I have by the end of April this year, with 8 days traveling Dunhuang, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, and other places, close-up of this westbound Raiders, for later in Taiwan.
Before starting, I have the Internet a more detailed understanding of this trip of a few tourist spots, including attractions, traffic conditions, accommodation and other conditions, as is the first time to these places, but also self-service travel, it is necessary to know more about the local circumstances in order to facilitate development of a more viable travel plans. Through the Internet, I learned that Dunhuang, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, and belong to the more mature tourist city, I went to the time is not considered peak tourist season, but for being prepared, or before the scheduled departure of several of the hotels, and fully understand the entire should try to visit these spots and attractions ticket prices, car rental prices. In Beijing, Lanzhou, wanted to buy a ticket back to Beijing, but Unfortunately, the Lanzhou Railway Bureau are catching up with the ticketing software, a comprehensive upgrade, until the day of departure from Beijing can not buy return journey tickets, with a trace of infix infix, I set foot on of the westbound train. Facts have proved that buy return fares are not really to my West Coast road trip has brought a certain amount of trouble.
April 26, sunny evening 8:20 T69 meeting air-conditioned express train from Beijing West Railway Station slowly sailed out, I set foot on the westbound journey, T69 is the second train bound from Beijing to Urumqi, the new air-conditioned express train, in-car facilities are new, condition better, more clean bathroom, all the way there is more adequate wash water. Of course, there are not wholly satisfactory lunch on the train poor taste, price 10 yuan / box, it should be said to be more expensive, while the Master Kong instant noodles (drums) went so far as to 6 yuan per barrel. Therefore proposed that take the trains, or they have to bring a more eat. Fare is lower berth 545 yuan (Beijing --- Dunhuang).
The Japanese Consumption: 1166 yuan.
9:50 am on the third day (April 28), good weather, there is little wind.
Dunhuang train station on time, saying that the station in Dunhuang, in fact, from Dunhuang in the urban areas there is a full 130 km distance. Get off out of the station, Station, there are many taxis waiting for passengers, the basic is the Santana and Jetta, according to my understanding of the situation before departure, the general car rental from the station to the city of Dunhuang is 30 yuan / person, etc. enough to 4 individuals starting, of course, you can also chartered, because we are three individuals, on the package of a Santana 2000, the price to consult with the driver identified as 100. CMB's bus station is also fare is 15 yuan / person, but listening to taxi drivers speak to the Dunhuang China and Pakistan have little to do, and the CMB in order to Dora, who, on the road was beckoning on the parking, will open slower, about 3 hours to get to Dunhuang city. Our taxi ride to Dunhuang city that is only 1.5. Before their departure, I booked a hotel in Dunhuang flying three human (120 million), Flying Hotel is 2 star hotel, originally choose it because of the long-distance railway station is located opposite the hotel, because I would like to take long-distance bus to Jiayuguan, living in fly over convenience, and the price acceptable. But the living will find that the hotel in general terms, the original commitment of the phone's 24-hour hot water will become available every night 6:00 to 12:00. In a hotel stay there, and went out to eat, diet and other characteristics of Dunhuang in northwestern city no different, that is, practices of mutton, the local characteristics of the snacks are Donkey yellow face (unfortunately no opportunity to taste), and iced apricot skin water (with Li Guangxing brewed local specialty), apricot skin are sold in the streets of water, 5 cents a small cup, a large glass of 1 yuan (about half a Coke bottle), but the taste is not as good as I had heard that good.
Because see, said the best time to go to the Mogao Caves in the morning (because of all the Mogao caves east in the morning to have the sun shines into the cave to increase the brightness), so I decided on the 28th afternoon and the first Mingsha Crescent Moon Spring. The streets filled with taxis waiting for passengers, but do not see Yu pen shouting "Mo High" foreign backpackers. And a taxi driver talk about a good price, go Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Moon Spring and back and forth 30 yuan, Mingsha Mountain is located 7 km south of Dunhuang city, is a natural beauty, tickets 50 yuan, after reading the feeling of absolute objects are value for money. When I went to 2:00 in the afternoon, the weather was good, the wind, but not large, there are electric vehicles pull into the scenic area you go to Crescent Lake, but I think unique to a desert, or in the sand hills, walk more interesting. Another option is to ride a camel to the Crescent Moon, 50 yuan / person. Mingsha sand after years of wind erosion, has become very fine, Tuo Lexie go to the soft, warm, very comfortable, from the Crescent Moon Spring Mingsha walked about 15 minutes, much to see a Tan Youlan of water, quietly lying on the tall, golden sand mountain, feeling it is fantastic, real hard to believe in the endless desert, there would be this big lake of water, to the very front was carefully observed to understand why a small The Crescent Moon Spring coexist with the desert, hundreds of thousands of years. Elsewhere, the wind is blown to a foot of sand, but the wind has been the Mingsha hill all the blowing sand, falling back to the Peak, so that the sand is not to fall into the Crescent Moon Spring and be buried. This is probably the Crescent Moon Spring coexist with the desert causes. Although the weather in April is not too hot, but in direct sunlight in the desert and still can not built them at 5:00 pm to return the urban area. Failed to see the beautiful sunset Mingsha, very sorry. Return to the town went to the bus station the next day bought a ticket to Jiayuguan, Dunhuang to Jiayuguan in the morning begins at 7:00 there are many cars that it is best to sit Flying Express, is a new air-conditioned buses, although the car votes than the average car is almost twice as expensive (about 35 yuan for general vehicle, while the Flying Express is 66 million), due to the 312 national highway traffic Jiayuguan is not very good, express a more comfortable ride fly, but only in the middle of Anxi county park 5 points, can guarantee that in 5 hours to reach Jiayuguan. Flying Express two classes a day (as early as 8:30 am and 2:30 pm), more people buy, in advance tickets.
