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Asia » China » Sichuan » Emei Shan November 20th 2006

we hadden onze zakken zo licht mogelijk gepakt, met het oog op goed weer, maar daar kregen we een beetje spijt van toen we met onze bus in een monsterfile stilstonden en de chauffeur met koorden probeerde de sneeuwkettingen aan een band van de bus probeerde vast te maken. Enfin, met enkele uren vertraging zijn we dan toch van Jiujaigou in songpan geraakt. Jiuzaigou was ook al koud, maar daarom niet minder mooi: Er is een groot nationaal park met bossen en meren (en ook veel chinese bustoeristen). Songpan was ook geweldig, omdat het daar overal vol sneeuw lag. We waren daar eigenlijk per ongeluk terecht gekomen omdat de bus die we naar een verdere plek wouden pakken vol zat, maar we hebben er geen spijt van gehad. We hadden het geluk dat de zon scheen,en ... read more
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Asia » China » Sichuan » Emei Shan May 25th 2006

After a relaxing day at Chengdu, we took a bus to Emei Shan, about 2 hours from Chengdu. The place we stayed at was called the Teddy Bear Hotel. Not sure where the name came from. The manager of the hotel, Andy, was quite helpful in outlining routes to climb the mountain. He was also very talkative about his hotel unfortunately he was not very intelligble so we did a lot of nodding and "that's nice" not having any idea what he said. Day 1: Stairway to heaven? There are two main routes to the top of the moutain. Typically, people take 2 or 3 days for the ascent and descent. We decided on taking a bus quite a ways up the first day. Going into the "hike", we knew that it was going to be ... read more
That's why they call it the Golden Summit
A much prettier path around Emei Shan
Up close & personal

Asia » China » Sichuan » Emei Shan April 28th 2006

I have spent the past four days in a town called Emei, which lies at the base of Emei Shan (Mt. Emei), about 150 km. south of Chengdu. My goal was to climb to the summit of Emei Shan, which is at about 3100 meters above sea level, while starting at about 500 meters above sea level. I decided to challenge myself a bit, while I’m passing the time in China, but I may have over-done it a bit. The Lonely Planet says to allow oneself three days to ascend and descend Emei Shan and since I know I am in lousy shape, I gave myself those three days. However, I managed to climb it in two and a half days, but it was pure torture. In typical Chinese fashion, the mountain had a path, with ... read more
Where I'd been
Emei Shan Map
Back towards the summit

Asia » China » Sichuan » Emei Shan April 21st 2006

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Aerial View of a Monestary
Yet more steps




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