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Published: November 10th 2012
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 ...
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Dave Lambert
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Buddhas & Mountains
Hi, I was interested to read your account of Leshan & Emei Shan as I made a trip there with a Chinese friend in winter 2011. I've spoken to a few other people who have been & realise how lucky I was, (on Emei Shan at least), to cop such beautiful clear weather, & a bonus of snow on the ground too. Ha ha! You seem to have quickly reached the conclusion that you never really know what to expect in China! I have some photos of the amazing Buddha statue on Emei Shan on: http://s251.beta.photobucket.com/user/draftwrite/library/China-Sichuan-Winter-2011 Good luck in Vietnam.