Majestic Scenery 15-Day Tour (CIT010) Days 7-10


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Day 7: Mount Emei
Special Arrangements
: gondola (cable car) trip to the top of Mount Emei
Emei Accommodations: Hua Sheng Hotel
(4-Star)

A temple at Mount Emei
(photo by Alpha)

Carvings at Mount Emei
(photo by Willem van der Horst)

Temple in the pre-dawn light
(photo by Alpha)

Mount Emei Buddhist meal
(photo by Alpha)

Be polite to the macaques.
(photo by Kao Shiyang)

A bridge on the way up the mountain
(photo by McKay Savage)

More charming extortion
from the macaques

(photo by McKay Savage)

A teahouse at Emei
(photo by Alpha)

Don't worry, you can take
the gondola to the top

(photo by McKay Savage)

Ravine scenery on
the mountainside

(photo by McKay Savage)

A monastery atop Mount Emei
(photo by Vincent Raal)

The monastery courtyard
(photo by Vincent Raal)

A pagoda on the mountain
(photo by McKay Savage)

A view from high on the mountain
(photo by McKay Savage)

Emei's famed Cloud Sea
(photo by Ashley Wang)

Looking down from the Golden Summit
(photo by Willem van der Horst)

Emei's Golden Summit (Jīndǐng)
(photo by Mark Kao)

The Golden Summit
(photo by Mark Kao)

Jinding's Puxian Bodhisattva
(photo by Tomasz Dunn)

Jinding's Puxian Bodhisattva
(photo by Mark Kao)

Jinding's Puxian Bodhisattva
(photo by Tomasz Dunn)

 

Day 8: Mount Emei – Chengdu
Chengdu Accommodations: Green Land Hotel
(4-Star)

_MG_2366-01 Luo dai gu zhen - the old streets

Luodai Ancient Town
(photo by "seealschinapics")

A street in Luodai
(photo by "Earthy1983")

_MG_2380-01 Luodai Ancient Town1 _MG_2382-01

Traditional architecture
(photo by "seealschinapics")

A gate at Luodai
(photo by "jclime410")

A pagoda at Luodai
(photo by "seealschinapics")

Excavation exhibit at the Jinsha Ruins
(photo by BenBen)

A golden mask at Jinsha
(photo by "Farm")

A jade "cong"
(photo by "Farm")

A stone tiger
(photo by Egor Grebnev)

 

Days 9-10: Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie Accommodations: Kai Tian International Hotel
(4-Star)

The Tianzi ("Son of Heaven") Mountain area
(photo by Ken)

A pagoda in the Tianzi Mountain area
(photo by Jason)

Tianzi gondolas
(photo by Filipe Fortes)

Gondolas at Tianzi Mountain
(photo by John Philip)

View from a gondola
(photo by Jason)

"Emperor's Throne"
(photo by Jason)

A Zhangjiajie monkey
(photo by James Jin)

Negotiating with the monkeys
(photo by Jason)

Cultivated fields up on a mountain
(photo by Jason)

The "First Bridge in the World"
(photo by Philip Lai)

The First Bridge
(photo by Jason)

Looking upward
(photo by "Raisin Bun")

Tujia women
(photo by Filipe Fortes)

Statue of He Long
(photo by Jason)

He Long Park
(photo by Ken)

Karst peaks
(photo by Mark Kao)

Karst peaks
(photo by Mark Kao)

View from the Bailong Elevator
(photo by Kazuhito Kidachi)

The Bailong Elevator
(photo by Jason)

View from the Bailong Elevator
(photo by Kazuhito Kidachi)

Backyard Garden (Hòuhuāyuán)
(photo by Jason)

Backyard Garden
(photo by Jason)

 

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