Mountains, monks and mad monkeys

On the last few days we have really had a sense of how huge China is, having driven along a spectacular road  through mountains, amazing bridges over giant gorges and countless rivers to get us to the holiest Buddhist site in China  - Emei Shan. This is a mountain covered in temples amid  lush rain forest - beautiful!

The mountain also  hosts some very aggressive monkeys, which we had to fight off with our umbrella - quite scary . The hotel had the added bonus of s hot pool spa, where Maggie continued her recuperation. It's a tough life.