4 Novermber 2013 – Leshan, China
The world’s tallest Buddhist carving — the 71-meter Buddha in Leshan, China. Plus a few new friends 🙂
The world’s tallest Buddhist carving — the 71-meter Buddha in Leshan, China. Plus a few new friends 🙂
Drinking tea is the popular past time in Chengdu, China — so we join in — and its delicious!
Jumping off at the bus stop in Chengdu after our adventure in Tibet.
Walking around downtown Kangding, China.
More hiking in Tagong — fjording a river in the snow storm edition.
We made it to the Tibetan village of Tagong, high up in the mountains, where we visited a monastery after a lengthy hike fighting altitude weakness.
Hiking (or riding, really) up Paoma Shan in Kangding. Some awesome views, and a great first day of our Tibet adventure.
We go up and up and up on the bus from Chengdu to Kangding — the starting point for our Tibet adventure.
Getting close with the camels in the steppes of Mongolia Stats Days on the road: 61 Distance traveled: 3622.13 miles by plane – 0 miles / 0 km by train – 2363.7 miles / 3804 km by bus – 302 miles / 486 km by boat – 502.23 miles / 808.26 km by car – 454.2 miles / 730.9 km Number of beds: 13…
Supermarkets of the world series – Chengdu, China grocery shopping.
Riding around Chengdu in a car (!) with our gracious and lovely host ShanShan. In the video we pass by the main square – Tianfu.
Hanging out on the train as we journey from Wuhan to Chengdu. We purchased “hard sleep” births, which are equivalent to Russia’s third class, “platskart.”