Xiangxi Roaming
08:30 am March 22, men are gathering is completed, driving from Guangzhou to the target - "Western Hunan."
08:50 From zhongluotan barrier to enter the "Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway." "Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway" to the Shaoguan section of road is very good, not many cars on the road, and occasionally saw several large trucks in the effort to squeeze the perfect road.
11:30 am arrive in Shaoguan.
Service stations in the Qujiang ate a simple breakfast meal. Although fast food, but the taste is quite good.
Run out of breakfast, to the car filled with oil, then again started to move.
Qujiang a toll station we rush to inquire about the commissioning of the northern part of Guangdong Section of Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway (press to say what is on the 28th was formally Operations). Get answers completely shattered all illusions.
Have no alternative but to go Ruyuan direction, one can see the high-speed entry into the military, simply get the negative answer to the clear-cut. Yuehua Jian has come to Ruyuan very reluctantly into the evil "milk Ping Road." Road conditions worse than the last ......
It started to rain, the car was surprisingly addition of. Continue to see the accident, kept traffic congestion, stop-go, 100 miles away to even spent nearly four hours.
17:10 am, finally to "Yizhang."
"Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway" in front of the green signs finally appeared.
Everyone spit the mouth long-winded, merry car into the road.
Under the rain attributes actually enjoy the larger, and front and rear fog lights and headlights all open.
Because very few cars on the road, and there is a large-scale freight cars. All the way ultra-exclusive lanes, so the speed is still fast.
19:20 am, to "Changsha" the.
"Changsha" the ring like a newly built highway, the road great. More than 100 kilometers an hour in the car almost feel a little bit of vibration and noise, very much like a video game in operation.
Mood began to get better, and also to maintain the original plan - directly to the "Changde"!
23:10 pm, and finally to "Changde" the.
Casually looked for a hotel to stay. The room is poor, filled with musty.
Also did not care a lot, quick showers to go to bed. 1 days left more than 900 kilometers, and the cars are tired --
Cost: 114 yuan toll twice 305 yuan refueling Breakfast 20 yuan dinner 45 per stay 138 (3)
March 23
6:00 o'clock we were awakened by the street noisy trumpet.
Persist more than two hours, or not to sleep. Had to get up to find to eat.
The streets are very dirty, there is no a breakfast block can cause loss of appetite.
Dirty, really dirty. Hard to find a mother and daughter stall restaurant, is actually quite clean.
Simply finished, in a dirty, rough look of the car wash car wash stall, business resumed.
Goals - "Peach Blossom Spring."
10:00, soon to Taoyuan had. A huge arch erected in 319 National Road.
Parking, tickets, 52 yuan / person.
Parking lot with a few women selling handicrafts of grass. To an old woman bought one, a dollar. Has aroused strong dissatisfaction with another woman, "I went to the ....." stupid, why is there such a big response, had to buy her one, two old woman walked away with a smile, and gets to bad up.
Into Taoxian Ridge, a large white "Tao," a statue of silly slumped over the hillside, making it very rough, expression is also strange. A few scattered tourists going very fast, in addition there is no scenery to speak of.
A few more rough antique architectural rudely burst into sight, began to feel awful. Fortunately, there are Several Strains of peach, though only opened Jiduo. Finally is not in vain.
Reluctantly took a few photos, leave.
Move forward 500 meters or so to "paradise" of.
"Qin village" is like a mess of the big market, shoddy workmanship and poor Lei Cha file all of the horses crowded street, and building on. Building it is more rough and thoroughly disappointed.
Qin village, yet there are two "Fairy Cave," a fraud indeed crude.
Calls up a local friend, "the true 'Qin Village' is not in their scenic spot -"
I copy ----------
12:40 am, did not hesitate to give up in the "Peach Blossom Spring," playing two days of the original plan.
Directly to their next destination - "Phoenix Ancient City."
14:10 am, at the foot of a hill station into the oil, the way to the staff about the road ahead.
"80 kilometers in front of mountain."
Into the mountains, landscape began to get better, the mountainside is golden flowers of rape, skirted the roadside a few ancient villages from time to time. Continuously all the way to stop taking pictures, the former line of the slow pace of relief.
