After waking up from our good nights sleep post-camping in Jiuzhaigou, we decided that we were pretty hungry and headed downstairs for breakfast. Lucky for us breakfast was included and the breakfast buffet at the hotel was pretty good. Jeff enjoyed the generic bao’s and bacon while I was pleasantly surprised that they had fresh watermelon juice. We did a quick pack after breakfast and headed out to the street to look around.
Most of the shops were closed so we headed out towards the Wenshu temple. Jeff noticed a large number of cats and we passed by a lot of people doing Tai Chi. As we got closer to a pond, there were a lot of turtles like the ones that we had back at home. Unfortunately the pollution from somewhere got to the pond since there were strange green slicks across the surface. After looking through some of the prayer temples we moved back to the streets.
A big highlight for us was that after leaving the Wenshu temple it was early lunch time. Most of the food vendors were opening up shop and Jeff wanted to try some skewers. I picked squid and chicken while Jeff chose beef and lamb. The squid came out first which was pretty spicy so we asked for non-spicy for the rest. Delicious! We walked around a bit more and I settle down to a bowl of tofu-fa while Jeff had a deep fried beef and green onion doughnut which were both delicious. Stuffed, we moved back to the hotel to pack.
We grabbed a cab to the bus stop after checking out and got onto the next bus to Mt. Emei, another UNESCO heritage site. It was a two hour ride so we settled in and tried to rest despite the bus honking at cars every minute for them to move. Once we arrived at Mt. Emei we met a French couple (Pierre and Jessica) who were also going to the Teddy Bear Hotel so we shared a cab ride there. They were going on a 3 month backpacking tour of the Far East and we would meet up again before the trip was over.
The Teddy Bear Hotel was pretty nice for the money. Since we were running out of clean clothes we did a quick wash and line dried our clothes overnight. We did a quick tour of the shops leading up to the base of the mountain and then took a nap.
Buddha Zen Hotel courtyard
Budda Zen Hotel buffet breakfast
Outside of Buddha Zen Hotel
Inside of Wenshu Temple
A guy taking a nap
Wenshu Temple district offers many choices on street food
Very delicious skewers
Jeff loved the street food in Chengdu
Jeff doing laundry at Teddy Bear Hotel, Mt.Emei
Outside of Teddy Bear Hotel, Mt.Emei
