Oh Buddha....

Next stop, was the big buddha. He happens to be the biggest sitting buddha in the world. There were loads of stairs and a nice little hike/walk to get to him. It was green and lovely. We felt like we could actually Breathe! Which in most of China, it is polluted and people blowing their smoke all around you.

We had a few 'moments' while on this adventure. When we were taking pictures, we all looked very silly raising our arms and making different poses but we only stuck out as much as usually because other Asian people were doing the same kinds of silly things.

arms up

why

Asians silly too

Stairs, this wasn't even close to all of them

The one moment that stood out the most was when we were leaving and took a break at the top, Bryndi thought she had lost Lindey's chap-stick that she had borrowed (some of the girls have lost many things on this trip so it was almost not a surprise). She was feeling really bad and fairly confused. She had just had it on her way up. She looked all around. She raised her voice to ask Lindey, who was on the other side of this little bridge, if she had it by chance, and had to tell her that she lost it. We went on talking and relaxing. We had almost forgotten about the chap-stick when I look over at Bryndi, who is still silently searching, and she reaches where? Into her shirt and to her dismay, she had placed it promptly in her bra. Now, Bryndi is not a quiet person. In fact, when she feels a strong emotion, she usually yells. So she starts going on about how she didn't even remember putting it there and then she yells for the girls on the other side of the bridge to hear. She tells them she found it and then goes on to exclaim rather loudly, about how it was in her BRA. Well, the next thing we know, we see a white guy, turn the corner and obviously, we know he can understand English. Ashley was laughing so hard, her face was turning red and her eyes were tearing up. What a fine adventure we were having.

After a good day at the old buddha, we went back to our lovely Chengdu and Traffic Inn hostel.