Note: 1, to Mingsha must be multi-band water, because water is very expensive to buy at the local, ordinary mineral water sold for 6 yuan / bottle sold in the urban areas of five cents a cup apricot skin of water, in the Ming Sha Mountain sold for 2 yuan of money.
2, car rental drivers must Yaogen haggling.
3, as in the hot season, go to Dunhuang, to wait until after sunset Zaiqu Mingsha, or sand will Tangde unable to walk.
The Japanese Consumption: 550
April 29, Qingzhuan Yin, sand and dust weather in the afternoon, accompanied by 5,6-level winds.
The day before the taxi ride to the Mogao Grottoes, round-trip fares 70 yuan, the Mogao Grottoes is located 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang city, our car for 30 minutes to arrive. In order to get as much as possible look at the Mogao Grottoes, I start as early as 8:00 from the hotel to the Mogao Caves, where the staff had just time to go to work. Grottoes tickets 80 yuan, to the early also benefit, few tourists, we can enjoy without worrying about camera photo with others. Keep a good package (with a camera to prevent the Mogao Grottoes, deposit Pack 2 million), rent a flashlight (3 million), enough for 20 people at the entrance, etc., were assigned a beautiful girl as our guide. Guide took us into the cave one by one, though it is morning, still dark inside the cave, it needs the faint light flashlight to see the painting on the cave walls of dazzling murals and sat staring at the high-profile above the statue of the distance, I personal feeling Tang Dynasty murals and sculptures are the best, it can embody that desirable Hui-era. Miss tour guide took us to a total of 10 caves, about 2 hours and time-consuming, since 2:30 pm to catch the car, I am not in a multi-stop, get out of the Mogao Grottoes, directly back to the urban area check out a meal.
Note: 1, must be the morning to the Mogao Grottoes, one few people, easy to visit; second cave is somewhat light, flashlight alone just not enough.
2, each guide with only 10 or so you can see caves, if one wants to see more of that in the case have plenty of time, may follow the other team to have not gone through the cave.
3, in the Mogao Grottoes have to go buy a few souvenir stalls, I bought a statue of playing the guitar, three stalls offer are very different.
4, tour guides with a look at are the general cave, cave boutique expensive (the most expensive 200 yuan / month), but in the Mogao Caves Museum of Art can be seen opposite the Cave of the copy of these fine, it is worth a visit.
2:30 pm, Flying Express on time starting the car and gave each person a small bottle of mineral water and a packet of tissues. Jiayuguan more to go, the wind the greater the days have been a dim, it seems the dust coming. More than an hour after the car to Anxi, parking 5 minutes, you can get off easy. Along the way from Dunhuang to Jiayuguan is the Gobi desert, rarely seen green. Approaching Jiayuguan, the street suddenly appear a magnificent rocks, and this is Yardang Landform, although not very typical, but let me really excited for a long time. After a Jadin area, not far away appeared a number of huge milky white windmill in the wind's blowing slowly under the rotation, I have never seen such a huge and beautiful windmills, I heard that each windmill has a 10 m diameter, is a Siemens product. In the car, my husband and the same person sitting a chat in a very Huan, Lanzhou, but also from each other Syrian villagers. Later than 7:40, bus arrived in Jiayuguan, I am a taxi to the Great Wall had been scheduled to a good hotel, which is Jiayuguan only two three-star hotel in a relatively new one, from the train station closer. According to my original understanding of the situation, there are twice-Jiayuguan to Lanzhou Train (respectively, K438 [14:30 --- 6: 38] and T658 [21:48 --- 7: 14], in which T658 is a departure from the Jiuquan The coach, conditions better than the K438 expensive sleeper ticket 70 yuan), but also a very Kuanyu tickets, stay there, after 30 days hurry to the train station to buy tickets to Lanzhou, the station was aware of 30 tickets to Lanzhou, the soft sleeper tickets left T658, and then he come to Jiayuguan and Jiuquan people who may be on the 30th to Lanzhou to play with 5.1 degrees long holiday, although the soft sleeper tickets expensive than the hard sleeper ticket 90 yuan, but taking into account the Jiayuguan be more attractions small and poor weather conditions, they bought a soft sleeper tickets, but also to enjoy a bureau-level treatment. After buying tickets, in front of the station in a small noodle shop to a bowl of pork noodles, 3 yuan a bowl, I think there is no size bowl of points, such as noodles came, it perplexing that there is a bowl, the whole is basin, there is foot pound of noodles, I have only seen the movie guy carrying his north-west wall of this bowl squatting with the lens. I tried to snacks, but also ate less than one quarter, had to go eat.