16:20 am, the river near the road rest.
Directly to drive the truck into the flood. Landscape will become too attractive, and by the way let the car rest.
20 minutes later to continue their journey. Dark sky and gradually down --
19:50 am, ran into a car accident, a large truck rollover, plugged the entire road.
Have to start the long wait --
The road conditions are getting worse, and the slower pace and more.
21:30 am, to "Jishou city", we do not want to forward the. Had to place stopping for a rest tomorrow and then to the Phoenix bar.
Jishou city in the next to find a hotel, very clean, 100 yuan / rooms.
Car park can be leisurely in the government compound,牛逼.
Finally found a comfortable bed, put aside a full day of Daomei Shi, sleep only important thing.
Cost: Breakfast 14 per car wash 10 yuan tickets for 156 yuan Utopia fireworks 22 per row 20 yuan Lei Cha 20 yuan dinner, 45 per refueling 170 yuan Accommodation 200 yuan
March 24 very comfortable sleep last night, 9 o'clock before bed. Hotel next to the Lanzhou Ramen Museum tastes good.
09:40, leave for "Phoenix."
This section of highway in the government renovated the way fast. The stretch of road is still rape and splendid peach.
Audio, country music is very out of step, twisting high-volume, open the windows,
We all revel in the mountains, the self-satisfied - the
Until now, found some really feeling.
11:30 am, to the "Phoenix" had.
In the "Great Wall Hotel" parking parking lot (10 yuan / 24 hours). Tens of meters away is the "Gate."
"The locals are" restaurant near the larger one considered, and the taste of rice is generally a Miao.
12:40 and began wandering aimlessly Phoenix.
River stone street, a very beautiful young woman in the Miao embroidery belt, next to the hanging strings of her works. Miaojia young woman beautiful and simple and sacred, are not fluent in Mandarin was very cordial.
To the unborn BB bought a pair of small embroidered shoes, hand-well (12 million). By the way to her understanding of Miao Village situation.
Learned that tomorrow, "Mountain Town" yes "Miao Hui", several people began contemplating taking advantage of fair planned for tomorrow --
Reluctantly bid farewell with her and continue to wander freely --
After a selection, and finally found a hotel in Jiangbei - "Jiangbei hostels."
Boss is an amateur painter, hanging around his ink works. Although not very sophisticated techniques, but without losing quality. May be related to the environment and mood bar.
Shop is very clean, we have chosen to live in the top floor. Not a small roof, two rooms a total of only 45 yuan a night, very cheap. Standing on rooftops can also glance across the river a block Diaojiao Lou --
Moving a stool to sit in the sun, it made for a comfortable stay. Started feeling a bit lazy.
18:00, out of the hotel, walked along the city, has completed more than half an hour on the town.
Playing in the street night market pot. Here is a different pot and Guangzhou, Guangzhou dishes in the pan, and seasoning in their respective bowl; here, all the flavors are in the pot, each one of Kongwan clean.
This association to a different culture while enjoying delicious, while lamenting up --
21:20 return to hotel.
Boss determined tomorrow Miss Miao guides.
A few people sit on rooftops, while the number of the stars of the sky, while brighter to cackle.
Cost: Jishou Breakfast 13 per parking fee 10 yuan for lunch 41 yuan stay 45 Yuan Xiaoye 40 yuan Map 8 yuan
March 25
5:30, was awakened by the cock crow morning, has been flurried trance indistinct, half-asleep.
08:00, get up, breakfast.
09:00, combined with a Miao girl guides and a free ride from Wuhan photographer Lao Zhang, went straight to the destination - the "Mountain Town seedlings set."
Road a bit narrow, the road was very good, could be the reasons for taking such a small bar.
20 minutes to reach the mountains of the Town. There is a Hmong the car museum, by the way the door to visit a bit.
The museum was formerly MILLER and WONG "Long Xiaotian" in Zhaizi. Very large, there is still a row of walls shooting hole.
