09/26/10 by Sun Ji | Expedition Updates, Stage 3 : Beijing to Luang Prabang | Comments Off on Day 71: Much sweaty, but so happy
From our guide SunGi. A man who goes running in his pants and flip flops.
Today, we visited the biggest sitting Buddha in the world, which is about 71m high and was engraved more than 1000 years ago. This Buddha locates in Leshan city, where three big rivers(Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi) merged together and then flow towards the Yangtze. in ancient times, this area was often suffered flood, a monk sponsored to build this giant Buddha so as to bless local resident avoid any disaster. Today, when facing this world heritage—Leshan giant Buddha, a kind of complex feeling suddenly fulling our mind, several years ago, Taliban destroied two highest standing Buddha sculpture in Afghanistan, the whole world was so shocked by this news. Read more →
09/21/10 by Sun Ji | Expedition Updates, Stage 3 : Beijing to Luang Prabang | 1 Comment »
Location : Guangyuan to Langvhong
Sun Ji update from the crew.
1. Like the lady in rentaghost can make himself disappear when we’re all ready to go
2. Knows a girl in every town
3. Nodding donkey. Can fall asleep sitting bolt up right in seconds
4. Still hasn’t mastered right and left
5. Never wears the same colour FTFE top as the rest of us…..rebel
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09/17/10 by Sun Ji | Expedition Updates, Stage 3 : Beijing to Luang Prabang | Comments Off on Day 62: Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls
Today’s blog comes from the main man himself, Sun Ji. He is our guide in China and has done a magnificent job thus far of hand holding us through this wonderful yet crazy country. Things we have learnt about Sun Ji so far Read more →
