A day off at the very foot of Mt Emie (China’s Number One Mountain)… with most people too tired to do pretty much anything. Being stinkin’ hot didn’t help any motivation levels either.
I went for a wander, visited a couple of temples – and was hoping to visit the local museum, but it was closed.
Temples – standard Buddhist fare… one almost next door to the hotel, nice enough. The other – about a kilometre up the mountain, in the middle of the bush/forest/bamboo – which made for a nice setting. This one had a building dedicated to 500 statues of different Buddhist monks… a little odd.
Didn’t really get a proper view of the mountain itself, nor did I see any of the monkeys which the area seems to be famous for (and proud of). But tomorrow, I’m hopeful there’ll be a decent view of it, to go with visiting the most famous attribute – the biggest Buddha Statue in the world – on the ride out.
