Leshan and Emei Shan
April 24th 2006 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 a
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