Time: 2001 10 Feb 1 - October 12

Part I: Silk Road Journey

1st day: October 2 cloudy

Shanghai - Lanzhou

The afternoon of October 1 and I Lily, Xiao Yao, a small train of people starting Thursday, to begin our journey along the Silk Road. This should be the first time I ride the train so long, exactly 11 long vacation, air tickets, no money can buy, but also had to sit the train, but has been prepared for in advance, so do not think a special long way. The four of us to buy the two lower berth and two in the shop, either sleeping or playing cards, or enjoy the delicious food, to be a good way to kill time. I have a cold before departure, so Chile Yao, just pay close attention to time, take a good rest in the car, and sure enough when we arrived in the evening October 2, Lanzhou, I feel has been restored to health.
Lanzhou is the evening to reach more than 19 points, and down the car, Xiao Zhou's friends at the station to meet us, and we went to a restaurant in Lanzhou, ate a sumptuous meal of Sichuan cuisine, but the feeling of authentic Sichuan than to salt, it may people's taste in northwest heavier bar. Xiao Zhou's friends had bought for us by 22 o'clock the train to Jiayuguan, so after dinner, we boarded the train to continue our long journey.

The next day: October 3 sunny

Lanzhou - Jiayuguan - Dunhuang

Daybreak, I got up, Lily is also time to get up, and a person looking at the scenery out the window, car window Hexi Corridor on the boundless Gobi is a red sun rising, continuous pulse of the Qilian Mountains, such as a Silver Chain set in the horizon, snow-capped mountains as if from us very close to close and open her mind. Hexi Corridor is the atmosphere of the scene is very open. 7:00 am, the train arrived at Jiayuguan, and we got out, obviously felt a great difference in temperature and Shanghai, where the climate cool, late autumn, when the feeling is the temperature. Out of the station, and a taxi driver to talk about good prices, we have begun our Silk Road journey.
Our first stop was the Great Wall cantilever, where the Great Wall, completely different from Beijing, and its materials are mixed with dirt and grass, a natural adhesive material, and people can not help but admire the intelligence from the ancients. Refurbishment of the Great Wall is said that in previous years, when the locals had to imitate the ancient method of puzzle for a while the Great Wall, but a heavy rain put a new puzzle of the Great Wall all washed away, but the ancient Great Wall, after centuries of wind and rain still stand tall. Cantilever Great Wall is located in the Gobi Desert and the barren hills on the vast mountain is a land apart from the stone and there is no other plants.
Xiao Yao at the foot of the Great Wall with stones storing a word, for this wilderness added some angry.
To leave the Great Wall, we went to Guan Jiayuguan City, the majestic city of stand off in the Gobi, the closed city of great change on the lap really take some time, and we get into the closed off from the city, but also out of the customs, but also adds a knowledge, that is, the origins of the so-called care, Jiayuguan City, gives off the impression that is majestic, the atmosphere, the vast Great Gobi, a towering city. Zhuang zai!
Back to the Jiayuguan city is at noon, and looked for a restaurant, eat rich flavor of the lamb the Northwest, and we rush to the car arrived at Dunhuang, but to the station learned that the car had been sold out, and fortunately there are five other tourists the station made the decision together with a van to the Dunhuang Gold Cup, so we have less than 15 o'clock, when the smooth set out.
Cars on the road with high speed Mercedes-Benz roadside desolate Gobi is rare to see a small oasis.
We see the driver pointing to the window on the right in the distance, there's blue-gray lake, and some Didi De hills. The driver told us that that is a mirage, there is simply no mountains and lakes. Motors more than half an hour later, the driver told us just see the picture of a window on the left side of the Shule River reservoirs and reservoirs Qilian Yu Mo. Shule reservoir of water is blue is very blue, and so that we may immediately enchanted step towards the reservoir, the reservoir side length with golden grass, and the lake is in sharp contrast color, beautiful beautiful.
Mercedes-Benz cars constantly on the road in the desert, For the first time I saw this endless expanse of desert, desolate get some of this frigid, inhospitable to some degree of terror. Dunhuang fast approaching when the left side of the car out of the window there an unknown mountain, that mountain black, with no plants, only the rocks and ravines, and really makes people suspect that this is not the scenery or a human. Sun Xi Chen, desert particularly on the gorgeous sunset, we can not help but raise their cameras to capture the beauty of the moment.
Dunhuang to the international hotel stay there, for us to go on the street looking for the Northwest food, the National Day holiday in the Dunhuang bit cooler, but the street is very busy.

