We take a bus from Cheng Du to Leshan so we can visit 'Da Fo' which is the world's largest outdoor buddha - 71m high to be exact. He is carved out of the side of a mountain and is a popular destination for Chinese buddhists, as we discover upon arriving at the first viewing platform. There are hundreds of Chinese people havng their photo taken, pointing at the buddha, or doing the victory V sign at the camera as seems to be the practice here. Anyway, the buddha itself is very impressive. I hope the pictures give an idea of the scale. Actually, the whole penisula of Leshan is very picturesque. There are temples, a huge pagoda, a waterfall, a beautiful pond with hundreds of goldfish and traditional music being piped through speakers hidden in
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