The journey was lucky to leave Chengdu few days has not experienced rain, and even cloudy days are almost no. August 1 early in the morning, we gathered in the street and shops of Tibetan older sister's stuttering breakfast, breakfast is a fried dough sticks, and soy milk, but did not add baking soda to the flour fritters made, so I looked very thick. Sister promised to help us greet Jiuzhaigou county has opened a long-distance bus. About 6:30, we waved goodbye, boarded the minibus to the Songpan.

The vehicle is empty, the seat is more than I imagined clean. After a few along the way hotels and villages in succession also contains a number of passengers, which has a very dirty child wearing a suit jacket fit adults carrying a dilapidated school bag next to me sit down. Kids hair matted, skin reddening, dark, hand wiping his nose from time to time, presumably Tibetan bar. While the past few days have gradually got used to down their journey travel fatigue, but the ribs are still deep at the end of Retention city "petty bourgeoisie" consciousness can not help but moved to the side of the window a bit body.

7 points less than the car everyone's face still remnants of the sleepy. We leisurely road to travel on the plateau on the top of Castle Peak in the distance covered with a thin layer of white mist, in the breeze at spreads. Street from time to time some residential areas, front of the house behind the house lengthwise tall flagpole, festooned with faded streamer fence around the yard out a large cluster Chinese rose, pink, pink, and the remote Castle Peak embellishment to exceptionally beautiful green water. Here is said to the Tibetan people is a three-story wooden house is usually small building, originally the bottom of raising livestock are the upper heap objects, the owner living in the middle. However, I see a lot of floor into two layers, animals have independent premises, and, and I have seen Tibetans, like brushing your teeth with Colgate, confirmed the changes of time. Is just an old living culture of alien civilization swallowed by the new, the people living here face a progressive or intrusive? As the future of those I come into contact with Muslims, like when they are back facing the direction of Mecca, humming pop tunes, and drink beer at the Blue Sword, Mohammed can say?

"Ga --- squeak," heard, a brake to stop at the CMB a temple. Of smoke curl over the temple, internal incense and alumni of the door with a plaque about two Tibetan writing on the "sincere" and "the Spirit", the middle is "Dages Temple" three characters, beside the stone lions in front of someone the driver waved to the side of being, it seems there are guests ride. Up a man and a woman, I can not see what role, China and Pakistan to start, so we went on with their journey.

Children around the time of an anti-gang up honest-like, began to show restless restless eyes kept staring out the window, the body moved to my side, and thus continued for 10 minutes after the end, he spoke, said, Han is actually so, with a little dialect, Fortunately, I listened to understand is to change seats with me, he Fanyun car. Window to sit down and watched him put his head resting on the window let the breeze hit dizzy position, my sense of exclusion has been replaced by a kind of compassion. Originally thought that the plateau of the child is very strong, I really did not expect there will be to adapt to not work.

Is more than half an hour, around the child seems to Huanguo Lai, and I tried him the replies. He is not the standard Mandarin to tell me that he is a Han Chinese, are still in fifth grade, a person to work in Jiuzhaigou father for a few days, and now because of school to go back to Songpan home. Although he looked worn-out clothes bag, but the kids out of school than those who still can say that it is lucky bar. Looking back a few days in the ditch outside the trench seen and heard, can not help feeling: This is the Jialing River and Minjiang water moisture Jiuzhaigou mountain, but also raising the people living here. If the natural heritage protection and local economic development and find a balance point, which is a kind of Great Wisdom!

After nearly four hours of hard work, we are finally close to the ancient city of Songpan, children pointed to the left of the window of the villages scattered far away, said: "there is a yellow roof of his home," say the joy of the moment filled with tender innocence in his face. Looking around, he's pointing down, it is a quiet village lying in the river of the size of the level of dozens of houses have it, as can be seen flying in the air by the PAN. Depended on the mountain behind the village in the mountains there are faint after returning farmland to forest for the remaining traces of terraced fields. The foothills of a nearby Sule Pagoda, which is a Tibetan stupa.

Children get off to a separation of more than 10 minutes, CMB has finally moved into the ancient city of Songpan. The station looked very worn, the good news is everyone is well prepared for it. Walked on the street outside the station encountered a few more tricycle driver asked us what we are looking to Huanglong Otherwise the car, and we note are looking for Colts, driver did not received a business, but still given pointing. Outbound is the old city gate opposite the site, there is horse manure on the ground, the walls adorned with some of the cave gates and travelers such advertisements. Be considered through the gates into the city, and the roadside variety of small restaurants, handicraft stalls, internet cafes there are organs and units arranged together, walking more than 100 meters is the intersection of East Main Street, City Center, is a lively downtown. Lamb cries string one after another, street lamps are IP phones backlit ad, surrounded by China Unicom mobile service agent. Turn right and did not move much farther south to see the south gate walls, and may serve as our dress is too prominent, a big man man walked over, greeted Road: "To riding? I was along the river cavalry of."

I remember listening to people talk about a year ago, the first of the cavalry was "happy trail (Happy Trails)", so I hope to see what was going on before agreeing to him, and followed through the south gate to see after the intersection is actually two side by side with cavalry across the wall . On the left is a "path", the right is "along the river", are the name in Chinese and English ads, offer exactly the same, we can not find a reason to choose between them, so seek refuge "Shun Jiang" bar.

Shun Jiang's reception was very warm, see experience. Manager called Yang Fu (Fis Took Yang), wearing a very casual, dragging slippers. Gave us business cards, advertisement on the back of the English team-mate 12-year trek horse history of the caravan must have previously cargo bar. Manager Yang's left eye a little bit of disability, so have a business card so one: a good gaide with a bad eye.

Gama offers 1 - 12 days of riding routes, as far as to Ruoergai prairie. The cost of day pricing is 80 yuan / person, each equipped with a guide and two horses. We plan to go before he came here Xuebaoding, because time is not enough, we have finally accepted their proposal, the election of two sea cliffs collapse on the 3rd of this Tour circuit. Now write these travels began to regret the time when no other alternative but Huanglong 3-day tour, and after all, look at the Huanglong Xuebaoding clearer ah. If, however, went to Huanglong, maybe not the bar of the United Nations on horseback.
Author: oshare