Day 21, Leshan Rest Day: (by Chris)

Today we visited the Grand Buddha, who is 71m high and has toes 8.5m long. This was good news because after three weeks of eardrum rupturingly loud horns and infuriatingly impatient Chinese drivers who think the horn is an excuse to drive like a tit, I needed a calming influence. I was hoping that if I was going to find any 'at-one-ness' i might have found it at the world's biggest Buddha. The day was indeed relaxing and although i think I'm a long way off enlightenment, i did find a huge fascinating centipede in a cave which excited the zoologist in me. Feeling lazy we rode a rickety rickshaw half way back to the hotel and the rest of the day was spent resting and reading.