Giant Buddha 21st June

Another journey out, to visit a Giant Buddha in Leshan, which is 71m tall and was built in 740 BC at the confluence of three rivers. The rock from the build was dumped in the river getting rid of the deadly rapids which had claimed so many lives. They believed it was down to the Buddha but we will never know?
The first way to see it is from boat on the river to get the best picture but the only problem is that we had to wait for over an hour for the boat to launch and then wear stupid life jackets

As we have learnt, the Chinese cannot swim and we went to the Spa at the hotel and in the pool we were the only ones except for a group who used floatation devices.
The mist you can see is not mist it is “SMOG” which will accompany us on our final leg to Beijing.


There is a bridge across the river in the photo if you look carefully and this was taken on a summer’s day of over 30 Deg C
OK here he is and you can even see the smog in these photos and since the Taliban blew up a giant Buddha in Afghanistan, then he is now the largest in the world



As you will see in the last picture, you can walk round but with all this smog, the majority of us did not fancy breathing all the muck in will descending ad ascending the stairs and along with the hour to queue and an hour to walk there and back from the car park.
Best head back to sort the bike out as we leave tomorrow
When we did get back to the bikes a banner had been erected by the hotel, excellent!

Time to also nip out on the bike and have a few photos from the area!



Good time also to get the bike clean.
My bike seems to be getting more attention than Roberts, probably because it is Chinese red!
Oh well back to the hotel for a group meet and get ready to leave in the morning

10372 miles – Mount Emie, China