It was off to see the big Budda at Leshan. I was still feeling a little rough, and am developing a nice black eye. Looking forward to seeing the Big Buddha, which is a massive Buddha carved into the side of a mountain at the conversion point of 3 rivers. It's several hundred years old and mean't to be spectacular. However, it is now May week, which is a 1 week period where the whole of China gets a week off, and travel to the sights. And boy do they come in droves. We walked up to the Buddha, to then walk down to get a good picture. However, there was the biggest queue I have seen (much larger than the one in Hong Kong). It was madness, so we only saw its head, which was
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