Back to the hotel, thinking back to Beijing, Lanzhou, tickets may be more not buy during the holiday period, when he come to encounter in the car that afternoon, Lanzhou, people have said that the original in the railway system, it may help us buy a ticket, but the We do not know his name and contact details, a phone call to the Lanzhou hotel booking tickets because it could not pay the deposit there is no hotel agreed.
The Japanese Consumption: 840 per
April 30, strong winds, there is dust, cold.
Chartered to the first pier and the Jiayuguan Great Wall, off the city fares 50 yuan, about 30 minutes to reach; Tickets 40. Jiayuguan's other attractions: Cantilever Wall is man-made attractions, the Great Wall at Badaling in Beijing visited do not have to go after; Wei Muzhuan painting far from the urban areas, but also did not go. The Great Wall first pier (no fees) is the starting point of the Ming Great Wall, at present there are only ruins, the remains of a beacon stands on a cliff high above the cliff is the Qilian Mountains of snow Unfortunately, poor visibility, Otherwise, should be able to see the Qilian Mountain peaks. From the Great Wall first pier to close off the city, about 10 minutes to reach. Is far from the city that saw off the mighty towers, when a sensation of the martial arts film "Dragon Inn" is in this shot, especially the "New Dragon Inn" and started 10 minutes of the lens, you can clearly see the city's domestic and foreign customs scene. Braving 6,7-level winds, closed the city to work towards it. Jiayuguan sekijo great city sets the city, it is a grand, worthy of a best in the world with big, fine weather is said that when the city can be seen to stand off distance of the peaks in Qilian Mountains. Wanted to play in the closed city of more than a will, can be wrapped in the dust so that winds around the earth all have become yellow, and perhaps this is the desert with big taste, unfortunately cold. Noon back to hotel, just a door, I heard someone call behind us, looked back and the car actually is our new understanding of the Lanzhou friend Mr. Wang, they're always leaves people a way out, we are working for Beijing cars tickets to worry about, let us once again encounters Wang. Mr. Wang is really enthusiastic people, we have not heard of the implementation of a ticket immediately to his wife in Lanzhou, call and let his wife think of ways to purchase tickets for us and let us play assured that the ticket thing wrapped in him of. Eaten lunch, we went to walk around Jiayuguan city, Jiayuguan City, a small, but also failed to buy things, to be a restaurant called the Prairie Xingfa taste of lamb done good, but locals say the best Jiayuguan Good mutton to go to a restaurant called the Little lamb taste. 3:00 o'clock, Mr. Wang received a phone call informed the ticket had been bought, and finally a stone off the ground. Later than 9:48, on time and take the train to Lanzhou, Jiuquan Road. Sleeper's condition is indeed much better than the hard sleeper, very comfortable, it seems the price is really a sub-sub-1 cargo.
Note: 1, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan lower than the temperature near 10 degrees, to multi-band clothes.
2, in Jiayuguan taxi must be bargained, generally 5 yuan in the city can be.
The Japanese Consumption: 1091 yuan
May 1, light rain turned fine.
