Roof of the world Part XII

Shopping is never part of my interest when going on a travel. Unless I'm there with a specific agenda, shop for some particular things.

This time round, I'm the one in the group to be buying the most amount of local products. Stroll, see, take. Stroll, see, take. The next thing I know, my basket full liao. Shit. That is the problem when you have a sales girl holding your basket. Think I'm going to have a big problem squeezing the stuffs into my bag.

Its finally the last day in Tibet. With the end of Tibet will come the end of the trip soon. Its about time to go back to the real world. The urban world. No more mountains. No more streams. No more glaciers. No more villages. No more bake cake in the wild. No more water the plant in the wild. Chengdu here I come.

Its another new guide, but this time its 2 guides (lady guide with a male representative from head office) and a driver. We are a little surprised at having so many people. I wonder if the guide is understudying or that our first guide is making sure that the Chengdu side is taking good care of us. To my understanding, the first guide is the boss himself. We machiam like VIP.

This is also probably the most packed vehicle we have been seated. A little crammed but still will do. The only one where we totally need the aircon turn out. Afterall, 2 more days only. Its those MPV, so actually quite comfortable.

This time round, most will just sleep during the journey. Nothing much to see. After so many days of the real nature, rural side of Chengdu just pale in comparison. Only need to visit Le Shan (Mount Le) to see the big buddha for today. Slow and easy. We have 2 options. Either take the ferry and see from a distance or walk in and up and down and return walk. Luckx we choose ferry. Walking in is really a poor choice. Its crowded. I hate crowded place. And queues too.

The big buddha is about 71m high. Only from the ferry can you see it in full view. Its like that lor. Once you see it, no big deal. Similar to the one they CG-ed in the Feng Yun (Storm raiders) drama. After about 10 minutes, it head further for all to see the sleeping buddha. The sleeping buddha actually is a composition of the islands and trees. You will need imagination and good viewpoint to figure out the sleeping buddha. The head is quite obvious to me. The rest is a little tough.

After that we head to Er Mei Shan (Mount Er Mei) for our lodging. Our hotel is quite nice, very cheena garden style. The lobby is on the 5th floor. Our rooms on the 3rd floor while the restaurant is on the 1st floor. One will arrive on the 5th floor straight. No lift though.

We walk around the town at the foot of Mount Er Mei. Its goddamn commercial.