D9 (10月5日): Lanzhou - Xiahe, Sangkecaoyuan 7:00 train arrived in Lanzhou multi-station, then we will be separated from a group of back to Shanghai, and I and small dinosaurs, the bulk will continue southbound. Waved goodbye at the station and out station, buy a train ticket to Shanghai the next night. Do not know what is breaking the provisions of the ticket must be bought the next day after 8:00, for fear can not be bought, we had to wait nearly an hour wasted time. Bought tickets, Xiahe a taxi to the bus station to buy tickets. We are lucky to work overtime that day car trip straight to open Xiahe, the most funny is found to be a big one bus turned out to be far more foreigners than Chinese people, they do not feel like in China. Xiahe from Lanzhou to the bus should be open for at least 6 hours, you pass a Hui autonomous counties, on the road with pedestrians, a small white cap, there are many rather extensive mosques.
About 4 pm we arrived at the Xiahe, a Tibetan settlements. Overseas Chinese Hotel, recommended by the Mix (20 / person) stay there, after originally planning to go to Labrang Monastery, but the locals told us that the temple on the 4:30 pm close, no time to look at, and he changed his mind first went to Sangkecaoyuan (5 tickets yuan / person). Three packages of a surface (70 million) fled to the prairie, a will to a small prairie, where there is a very temperament of the beautiful lakes, and quickly stopped to take pictures. Beyond that is the steppe of go, but we do not have riding around the race course, but intends to first went to the depths of the steppe nomads home to see. From the Prairie to open half an hour, we finally saw the rolling hillsides while flocks of sheep and cattle. Were wrapped in a yak long black hair, leisurely pacing up and down. Rhododendron sporadically Sanzhao small white pompon, approached to see is endemic sheep, there are several hundred head it, the first is black, body and legs are white, chubby, cute, and好想up Hugs. The driver in time to stop us, pointing to the sheep while squatting to Tibetan mastiff tells us to be careful, too close to be bitten. Col where the distance you can see the Tibetan tents, but because the driver said they do not like people have more contact with the outside world, we're not the nerve to bother. Nearby there are several Tibetan look at us with curious eyes, did not speak, smiled at each other, be regarded as a nod.
Driver to take us back to the more recent one from the steppe nomads home. Herdsmen come home warm robes, thick large, the entire piece and then put on the one hand from the prolapse sleeves, a lot of fun. Horse, one horse, and some relatively well-behaved horse, do not people pull, by the rider own control. I rode a horse Xiaobai Ma, from a beautiful Tibetan girl holding the girl's eyes were bright, shining light on facial, I would like to ask her how old and what is the name, but she had a Chinese No, just smile at me from time to time. Riding horses visiting the prairie, from one hill to another hill, endless steppe, in fading light seemed broad and deep. Because of language barrier, I have not been open up their own riding, but on horseback, slowly. Grasslands night ever stronger, much can be seen in the light tent, while the temperatures plummeted, pulling the reins frozen cold. Horse riding for an hour (21 million), and we have to bid farewell to the prairie reluctant to leave, otherwise frozen into popsicles for.
Back to the Overseas Chinese Hotel, in Nepal, where a point of dining packages (18 yuan / set). This is a youth hostel, is home to many foreigners, the hotel can not see Chinese characters in the restaurant inside the only we three are Chinese, ear heard also do not understand the language is German or Italian something. I wanted a package of chicken meat was finally up, and is a platter, half plate of rice, the other half stood four small bowl. A bowl of ginger, a bowl of potatoes, a bowl of chicken, as well as a bowl of soup. Of course, and we usually eat from the exterior to the taste very different. Potatoes and chicken are put inside curry, ginger and put a point where the red sauce, do not know what Dongdong. Tom is even more strange, inside the black beans, as if what has put a powder, a little yellow-green color. In short that is very special啦like Changxin friends can try. After dinner a bit casual stroll the night market, bought a point of souvenirs. Finally can be big sleep啦!
Tip:
If the time of reckoning is correct, you can buy more than 8 o'clock start from Lanzhou to Shanghai at noon the next day tickets (T118), this train is the origin of Lanzhou, you can buy tickets in advance in Shanghai. Otherwise, buy a start of that trip from Xining (K378) can only be buying tickets to Lanzhou, and buy a sleeping more difficult.
