YuanYuan

Chengdu trip Dec 2009- 8 Dec 2009(tuesday)

We had to wake up super early in morning to explore Mount e-mei. We stayed at E-mei Hongzhushan hotel and it's jus located at the foot of mount e-mei. However, the bus journey up to the visitor centre took 1hr and we had to take an internal bus from the visitor centre to reach the entrance of mount-emei, it took us another 1.5 hrs. It was snowing and the ground had turned into ice, made it slippery and diffcult to walk. We bought a pair of ''ice-claw'' to tie on the sole of our shoes to climb up to the cable-car station. The route measure 1.5km but since the gound is slippery and wet and we are wearing the ''ice-claw'', we took around 45 mins to reach the cable-car station. Along the way, we saw monkeys which were gigantic.

We took the cable-car and had to walk further, climb up several stairs to the ''Golden summit''. The temperature drop to - 7 degrees and oxygen is limited. Some of our tour members were breathless and tired. But when we reached the ''Golden summit'', it was worth every effort(But not to me). I was disappointed with what i saw- A golden ''Puxian'' goddess covered in mist(unclear) and several small temples. I actually regretted spending so much effort to climb up the mountain.

Well, those who are devotees would definately feel that it was worth while. Tonight, we stayed at mount e-mei hongzhushan hotel(5 star). The buffet spread was delicious!