Rather than bombing "the photo of the day thread" with a bunch of travel pics, i will make this separate with my thoughts on each place i've visited this past 7 weeks, kinda like a photo blog. It was a no rest, sightseeing trip.
Ill start with China.
China is a mental and emotional roller coaster. A mindfuck. On one hand you'll have very excited chinese folks throwing theirs kids in front of you to get their picture taken with you, people are very very happy to be able to speak with you and are very appreciative of your presence and you can't help but marvel at the charm of China and it's people. On the other hand you hate the goddamn place. I laughed alot in China and cursed alot.
Here is the Leshan Buddha, worlds largest buddha,carved into a cliff 8th century.
buddha leshan by
ThetempleWithin, on Flickr