Day 21 - Tuesday 24/Nov/2015 - Shaxi

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Visit to the temples and caves of Shibao Shan.

• entrance to the site 65Yuan.
• minibus transportation within the site, 40Yuan.
• shared car returning to Shaxi, 20Yuan.

!---! Horse Pen 46 Guesthouse, Shaxi, Yunnan, China, 80Yuan.

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Photos

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Shaxi, main street. Few tourists, mainly local people in the streets.

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Walking to Jianchuan. The first parts is along a traffic road.

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Some ten kilometer later...

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An intensive climb to the temple.

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The temple entrance.

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Zoom onto the grotto above the temples.

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People drop banknotes in the temple pool.

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Overlooking the first temple complex (Buddhist).

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Painted Dragon.

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A steep path runs from the first temple complex to the top of the mountain (along a water cistern and a stupa).

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Devoted people put wooden sticks between rock openings, wishing for a longer life.

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Picnic time (not so health, and ooo-so-fake).

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Near the top of the mountain, this tourist-ignored temple, maintained by two old people even not begging for money.

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Old buildings in the Temple court.

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The charming temple, in poor condition.

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Reached the top of the mountain.

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The second temple, surrounded by the caves.

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Cave with Buddhist religious rock carving.

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Another cave.

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Another cave, this one representing in the center a Vagina. Seems to be unique in Buddhist rock carving (cfr next picture).

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(refering to previous picture).

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Back in Shaxi, evening dinner.