Miss Hmong guide the museum a lot of flavor, so it listened very carefully to learn about the Hmong's a lot of knowledge.
After the tour finished, a beauty guide and another sister an impromptu show for a while Miao Miao drum, very interesting story.
Miao Miao drum to farming and textiles for men and women working the scene evolved into a dance, while drum while dancing.
Everyone started applauding, miaojia sister's face went so far as Fanchu faint blush ......
10:30, farewell MILLER and WONG houses along the Miao Miao Hui to go to a nearby stockade - "Ma On Shan Miao Village."
There has not yet charged point, stockade was quiet. When he first entered the left hand side entrance to the village is the Village not far from the children's home secretary. A large black dog lying in front of the pier. See somebody come lift languidly looked up, a few Akira Akira tail, then went on to enjoy the warm sunlight of midday.
Secretary very warmly invited us into the room, the house fairly large, but poor lighting there is also a wet mold.
The bedroom where Qilingbala to put out 45 beds. Wall street actually opened a door, door hanging "family planning school" brand, does it mean ......
Stockade where most people are busy to go to the market, if a large basket carried on the inside are mostly filled with bag full of food, about three or 40 pounds weight. They will be back to the Hill Town of food the blocks and sell it to businessmen who came to revenue meters. Zaiqu sets for the money to buy daily necessities.
Wearing traditional dress of most of them elderly, they were unwilling to let us take pictures, but it will not be angry, but smiling to run away. The kind of honest and good instincts, really makes people moving at a loss.
The fort can be regarded as Phoenix to see the Miao Village of most worth.
Town out of the mountain, we back on the bus and went to their next destination - the "big stone bridge."
This is a single-arch stone bridge, a huge arch, stone bridge is said to be best in the world.
Stone bridge next to a Hmong grocery store open. The car was parked in front of the store, Please keep custody of stores Hmong lady. Is intended to charge, and 2 yuan.
A scattered down the hillside with cow dung, he entered the "big stone bridge Miao Village." The stockade is taking tickets, and 20. As the original performance teams go the neighboring Guizhou performances, so 10 yuan can also enter Walled.
Stockade very small, only twenty or thirty families. Village to a 40-year-old man, wearing a camouflage poor equipment, (may be part of security duties bar). Yi Gu streets of cow dung exudes thick local flavor. Stockade is too small, except for his village to explore the development plan is also not too many things worthy of nostalgia.
Everyone on the trip home in the village toilet, took two pictures at random out of the Village of. (Village family latrines and pen in a house, so long-winded first closed practice several times before they can enter).
Take a look at the table has five o'clock, and they are driving a return. To the hotel, and bosses with a meal, he rushed back into the house to sleep. Jiang Miao in the mountains due to the time set wandering a bit long, really tired, early to bed side to the best way.
Cost: 5 yuan Miao Museum parking fees parking fees Dashiqiao 2 yuan cities Accommodation hotel parking charges 10 yuan deposit 45 per car 10 yuan MILLER and WONG museum tickets 20 yuan / person X4 person = 80 Dashiqiao Miao Village tickets 10 yuan / person X4 human = 40 yuan
March 26
06:30 finally got used to the calls of roosters, but was the backyard of the dog barking to wake up, unable to fall asleep again.
7:20 get up, breakfast.
08:40 departure.
09:30 soon came to the South at the foot of the Great Wall, well looked, a new wall plate in the hills, the long stone steps to the foot of the mountain pass beside the road. No mood to visit the "modern Great Wall", cars have no way to stop it wants to go straight.
10:00 reach "黄丝桥古城", a tolerably well-preserved tower.
Stone said the text showed that there are a thousand years history.
Into the gate, the city has all the new building. I put a few sporadic block is all over the country find arts and crafts. Tickets on the tower to be 20 yuan / person. The wall should be viewed from below, there is no need to climb to the observatory in the city's new residential areas, 10 minutes to go after the next attraction.
Along the antecedents back to the "camp of Allah."
To enter another intersection. Soon be able to reach "Shu Jia Tang Castle" (there is a dirt road is difficult to walk).
The Legend of the local people claim to be descendants of three sons Rokuro, the whole village is named Yang's.
