Luoyang (Shaolin Temple + Longmen Caves)

I guess it is a little bit inaccurate to call this post Luoyang considering I didn't do much more than sleep there. Well, I did come across the night market, but it was closed at 10pm on a Saturday night - LAME. For a city of 6 million it sure goes to bed early.

Anyways, so I had the great fortune of going to the Shaolin Temple and surrounding area - yes, the place where kung fu was born! I also had the chance to see quite possible the oldest living thing I'll ever know - a 4500 year old cyprus tree. 2500 BC.... what was humanity then?

The kung fu show was pretty amazing - especially the guy who bent the sharp spear with his neck. Too bad I didn't have a picture of that. Also went to Longmen caves, where there are about 100,000 Buddhas carved right into the rock face. Unfortunately many were vandalized :(.