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| August 01, 2001 - Emeishan, Leshan and Chengdu, China |
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| Some of the extortionist monkeys on the Emeishan pilgrim trail. Repeated feeding by Chinese tourists have produced a breed of very aggressive simian beggars. |
| Graydon climbed to the top of the sacred pilgrimage mountain of Emeishan, while Joanne took the bus and cable car up to join him. After a night on the mountain, we stopped by the Big Buddha of Leshan to pay our respects, then headed for Chengdu. |
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| While waiting for Graydon, Joanne made friends with a bunch of kids at the summit. Graydon poses with them and with his trusty monkey-bashing (and later Tibetan-kid-bashing) stick. |
| The barbeque crew who assuaged our hunger near the summit. |
| The Big Buddha (Dafosi) of Leshan, 20 km from Emeishan. He's big (biggest in the world after the Taleban blew up the Bamian Buddhas) but not enormously attractive. |
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| Feasting in Chengdu. |
| At the panda research and breeding centre in Chengdu. |
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| Oct. 20-Nov.11: Lhasa-Kathmandu Oct.10 -20: Lhasa-tude Sept.5-Oct. 9: The ride to Lhasa July 20-Sept.4: Riding the Capitalist Rooster June 29-July 19: SW China June 28: Laos June 20: Northeast Thailand |
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