http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Sichuan , Emei Shan en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 01:06:53 +0000 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:06:53 +0000 The holy mountain of Emei Shan is a sacred site and has been for the last two thousand years of the Buddhist people. Though it was originally a Taoist retreat in the sixth century a famous Buddhist pilgrim who was accompanied by a six tusked elephant visited the mountain where after all the Taoist temples were converted to Buddhism. Today it is also a very popular tourist destination as the mo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-775712.html As we mentioned in our last blog on Chengdu we were really enjoying the Sichuan region so took a little side trip away from the city for a couple of days to the nearby towns of Leshan to see the Giant Buddha and Emei Shan to climb Mt Emei. We left Chengdu and took a local bus to the bus station in Leshan then changed to another local bus to reach the Giant Buddha something we had heard great http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-754604.html Well no great trip is without its problems. Hopefully I got them all out of the way early and the rest will be smooth sailing. There was some heavy rain in Kunming the day I left which translates to heavy traffic. Despite leaving an hour early usually a 20 minute ride I missed my train... I had to go to the ticket office and switch the ticket. They put me on a later train but instead of a bed I http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-730212.html We just got back from the longest two days of my life. On friday we were supposed to leave at 9am for a field trip to Emei Shan a huge Buddhist mountain. As per usual I overslept but then caught a bus on my own to catch up to the group which went pretty smoothly. We stayed in a hotel that had too many spiders for comfort but the area was absolutely beautiful. Our group was collectively going to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-724226.html Well it took a record breaking 1 day and with another page taken up in the passport I have an extra 30 days in China however I will not be using all of them and this country is just too big for just a 30 stay visa. For a person who hates form filling and tries to avoid it at all costs it was pretty straight forward shame that can39t be said for finding the building that I needed to go to.I v http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-628679.html I travelled from Chendu to Emei Shan in the south on the morning of Nov 22. I thought I had bought a bus ticket to Baogou the town at the base of the mountain and where my hotel was. Instead the ticket office had sold me a ticket to Emei town about 6.5km away. I got off the bus quite confused about where I was and how to get to my hotel. I was immediately surrounded by women try to sell me http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-549378.html The largest stone statue of Buddha in the world and the temple on top of Mount Emai. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-549244.html This weekend on Saturday at 930 in the morning our usual PLU mishmash group got on a bus to Leshan and E'mei Shan. First we visited the Leshan Buddha. It was a lot more crowded and touristy than I remembered. After we took pictures of Buddha's head we had to wait in line for a long time. The whole while I kept hearing laowai laowai waiguoren... and cameras snapping. foreigner foreignerW http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-548542.html Sun 31 10 E'mai ShunTo day was to be one of the highlights of the tour with a day trip to UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage area of E'mai Mountain to view the Golden Summit It was a relaxing 0630 wakeup call with no requirement to 'Pack and go' for a hotel change as it was a simple day tour starting at 0830to and back to this Hua Sheng Hotel. With the weathe some what chilly it was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-543111.html By the time we arrived in Emei from Yaan we checked into our hotel in the foothills of Mount Emei just to be told the chef had gone home it was too late for us to eat so our guide suggested taking us to a local restaurant Dont be put off from the way the restaurants look on the outside the food is really good said the guide I was a little worried but trusted her judgement first of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-539274.html Since we left the Tibetan plateau everything has changed. The scenery is still beautiful but round every bend there seems to be another factory churning out clouds of black smoke and contributing to the thin veil of smog hanging in the air. The fields of barley and oil seed rape have been replaced by acres of fresh green rice paddies. Every inch of land is used for food production even on th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-533484.html hey guysso i have to try and be really speedy less than 10 mins left of net time so here goes excuse the usual typosfirst thanks soo much for all ur messages bnat and i love them and they deffo bring us a bit of home making us very happy and smiley and sure u can all imagine nats cutttttttttttttttttttttteeeeeee with every message haha.so were still in chengdu leavig tonight to xi'an r first r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-520409.html Emei shan or Mt. Emei is one of China's holiest Buddhist sites. This 3000meter high mountain in Sichuan province is home to countless monasteries and pavilions and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. I have been whining about how much I want to go to Emei shan for several months. Finally my friends said just go already so I booked a flight to Chengdu packed up my fir http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-488300.html This was one crazy hard climb 10hours over 2 days and 40km almost straight up with a stay in a monastery in between. At 3000m on he golden summit watching the sunrise nothing would have stopped me getting there. so after 3hours on a bus and a night in the crappiest hotel on earth called teddy bear hotel i must have killed 40 nah 50 mozzys before i had even had chance to take my bag off my back http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-449647.html Day 469 Sunday 11th October Over the border into SichuanWe arrive in Chongqing at 3am. I know because the ship sounds its horn collides into the dock with some force and there is a lot of shouting outside. I go back to sleep and wake up at 6am as we have to get off the boat at 630am. Riley is staying in Chongqing for a few days but I can find nothing of interest in my travel literature which http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-444664.html EMei Mountain day 2Woke up from a decent sleep just before 7 although I was woken up once during the night by some other guy in the room whose snotty snores kept all of us up more or less. I was the first up this day and decided to wander the temple and grounds with my camera for a while. The entire monastery was shrouded in fog. Pictures were inadequate and what a Bu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-442053.html Hey allSorry I haven't posted anything in a couple weeks but y'know typical excuses like busy classes etc. I'm all well rest assured. I try to update everyone on my life here as much as possible but also keep in mind that I'm pretty busy here and not on the internet often so don't get yourself worried every time I go a week or more without posting a sizable blog or sending out personal e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-441942.html One of the famous holy montains in China Emeishan. Once on June 25 2009 the international group of visitors German Polish Spanish Russian in a tourist bus going down the slope with the crazy speed. Two ladies became sick. to be continued http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-414707.html Dear friendsToday we are going for a two day trip to the Giant Buddha in Leshan en the holy mountain Mount Emei.The weather is rather good but during our way to the top of the mountain Emei 3200 metres it became foggy and rainy.To reach the top of the mountain takes a long time. First a two and a half drive by special bus then you have to walk and climb many stairs for around 45 minutes and t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-397848.html New Chinese Proverb saysMan who walk up mountain with large back packs very silly when he can walk down mountain in suit and dress shoesand so was our experience on Mt Emei as we approached the Qingyin Pavilion. Two Kiwis walking up a couple of thousand steps carrying full backpacks for 2 hours and 5000 Chinese coming downhill having taken the Cable Car to the top.We arrived into Eme http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Sichuan/Emei-Shan/blog-393834.html