Blogs from Emei Shan, Sichuan, China, Asia - page 4

Our last day in Chengdu involved nothing more than recovering from our massages and treating ourselves to the Sichuanese delicacy: "HotPot". (For those who are uneducated in the ways of HotPot, please see the text at the end of the blog) Now anyone who has even met Dave, will know of his love for this dish. Penny's first HotPot however nearly ended in disaster. A piece of beef slipped from the hold of her chopsticks and splashed scolding hot chilli oil into her eye. As if that wasn't bad enough, the insuing panic caused her to suck a sprig of Sichuan Peppercorns (similar to the regular type but with spicy and narcotic undertones) down the wrong hole. Her entire throat tingled and numbed, tears streaked her flushed cheeks, her body began to tremor and she was ... read more

Made it to Leshan by 3PM. As soon as I got off the bus I was attacked by men who wanted me to take their taxi. I negotiated with them down to 15 Yuan from their start of 30 CNY (ps…CNY=RMB=Yuan)…I then realized that I needed to leave my bags at the bus station according to advice from Melanie and Mike. When inside inquiring, the nice woman also mentioned that I could take a bus to Leshan for 1CNY. Obviously, that was the best option so I left the taxi driver who was not happy about it. Since I arrived so late, I only had time to do the boat tour to see the Grand Buddha (Dafo). Which to be honest, was totally fine. By the looks of it, even at 4PM the stairs to get ... read more

After my monkey troubles, I continued my hike upwards. Emei is one tough hike. The entire way up Emei is by stairs. I think on this one trip alone, I had walked up more flights of stairs than my entire life combined. A rough estimate is to say that there are six to seven steps per meter, multiply that by roughly three thousand meters, and you have roughly eighteen to twenty one thousand steps. Which, actually understates it because there are parts where you go back down and then up again. Whatever the case, there's no need to take the elevator anymore, walking up the stairs at work will seem to be a piece of cake from now on. Several temples dot the trail up to the top. In the heavy fog, stumbling upon a temple ... read more

/Steven/ We chose to make a trip to mount Emei, a holy Buddhist mountain near Chengdu and 3099m in elevation. Lelde has been plagued for a while with a sore ankle which can deteriorate, so we decided to tackle the mountain as a descent for the most part. We started by getting a bus to Emei( pronounced omay) town, then to the tourist fabrication of a village at the foot of the mountain. We got a bus to a site close to the top( unsurprising that the Chinese would capitalise on a sceneic beauty such as this by building roads and cable cars to service the domestic tourist industry), then ascended steeply around 200m. The top of the mountain was adourned by a fantastic golden statue of a many faced deity, and a view of ... read more

The Never Ending Stairs of Emei Shan Asia » China » Sichuan » Emei Shan By Joe and RocioMarch 17th 2007Joe & Rocio St. Clair-Ford(2-day step-climbing and 1-day descending!) Escaleras infinitas de Emei Shan. (2 dias subiendo escalones y 1 dia bajando!)... read more