There were some questions about the 乐山大佛 Lèshān Dàfó Leshan Giant Buddha. :) As mentioned, 99% of the photos from the trip were taken by The Canadian not me, because: (1) I am a lazy sloth; and (2) his camera is better than mine; and (3) he takes better photographs than I do ( Read more... )

We're back in Beijing. Apologies for the lack of updates. We were in very remote areas for most of the time. I didn't take many photos but The Canadian took heaps so I stole his photos :) Index is below - very, very dial up unfriendly but hopefully people won't mind. Lots and lots of panda photos :)

• Kuala Lumpur photos: 2nd to 4th November
  
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Excuse typos. Again, this keyboard is a bit of a shocker. It doesn't respond!( Shocking bus trips but the Bamboo Sea at last .... )

Typed on 23rd July:

Oh gosh it was hot today. So hot it felt as if every single part of you was melting. By the way my gmail account is still not working so anyone who is trying to find me should use my gel account or post a message to this journal ....( Leshan, Giant Buddhas, heatstroke and menus )

I'm in Leshan. It's really hot but I'm not complaining because the sunny, cheerful heat is a change to the somewhat cold and depressing mountains around Kanding. I just realised I'm a sun person and need a lot of sunlight even though I call myself a creature of darkness and spend a lot of time inside and in the shade. I like there to be sunlight ( Read more... )