Dienstag, 7. Mai 2013
Datong - Yungang Caves + Hanging Monastery
highpeak, 04:45h
Our sleeper train had a 3 hour stop in the middle of nowhere, nobody could explain why (not wondering).
So actually we arrived at 9.30 instead of early morning.
The good thing was we had a quite good sleep but our schedule for visiting the Yungang caves and the Hanging monastery got a bit tight...
Luckily the booked driver was still around and assured us 没有问题 (no problem), so we took the chance for a quick clean up in the toilet of a nearby hotel before we started.
After a short ride we arrived a the caves (5A tourist spot), pretty developed with huge entrance area. A pity we arrived so late so the spot already was packed with people, but the the somehow 51,000 buddha statues of all sizes have been quite amazing.
After 2 to 3 hours strolling around in the area we met our driver again and went for 1.5 hours driving through the suburbs of Datong to the Hanging monastery. Quite dusty, trucks everywhere and a bumpy road.
The monastery was smaller than I expected, but very impressive how the monks have built this into the cliff.
On the way back to Datong we passed endless construction sites of new residential buildings in and around the city. I have seen a lot before, but here is pretty crazy. Price starts from 5,000 RMB/m2 if you are interested :-)
So actually we arrived at 9.30 instead of early morning.
The good thing was we had a quite good sleep but our schedule for visiting the Yungang caves and the Hanging monastery got a bit tight...
Luckily the booked driver was still around and assured us 没有问题 (no problem), so we took the chance for a quick clean up in the toilet of a nearby hotel before we started.
After a short ride we arrived a the caves (5A tourist spot), pretty developed with huge entrance area. A pity we arrived so late so the spot already was packed with people, but the the somehow 51,000 buddha statues of all sizes have been quite amazing.
After 2 to 3 hours strolling around in the area we met our driver again and went for 1.5 hours driving through the suburbs of Datong to the Hanging monastery. Quite dusty, trucks everywhere and a bumpy road.
The monastery was smaller than I expected, but very impressive how the monks have built this into the cliff.
On the way back to Datong we passed endless construction sites of new residential buildings in and around the city. I have seen a lot before, but here is pretty crazy. Price starts from 5,000 RMB/m2 if you are interested :-)
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markus3,
Dienstag, 07. Mai 2013, 6:51 AM
Gruesse aus Saigon
Hallo Peter,
wir beneiden Euch aber wuenschen Euch viel Spass.
Beste Gruesse Markus und Sebastian
wir beneiden Euch aber wuenschen Euch viel Spass.
Beste Gruesse Markus und Sebastian
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