Monkeys and Temples 20th June

After a leisurely get up and a very good breakfast of more western style it was all board the bus to be taken to Mount Emie. There are lots of temples which the Chinese say 108, what they really mean is a lot, not actually 108, along with jungle and monkeys.
First stop is to catch a cable car rather than walk up 100’s of steps, you will see them later as that is the way we came down

Then to the first temple which has monkeys at the base of the steps leading up to it and if you have a plastic bag they will grab it off you.

They will even jump on you if you have a backpack to see if there is anything inside as
John our guide found out

So up the steps we go to the first temple and you have to go round the whole thing clockwise for good luck. No problem as we can all do with as much luck as possible.




Now I am sure you all remember a TV program called KungFu with David Carradine, well these Buddhist monks still do all that and they do have classes for the locals. We did a ask one to give us a demonstration but he unfortunately declined

Then it was the long climb down the steps to the car park which takes about an hour, so some people decided to take the easy option!


When you see the size of ark and the steepness of the steps, they did a hard job. You may remember that Mark was the one who damaged his ankle in sand before Lhasa and was having a few aches with the hill descent.

A few more people jumped on the band wagon and then there was a race on

Then it is back to the car park


10372 miles – Mount Emie, China