Do not know the reasons for consanguineous marriage, the first time in western Hunan to see two people that some mentally retarded is here. This place originally called "books Jia Tang" has turned out five Scholars, the village has a vertical flagpole of the monument, said to the Emperor Yu Ci, the former is to "civilian got down, military attache dismount" in.
Similarly, another one filled with animal feces taste dilapidated stone stockade.
In ancient times used to station troops in the ancient castles and villages away from the two hills to be more than an hour before walking into.
14:00 to visit end of this hamlet, they return to the "business of Allah," a meal.
"Allah camp" the biggest surprise of the hotel there are several function rooms, and tastes good, prices are fair.
Point of a lot of vegetables, eat it. 4,5 packaged lunch box.
Back to the south near the Great Wall, discovered in a stockade built on the mountainside - "stone Village."
The stockade from construction to the road, fences, and even some with slate roofs are all made of building materials, very clean, a small stockade, worth a visit.
Another fork in the road from the highway into a country lane. Five ten minutes you can reach another one called "Du Luo Miao Village" place. Entrance to the village for some years and a few trees. A big green floating floating pond bio. Stockade building is also a stone, and not as the feeling of a full slate Chai, very coordinated manner mixed with a little new residential areas, a little disorder.
The stockade's dog was very friendly and everybody laughs and Yaotoubaiwei.
17:40's getting dark, rushing after this period of country road, back to Phoenix we rush to refuel car wash.
Bought some vegetables in the streets and return to hotel, was sacked by the boss's kitchen fried, by the way the hot mid-day heat leftovers, and then played a big umbrella roof support, in the thunderstorm sound on a few bottles of beer to eat a meal full of flavor dinner.
Owner deliberately hanging out of two red lanterns in the dark night thunderstorm seem so warm --
20:20 After dinner, we began to study tomorrow's trip.
Interestingly, where Phoenix is almost gone, it is better Zaiqu Guangxi?
Sleep early, early tomorrow, hurry.
Cost: Accommodation 45 yuan (3), parking lot 10 yuan, 12 yuan breakfast, Shu Jia Tang tickets 12 yuan / person X4 = 48 yuan,
Fuel 160, grocery shopping 5 yuan, 35 yuan beer
March 27 8:00 am get out of bed and breakfast.
9:00 departure, destination - "Yangshuo, Guangxi."
Wuhan Old Chang hitch a ride to "Huai Hua" turn the train to go home.
Out of the Huai Hua, traffic began to get better, and occasionally can be opened to more than 100 kilometers, the road I often see people in Hunan referred to as "slow travel" agricultural tricycle, in this case can be used to transport guests. The kinds of cars there is no rearview mirror, they often occupy the road center line, you are behind Meng honk, they are leisurely "Slowly wandering." In no way meant avoidance very hateful.
11:10 in the "conjunction" and "Jingzhou" section of national highway between, but also in case of emergency. A carrying 7,8 personal "slowly Tour" was a big truck hit a Xiahe. River deep, can not see the shadow of vehicles. Several whole body of people are climbing out of the water dripping, there's a two years old child has been scared of the Ku Buchu sound. There are one or two injuries, his face blood.
Hurriedly pulled over to start the humanitarian relief efforts. Side of the notice "110" "120." Side of the pull everyone ashore, and from the car to find a roll of paper towels to help the wounded wipe the mud from his face and blood, arrange injured person lying down on the roadside.
After 20 minutes "120" first arrived, "110" and subsequently up. This rush on the train we are, after all, there are hundreds of kilometers in front of the mountain way to go.
The scenery is still beautiful and not, cauliflower, grapefruit flower, peach, pear scent of continuous rains very YA Italy.
Near in Guangxi began to enter the Road, the road though intact, curvature is high.
Road side from time to time to see a huge "risk" the word warning signs. Even a huge "white text monument", recorded in 2000 a serious car accident on a particular day of the dead and injured 20 people --
17:40, just before "Longsheng," when the sky is already dark. "Longsheng" to "Guilin" The new road is still not fully completed, stop-go. "Guilin" to "Yangshuo" the road is quite a good one.
