent a nous voir, ils n'en revienent pas. Ils nous fixent de longues secondes, bouche ouverte. On les regarde en retour et on leur dit bonjour, mais par leur gene habituelle et leur totale incomprehension ca ne suscite chez ...

... and get serious about religion.<br> <br>4 temples later, a horse ride and Alex climbing the money temple stairs, tiger skins, cat and fox fur on offer in the market, some terrible food and the most beautiful, friendly Monk who invited us to listen to him playing his flute we had had a magicaly experience in WuTaiShan and were seriously comtemplating giving Buddhism a whirl we were ready to leave...<br>

... clean air was most welcome. Especially given the state of the air around the Chinese cities. Heading away from the town, I found what looked like a walking path and set off with no real destination in mind. As it turned out, it wasn't so much a walking path as animal tracks that took me up a mountain. That sorted the question of where I was going, then. Upwards. I walked for several hours, seeing a new peak within reach every time I got to what I had ...

... is a very old walled town, one of very few left in China. There are no cars or motorbikes allowed inside the walls during the daytime which means almost complete peace. We got warm friendly smiles from everyone there. We went for a nice dinner with an Aussie bloke, his Chinese teacher and an English lad Pete who we met at our hostel. Got to see Chinese people at their best tonight ...

... number of hotels and restaurants. Everywhere you go there are pilgrims and monks wandering, shopping, or praying. I saw monks working their cell phones, playing doom on the Internet, and bargaining for bananas...I guess they live like anyone else but it all seemed like such a crazy contrast. In exchange for my ongoing translation and "guide" services, my new German friends insisted on buying me lunch AND dinner, so it was a rather well-fed Shawn the ...

... pillars and the interior is literally half-house, half-cave. The complex is located at the foot of Mt. Hengshan, which is one of the five "Sacred Mountains" in China...an old Emperor first visited the mountain circa 2372 BC. Anyway we arrive and its quite a site to see this old monastery built into the side of the cliff like some magnet stuck on your refrigerator! From far off you cant really see the pillars so it really does look like it was just ...