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Home to nearly 50 giant and red pandas, the base focuses on getting these
sexually reluctant creatures to breed; March to May is the 'falling in love peri-
od', wink, wink. If you visit in autumn or winter, you may see tiny newborns in
the nursery. Try to visit the base in the morning, when the pandas are most
active.
Take bus 60 (¥2, one hour, frequent services 7am to 8pm), a little wooden
tourist bus, from outside Traffic Inn to Shulong Lu Longqing Lukou bus stop,
from where the panda base is a 400m walk (come back on yourself and turn
right). All youth hostels run trips here, too.
Emei Shan
0833
A cool, misty retreat from the Sichuan basin's sweltering heat, stunning Emei
Shan (adult/student ¥150/80) is one of China's four most famous Buddhist
mountains (the others are Putuoshan, Wutai Shan and Jiuhua Shan).
Sleeping
On the Mountain
Almost all the temples on the mountain (with the notable exception of Jinding
Temple at the summit) offer cheap lodgings in dormitory-style accommodation
with shared bathrooms but usually no showers.
XIANFENG TEMPLE $
( Xianfeng Si; dm & tw without bathroom ¥30-260, tw with bathroom ¥280)
This pretty remote temple, with a lovely forested location backed by rugged
cliffs, is set around a large shaded front courtyard and has a wonderfully
peaceful atmosphere.
Monastery
In Baoguo Village
TEDDY BEAR HOTEL $$
( Wanjuxiong Jiudian; 559 0135, 138 9068 1961; www.teddybear.com.cn ;
43 Baoguo Lu; dm ¥35, r ¥80-260;
Hostel
) This 'backpacker central' place
 
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