Lanzhou three bus stations, a small lake there is a direct train to Xiahe, originally a day class starts at 8:30, the tourist season there will be overtime car. It did not direct, and can catch a ride to the first sub-Linxia car.
D10 (10月6日): Labrang Monastery, gongtang pagoda morning, afternoon, first went to buy a bus ticket back to Lanzhou (44 yuan / person), eating breakfast, about 8:30 look like you can go to sirrab Temple of Leng. Labrang Monastery is one of the six major monasteries Yellow Sect is also a Buddhist College, School consists of six separate study philosophy, painting, and medicine. Which college is random visits by lamas led tour, we visited the Hi Diamond Institute and other palaces. The hall is located inside the main temple master Jamyang Fazuo ages Jamyang Buddhist master and a lot of scriptures. Because year-round incense constant air temple was filled with the aroma of butter, walk through during the period of believers everywhere to come to visit, there are holding butter oil lamps along the way, but also prayed at the door, and a very pious look. Taking advantage of the gap to visit, I asked the young monks led, in the Buddhist institutions is how long to graduate, he replied that life, let me mention what was the question was very stupid. Next to the visitor asked him how much, listening to non-real, as if 19 years old, and he already has a monk for 10 years. It seems the way, and soon turn finished lap, pulling Lama guides taking photographs, we think that enjoyable, but also turning his lap, a photo opportunity.
In the lanes and turn, we quickly lost its way, buys them on intuition, he saw there in front of a pagoda, the original we have unconsciously into gongtang pagoda. Buy a ticket into the tower (6 yuan / person), tower is not very high, 4-layer, can be seen posted to the top of the Labrang Monastery panorama, there is a circle around the tower turn prayer wheels, and we've learned to look to local Tibetans shun clockwise rotation one after another through the cylinder, around the tower a week before we know that even the switch to what is very laborious, hand a good acid-ah! But would like to be lazy is also simple, as long as followed by others, taking advantage of turning cylinders when not stopping and then turn on the more labor-saving.
Visit all two places, is already 11 more in this want to go a lake calculate the time to give up too tight, or the comfort of a big meal bar. To the Tibetan areas, the total of the experience the local restaurants and found a hotel, first called the butter tea and Tibetan DCB. Tibet DCB do not have much taste like fried flour taste. Are particularly tasty smell of butter tea and drink can not stand up a bit too out of oil. Tasted the new, the store said that no special Tibetan dishes, so obediently location of the eat the dish, a hearty meal of. Is really full, because the 5 yuan a plate of dumplings have a good freshman year, it is estimated more than 30, 3 yuan a piece of the plane also used the bowl bigger than my house a "bowl." Loaded plate dishes are naturally large, we have a point of five vegetables, eat a third has been Buxing Le, finally canceled a timely manner, or holding up a round belly, contented.
After dinner time, still early on in the markets a stroll casually stroll to the post office send postcards, by the way to collect the money. Here in the streets, monks can be seen everywhere, buying things, eating, and come and go year round naked arm out of a dark tan. Not only have a small roadside shop selling a variety of hidden devices, and even buy a lama of the hat band is very surprising. Because the local Tibetans are basically living in, so here everywhere Tibetan hung signs in both languages, while the bookstore's book also mainly Tibetan, as well as to buy pictures of the Panchen Lama. Local apples are very cheap, 8-corner catty, very sweet. 14:30 start time, 20:30 to Lanzhou, than the ticket, said the four and a half hours to Lanzhou, a full hour and a half more, thanks to the late 10-point train, or not Jisi. Use the last time to find a roadside shop, to the famous Lanzhou noodles, and regardless of being non-authentic, eating Furthermore, the soup with pepper to taste, hemp hemp, nor be regarded as an end to our trip this time bar.
Tip:
Xiahe from Lanzhou, the car back to the morning of 3 classes in the afternoon only 2:30 of the Iveco. The morning the day before the ticket can buy tickets from the afternoon of the day at 8 am They began selling tickets for the Iveco vehicle is small, so it is best early in the morning went to buy a ticket.
Would like the words of fare-beating is a very convenient because there is no special access control entry and exit, so just go with the tour followed by a switch can be啦. Have plenty of time, you can listen to it first time with the tour guide explained, and the second turn over the photographs themselves.
D12 (10 Yue 8) 8:12 pm Arrives in Shanghai
Author: gracie_lu
