April 26, 2002 overcast rain
Morning wake up out of the window under the drizzle, it appears that rain will be accompanied by our travel. Breakfast is eaten in a coffee shop, its name is very insolent, subtitled Yangshuo, the best coffee shops. Layout of their stores where there is very atmosphere, each table has a ashtray, and ashtray container of the grinding of coffee beans, rich coffee flavor, and accompanied by long period of old songs, I eat a meal far the most romantic breakfast. Shops are also arrayed a lot of books, including the latest Lord of the Rings series, touched me the most is the one message of the books, recorded a month had been to Yangshuo Yangshuo people talk and dismay. I also would like to pick up a pen to leave something, but then can not find the exact language to express feelings during that time. I look at the owner through the map, the owner kindly asked me want to go. I said, like riding a bicycle to look at the Yulong River. However, the owner of the proposal is that such a weather and road conditions, riding wise, rural paths of reservoirs of various sizes and, if a car passed, certainly splashed on a mud, it is better to sit down at the CMB Campbell, to the case of r. off, want to ride on bamboo rafts there, want to come back if there is also a car. Xie strike shopkeepers, go back and find toby, we hit the road.
Campbell is also parking to the car, fare not remember clearly. Sitting next to was a local, very warm chat with me. Not long ago, he had just been to Lijiang, Yunnan, because toby is the next stop, so I helped him asked about the situation in Lijiang. Driving through the Baisha Town, the road began to bumps, and we were not prepared in the case, we called for getting off. Off location is Jinlong bridge, which is flowing at the foot of Yulong River and surrounded by farmland, far from the Zuozuo Xiufeng, really is a landscape painting. Farmers in the vicinity of that to us Yulong Qiao, Yuan Wang in the past, a very humble bridge, it was said at the Golden Dragon Yulong Qiao side of the bridge to see the scenery than in the Yulong Qiao point of view to be pretty much. I asked, can we walk along the Yulong River? The answer is no, because those purely field paths, rain go even worse, unless the ride of their bamboo rafts, it appears that awareness of their sales is nothing worse than in Yangshuo. Is by boat, we immediately rejected the idea the day before had been sitting enough. So walk around, and I would like to see the real rural areas of Guangxi, toby would like to see the real China's rural areas, originally just wanted to go and see this absolutely did not expect we will go back to the Yangshuo, and then walk four and a half hours .
The road is not up to much, just like a coffee shop owner said, a car, we would find a place to escape the reservoir. Local children may be rarely seen a foreigner, especially girls, want to see toby, but dared not face up to look very lovely. The way the scenery is really none, so beautiful too real, and pondered, it felt as if the road in the Chinese painting. By the way, we also visited a residential, toby that they want to see, I rushed to the self-introduction of some, and then explained what he wanted, the owner agreed down, and we even climbed the attic of his home - a small warehouse . Before I left, the master asked us to not to take the bamboo raft, hey. . . Ack.
Turn right into the town of Baisha, which is to Yangshuo the road by now. At first, we said, okay, go first paragraph, if tired, on the ride back to Yangshuo. I love nature walk, can walk around such a tunnel is also my wish. However, I was a girl stronger, to the later, although very tired, but still with Yao Yating. The toby is also a stronger young man, the girl said no tired, and he insisted on, come later, that is, a mechanical step in moving his legs, I do not have to be controlled. When approaching Yangshuo, I had to go with me to the friends made of text messages, telling her that we are walking back to Yangshuo. That guy is actually back to the news, but fortunately, did not you and I together, otherwise you will certainly be affected by such abuse. Humph!
The feeling of walking on the road is still quite exciting, there are the endless scenery, mountains and water, sheep, cattle, as well as cow dung. Speaking of cow dung while indecent, but it is interesting and I have never seen before toby is such a great guy, we have been discussing how this cow is it produced. The next day, went to the moon in the mountains on the road have also seen a lot of cow dung, but still do not see this on the road to see so great.
In addition to cow dung, we also Liaoliaohenduo very interesting topic, is now no longer gave an account of the. But one thing impressed me so profoundly: toby asked me, how homosexuality in China, appeared to be very exposed? Have all these? How do I not think so. I said, Shanghai although some gay bars, but the whole society and will not tolerate this phenomenon. He said that in Xi'an and Beijing, he saw many men with arms around among the men, specifically, is that a man will ride the arm of a man in another's shoulders, in the United Kingdom is gay said. I explained hurriedly, not the case in China, especially in rural areas, men often so dry, it is that their good relationship, implies that a friendship, not gay. Toby understand, but I guffaw a full three minutes. Toby is very interested in Chinese philosophy, and later learned that his specialty is mathematics and philosophy, at home, mathematics and philosophy of Arts and separated by 8 pole Dabu Zhao, in the UK, is actually a professional, quite interesting. I am a little study of classical Chinese, but can I really no way to discipline the old ancients translated into English, this is indeed a pity.
To return to Yangshuo, have never felt that kind. Back to the room, the legs do You Diansuan, but, take a bath after the resumption of physical flew, and now think about it, also felt weird, but I Yangshuo, when really energetic every day. On the go toby, he actually fell asleep, and forget their own stroll bar.
Actually met in the street knowledge of youth hostels in Hong Kong friend, he had a friend beside him, we will get together for dinner. Was later learned that a Japanese had known that I do not want and the small Japanese eat with it. Eating dinner, we drink tea together, and then me and that my Hong Kong friends walk along the Li River, Lijiang River exceptionally quiet night, distant mountains little bit, it seems there are dim twilight of the fishing boat, everything is seen is not real, it seems in a dream in general.
Back to the room, I suddenly remembered toby, on the look for him, he has out. Was later learned that he and Ron went drinking together, Ron is his new roommate, a very good boy in Hong Kong tomorrow and then on his bar.
Author: coolface