Day: October 4 sunny days

Dunhuang - Mogao Caves - Mingsha - Lanzhou

Early in the morning, we proceed to the Mogao Grottoes on 4, National Day of the Mogao Grottoes Yourenruzhi, huge crowds of people outside waiting in long lines waiting to scenic open the door. Such as the door opened, and people scramble to tangle, it fled the scene like a wartime general, think that is really a bit frightening. Finally squeeze gone, because it is festivals, scenic area management staff specially arranged for viewing of different lines, different teams can only see part of the cave.
Slowly followed the guide from one cave to another cave, and finally began to engage in to understand what is the Sui and Tang period, murals, which are the Wei-Jin era murals, but he became bored, because apart from the fresco style distinguish between works of different historical periods outside of those paintings I really the content and its presentation of fairy tales, and little interest in Buddhist culture, but it seems their relatively shallow ah, no culture!
Xiao Yao early in their four out of the gate, and then returned to Dunhuang, with the urban area, ate lunch, we rented a four with four Mingsha Mountain bike ride to the autumn off, the wind is cool, and the feeling of riding is really very nice! Do not have half an hour, they arrive at a Mingsha, we have four riding on a tall camels, into the Mingsha. The first camel ride, then a camel on one after one was rocking the look, began to feel some are not accustomed to, you can gradually rise and fall with the rhythm of the camel, the idea is that at least uncomfortable. Up the sand hills, strong winds, rolling sand, rolling eyes, can not be opened too. Mingsha is very spectacular, tall, undulating hills and mountains, enclosing numerous crescent-shaped col, walking barefoot in the sand, the sand is hot hot. We sand hill sand-boarding down, feeling that a great speeding.
Down the sand hills, we continue to ride a camel to the Crescent Moon, to the Crescent Moon Spring time is late, we had planned more than 17 o'clock on the back to the urban areas, but now is 5:00 now, but we really can not resist the temptation of a beautiful , visit all of the Crescent Moon Spring and continue on toward the high Mingsha Paqu, Mingsha a lot of tourists, lying on warm sand, watching the sun will shine upon the high sand hills, becoming more and more gold, it is indeed magnificent!
By 7:00 we leave in a hurry Mingsha, cycling back when the days have been completely dark, and to the urban areas of the bicycles, stopped in the street to the railway station car, stopped the Lao Bantian finally found one willing to go to the car, got on our way towards the railway station liuyuan Mercedes-Benz, today should be just after the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 18 bar, the way a big red moon rising from the from the Gobi had never seen such a fiery red of the moon, have never seen such a big moon, let us very excited ah.
By liuyuan railway station, found that self-Day Tour of distress, from Dunhuang to Lanzhou, the cars are not even a seat, and we had to buy standing tickets. Disquiet of mind, in the train station, shop, eat a simple dinner, and we got on. This train is an express Urumqi to Beijing, the car is not particularly crowded, but the passengers inside the eyes of those who seem less friendly, four of us got on, only standing on the train aisle where there is nowhere to put our of luggage. I feel more and more uneasy, so toss until noon tomorrow to Lanzhou, along the way there will be a lot of inconvenience, pain and danger.
I let Xiao Yao and Lily looked at luggage, I decided to try her luck to find the conductor. Finally found a conductor, it is a middle-aged woman, she and I Haoyuedaishuo, she finally spoke up: "Where are you from ah?"
Hallo! This car is in Beijing, why do not cotton? "Beijing!" I'm a lie.
"In Beijing to work, see you not old Beijing!"
"Yes! Yes!" I'm busy to answer.
"Hey, why when a further enlivened by the National Day? To go on the 9th compartment bar, so you can make up a sleeper!"
"We are four to four sleeper!"
"OK!" As soon as that woman trains Zhang, "OK!" I am almost glad to have jumped up. Quickly went on the 9th car conductor office seats, etc. That woman conductor of a male conductor told to come back, we have a smooth complement to the four berths in the conductor to rest inside, the original conductor were also really would engage in sideline, everywhere inside the fresh grapes packed in Xinjiang. We sleep in fruit fragrance in啦!

Author: willryun