Goodbye Sichuan

Today was for the most part uneventful. In the morning, we went back to the Buddha carvings in a different area. These ones were much bigger and better, but whether they were worth the drive is still questionable. Anyway, the weather cleared a bit more, going from cloudy to hazy.

We got back on the bus (ugh) for another five hours back to Chengdu, stopping for another delicious meal along the way. In Chengdu, we walked around for a bit, ate a horrible dinner at a mock-western restaurant, and got on the train, which is not crowded, luckily. And that’s the end of Sichuan. In a nutshell:
The food is spicy and delicious.
The land is beautiful.
There are a lot of Buddhas. Seriously, a lot.
The weather is wet, but not rainy.
There’s a lot of stairs. Again, not kidding about that one either.
Many people have dogs.