Vehicles to Lanzhou, days have been raining, fortunately we have brought an umbrella, so at the Lanzhou welcome the building before the booked rooms. Who would have thought the rain to the Welcome House, front lady did say that I did not book the room, but I can prior to departure from Beijing on the phone book the room, but before leaving the Jiayuguan, and beat two telephone to confirm. Miss front deadpanned I did not received any confirmed booking room and the room phone, I transferred out from the phone call records, they still do not recognize, but even an apology, if at all. Appears to be more guests, the room of my book to the others, this behavior is really infuriating, and makes me look bad impression of Lanzhou, the extreme. Mother and her husband also and their theories, but I want to have any reason these people can say, just remember that in carrying them into tourist-line seen in the new century Hotel (3 star) of the introduction, then quickly contacted, are catching up with New Century Hotel 5.1 special bargain, three standard room only 298 yuan, but also includes a buffet breakfast. New Century Hotel Lanzhou Railway Station is located east of the newly completed soon, condition excellent buffet breakfast rich variety, especially the beef noodles are done, taste very good. And hotel loan umbrella of services, as long as 20 yuan to pay a deposit, you can get a beautiful umbrella.
Eaten for breakfast, the rain went to Lanzhou, the most famous attractions --- Zhongshan Bridge, near the train station to live in one of the major advantage is that the traffic is extremely convenient, get on 33 Road, Central Road, 20 minutes to reach the Zhongshan Bridge. Zhongshan Bridge, first bridge known as the Yellow River, is the Yellow River's oldest iron bridge, very ambitious, perhaps in the rainy reason, very few visitors. Yellow River water is very muddy here. Flies Zhongshan Bridge, Lanzhou is the famous Baita Mountain Park (the fares by 5 million), climbed the highest point, overlooking the panorama of Lanzhou, Lanzhou, the rain presents few clear outline (Lanzhou pollution is very serious because the north and south is high mountains, blocking the wind, Lanzhou City, on the nest in the narrow valley is extremely unfavorable to the spread of pollutants, so always be gray throughout the year in Lanzhou, the air pollution index at every turn 5). The cable car ride across the Yellow River (ticket 8 yuan / downstream, such as from south to the north shore of the Yellow River is 12 million) back to the south bank, went to see the famous waterwheel Lanzhou (fare 2 yuan, 1 km from Zhongshan west to the flyover) and the Yellow River Mother statue (waterwheel park westbound 1 km), the weather gradually became fine, is a rare sunny day in Lanzhou, the air is translucent. Night eating Dingdingyouming Lanzhou beef noodles (in the railway station square there is a newly opened Taiwan International Beef Noodle House), but the feel and eat in Beijing, are no different.
Note: 1, Lanzhou, Lanzhou front of the station not far from the building (two-star hotel), the price very low (three standard room as long as 88), but recently renovated, the room smell great, over a period of time you can go to live in relatively clean.
2, live in New Century Hotel must be north of the room, because the south is the Lanzhou Railway Station, the train station and out the sound noisy.
3, in Lanzhou taxi, Xiali starts at 7 yuan mark is the actual person only cost 5 yuan in Lanzhou, that is to say the driver is good, according to put away price of 5 yuan fee.
4, in Lanzhou beef noodles, I must go well in advance, or hold onto a small place Spicy Spicy (in the table has a small bowl of chili oil, according to taste their own place), otherwise it will face going gets too hot.
The daily consumption: 469 yuan
May 2, cloudy, overcast days, is unique to the pollution of Lanzhou, the weather the morning a taxi to the Lanzhou another famous scenic spots --- Wuquan Shan Park (tickets 6 yuan), the reason is probably fine of five Izumiyama Park is drawing huge crowds gathered in front of numerous vendors, you enter the park only to find compared to Beijing's major parks, Wu Quanshan really nothing to see, to enjoy in the park to the Lanzhou snacks: sweet grains (similar to BRANDIED, is fermented barley to do), and gray beans (about is to use red beans do) very tasty, but in Beijing have never seen, so I think it a worthwhile trip.
1:30 pm arrived in Lanzhou station, waiting room door railway staff cried: "Go to Beijing T76 has been the platform, two ahead of money to cut ticket on the train." Many people really spend in advance on the bus, I was thinking I could go to do business in Lanzhou station. Ticket to the eloquence understand why many people are willing to spend the money on two cars, a chaotic waiting area, people huddle Tizhe Da spree, the children crying, adults called. The staff recommendation was made to the station as early as possible whether the ticket can be the staff a look of impatient Road: T76 not stop it, how ticket! But I clearly heard in the waiting room door staff in the T76 has been crying out to the site to allow people to spend money on the train. Seems Lanzhou Station is really a business to home. 1:45, and finally cut ticket release.
The daily consumption: 1312 million (including tickets for Beijing 1170 yuan, lower berth 390 yuan / piece)
May 3, clear this train from Lanzhou to Beijing's conditions in general, especially the dining car provides lunch, went so far last night and today at noon to eat exactly the same, but very poor taste. Really not as good as instant noodles to eat.
14:30 pm bus to Beijing West Railway Station, I finally returned to the familiar in Beijing, feel pretty good.
Author: chengyingjiu
