Do you remember when I was climbing Mt Emeishan?
There are four sacred places for the Bhuddist believers in China.
I saw Emeishan. Putuoshan Island is the next one. The island is small enough to visit all in two days. Ningbo – the 5-mln city act as a gateway to Putuoshan – in the bacck street on the Old Bund I found “Passenger Ferry Terminal” (Signs in chinese only).
They sell here tickets (73 yuan) for combined bus+speedboat service. 4-5 departures per day.
The bus segnent to the port of Dixie takes more then an hour. Then they will lock you in the speedboat (no open decks – I do not like it, but no choice!) for another hour ride through the bay.
A lot of pigrims come to the island byt also group tours. For the foreigners it it out of the main trach place – I din not see any other “Lawai”… Hotels on the island are expensive, no hostels. But a charming lady was waiting for me in front of the terminal. She wrote “100” on the piece of paper and took me to her house. I like this – such a homestay gives me opportunity to know more about the locals. I bought a kilo of plain rice in the shop (7 y) and she boiled it for me ioin the kitchen. Tasted like in the French restaurant!
