Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Leshan Giant Buddha




Another tourist spot. Intriguing project started in 713. The giant buddha is 233 feet tall. You can climb a gajillion steps and actually "climb" the buddha, but we picked a crummy rainy day (and I wasn't really interested in carrying kids on a million slick stairs)....so we bought tickets on a tourist boat. This was one of those, "gosh I hope nothing bad happens" moments....rickety old polluted dirty boat, cruising the river with tourists, and ill-fitting lift vests. Hmmmm.
Alls well that ends well.

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