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By Christing
June 2nd 2008

Putuo Shan

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Fähre nach Zhou Shan

Putuo Shan ist eine Insel unweit Shanghais. Übersetzt heißt es etwa Berg Potala, wobei Potala der Wohnsitz von Avalokiteshvara - Schutzpatron Tibets - ist. Von den vielen (wohl über 20) Klöstern der Insel haben wir 5 besucht. Da ich mich aber nicht mehr an alle Namen erinnern kann, habe ich sie nummeriert, der Reihenfolge des Besuchs nach. Kloster I ist gefolgt von Kloster IV das touristischste, wobei Kloster V wohl das wichtigste ist, da es oben auf dem (heiligen und höchsten) Berg der Insel liegt. Die Bilder sprechen sicher für sich. [View Full Entry]

By renekoster
September 9th 2007

China Town en Putuoshan

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Cleopatra
Ons vijfde huisgenootje...

Verhuizen Vorige week was het zover, lekker verhuizen naar mn eigen, grote kamer! Na een weekje kan ik zeggen dat het leven hier me best bevalt! Wanneer ik thuis kom wordt ik vrolijk begroet door onze kat van 6 maandjes oud. Ze heeft zoveel energie! En als ze uitgespeeld is, dan kan ik me vermaken met een van de 300 DVD's (er past weinig meer bij in het tv meubel...) of de playstation! Ook leuk: 's ochtends staan de oudjes buiten in het parkje voor de flat Tai Chi te beoefenen... Maar het meest luxe is dat we driemaal per week [View Full Entry]

By SF Girl
September 6th 2007

Putuoshan: Island Fever

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Standing Buddha
I was there

In lieu of going to Guiyang I decided to go to Putuoshan, one of China's sacred mountains. Putuoshan is 25 minute taxi ride, 1 hour bus ride, and 3 hour ferry ride away! Someone from the travel agency bought my bus/ferry ticket and I found him to get my tickets. The guy was a little scary looking because he was very cross-eyed (I judge, I know). I asked how many people were on the tour and he said, "One." I freaked out for a second, thinking that I had to spend the day ALONE with the cross-eyed man. Then he told [View Full Entry]

By odedromi
July 4th 2007

Passing through Hangzhou and Putuoshan

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Getting to Hangzhou from Guilin: 22 hour bus/train 1 day lost (and we don't have too many left here) 60 US Dollars (about) ------------------------------------------------------- Saving it by flying Guilin-Hangzhou (2 hours/$130): Priceless Arriving late (1am-ish) in Hangzhou, we were exposed first time to the prices of east-coast Chinese cities. The cheapest we found was a nice youth-hostel for $24 - quite a fortune in Vietnamese/Yangshou-ian terms. The Chinese proverb "Shang You Tian Tang Xia You Su Hang" - "Above there's Sweet Paradise, Below there's S [View Full Entry]

By WillonAsia
January 31st 2006

Putuoshan

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Temple..

Putuoshan is a buddhist island off the coast not far south of Shanghai. It has nice examples of Chinese architecture and the island is peaceful and pretty. A couple of day walking were enough to see all and get some decent photos. [View Full Entry]

By TravellingKate
January 23rd 2006

The island of Putuoshan

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Rock temple

Putuoshan - 23rd January 2006 From Yandang Shan we caught a bus up to Ningbo in order to get the ferry to our next destination, the island of Putuoshan. After about a 3 1/2 hour bus journey we arrived at the ferry terminal around 5 o,clock only to find out that the last ferry left at 3pm! Doh! I suppose that serves us right for not doing our homework.. So anyway, this means we need to spend a night in Ningbo which is fine and it turns out to be quite a nice place. We gorge ourselves on a feast at [View Full Entry]

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