Blogs from Emi Shan, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Asia - page 3

So today- was pretty much the highlight of chengdu for me. On our way to Le-shan Mt (Giant Buddha) we made a pit stop at a tea harvesting farm, which was really pretty, although that was where I realized that I can barely walk anymore without having everything ache afterwards. At Le-shan Mt, where we viewed from a speed-boat for probably just 10minutes we got to wave at random people who were actually at the foot of the Buddha, and everyone started taking pictures of us- mostly because there were Caucasians on board. We went to Ermei Mt hotel, after- and had 2 hours of free time - so the majority of the group decided to get a 2hour body massages for 120 yuan which if you think about it is a really good deal considering ... read more

Today we set off to Mount Emei (Emei Shan) 130km southwest of Chengdu. It didn’t start off too well (apart from the yummy BLT) we could not find the bus station, after an hour we finally found it!!!! So we boarded the bus, waited another 20 mins for it to fill up and then 2 hours later we were in Emei Shan. This place is one of the middle kingdom’s four famous Buddhist Mountains. Apparently the scenery is amazing here as well as the sunrise, we wouldn’t know though because all the time we were there it was misty!!!! On some rare occasions there is a phenomenon known as Buddha’s Aureole where rainbow rings produced by the refraction of water particles, attach themselves to a person’s shadow in a cloud bank below the summit. We didn’t ... read more

Saa naaede vi endelig til toppen efter lidt problemer. Bjerget E'mei er et buddistisk bjerg som er 3077 meter hoejt ved hoejdepunktet 'Golden summit'. Man kan gaa fra bunden af bjerget til toppen naemest ubesvaeret, heri menes at der er trappe fra bunden til toppen. Vi havde to dage til at gaa paa bjerget da vi skal naa et fly fra Chengdu den 26. Vi valgte derfor at tage udgangspunkt et punkt cirka 10 km oppe paa bjerget hvor man kan blive bragt i bus. Her var vi kl 10:30 og de havde sagt til os paa hostlet at vi skulle regne med at bruge 10 timer paa at komme op til cable car'en hvor vi skulle gaa i et hurtigt tempo, saa vi havde lidt travlt. Efter lidt besvaer med at koebe en billet, gik ... read more

I don't consider myself an experience traveller, I've seen some things around europe and even been to the highlands of scotland. But nothing has ever come close to what we've just been through. Shan is the chinese word for mountain, so for those of you who haven't figured it out yet emei shan is a mountain. For the people of China Emei Shan is just not another large hill, but the holiest buddhist mountain. And why they have chosen this as their most sacred became quite obvious, but we'll return to that later on. First we must begin with the beginning. It had been our plan all along to conquer a mountain, and from the desciptions we got from Emei shan the choice seemed natural. (writers note: after a beautiful trainride from xian we arrived ... read more

Na Emei Shan! Pobudka, autobusem na dworzec Xianneman, 'PKS' do Bagou. Skad wychodzi sie juz w gory. Na te gore (3099), jedna z 5 swietych chinskich gor, prowadza trasy: poludniowa (60km), polnocna (40km), szczytowa (7km) lub cesarska (0km) (tak jak szczytowa tylko niosa cie tragarze). Jako ze czasu nam nie brakowalo, zdecydowalismy sie (Buncol, Kuba i ja) na najdluzsza z nich. Jeszcze nie wyszlismy na dobre z wioski (14:00), a znowu kompletnie przypadkiem udalo mi sie zgubic grupe. No i w droge. Emei Shan jest niezwykle komercyjnie nastawiona na turystow - wszystkie szlaki to schody - idac nimi ciagle mija sie punkty gastranomiczne i 'kup-pan-mape', nie brakuje hoteli i to na kazdej wysokosci, nocleg tez oferuja praktycznie wszystkie swiatynie, ktore rozstawione regularnie na szlaku sa jedna z glownych atrakcji. (taoistyczne i buddyjskie). Ponadto droga na ... read more