There in front of two buses and a Pakistani in motorcycle racing, smoke billowing, very thrilling.
21:20 arrived in Yangshuo, live in the street, "Marco Polo." 80 room, your yes Guile Dian, was very comfortable, almost feeling Samsung. The room faces the street have a big balcony, Street scene at a glance. Can save the evening Paojiu Ba's money.
Out to look for a place to eat. "Thank big sister" home has been folded up, and easily found a stand to sit down, point Pijiu Yu and several other dishes, but also not to eat what tastes, and an early back into the house to sleep better.
Cost: Accommodation 160 (3), parking lot 20 yuan, 12 yuan breakfast, lunch, 36 yuan, 92 per dinner,
Refueling two 150 +200 = 350 yuan, 65 yuan toll.
March 28
9:30 get out of bed and breakfast in the West the mouth of a roadside food stalls, rice bowl 3 yuan, small bowl 2 yuan, taste good, very clean.
10:40 leisurely driving to go xingping. Parking the car and walk to the pier opposite the woods. Because there is light rain, Lijiang River and the mountains far and near are the fog blowing.
Lanlansansan loitering with very comfortable. This is the play's intention --
12:10 there is on board, "the ancient fishing village,", 25 yuan / person.
Because there is no chance to go fishing the last round, this time to go see it anyway.
Board have been sitting three "Ghosts" and a girl, "Ghosts," a boat is to double revenues - and 50 yuan, poor child has totally failed to thoroughly understand huri confused Jiu Ji Meng had. Little fishing village, things look good, when Mr. Clinton did not know how to let local people lying to the occasion, from this small village on the famous.
14:50 Back to the pier at the pier side of the food stalls simply a meal, tastes, and last year's similar to so-so.
16:30 Back to the hotel, buy a beer, sit on the balcony teams made for a comfortable stay.
18:00 go out to eat. "Thank big sister" home a lot of guests, finally find a seat.
Temporary table just met today in xingping girl, hello. The original is a native of Hunan Province, in China Southern Airlines flight attendants to do, come from Guangzhou. Just a few people will fight to a Taiwan food and wine while chatting up the side of open meal. "Stewardess comrades" turned out to be a circle tour of Guizhou alone backpack came to Yangshuo, the reigning in a new light.
After dinner, we get together and back to our place to live, pick up a few pieces of beer sat down on the balcony.
Admiring the street crowd, while rambling to talk about their travels.
3:00 minutes, we finally had barely This looked dispersed --
Cost: 20 yuan deposit car, accommodation 160 (3), xingping parking lot 6 yuan, breakfast 8 yuan, 42 yuan lunch,
Dinner 126 yuan, 34 per beer.
March 29
Up until ten o'clock, in the blocks to eat a rice bowl.
Rent a bike it alone slowly to the "high-franca" direction.
In Moon Mountain farm encountered yesterday's flight attendants, but many of the 34 were from Chongqing, and Dongguan, the men and women come together to eat a meal "peasant food", they collectively cycling Sheung. Aimless swim upstream in the fields sway path.
Road is still the same bad last year, a pair of male and female side of the road opposite the flat tire of the bicycle a daze. Say hello to express a bit concerned about it move on --
17:10 back to West Street, but also cars, each returned to his room showers, changing clothes. Dinner in the West about the "big tree" Korean barbecue, more than 200 yuan but less than what it feels like to eat. Had in the "Red Star" and bought two pizza for supper. "Red Star" of the pizza pie is very well known in the local taste can be, will sell is not how good-looking.
The arrested people had returned to our room balcony, met in the street a lonely "Ghosts." Just today, he's birthday, we pull together for filling of beer, two balconies crowded nine individuals, bustling. While drinking beer, the side stumbled to chat to two in the morning.
Flight attendants the morning next day our car ride back to Guangzhou, very readily promised, and who told people that flight attendants do!
Cost: 20 yuan deposit car, accommodation 160 (3), breakfast 9 yuan, lunch 80, dinner 220 per person, pizza 40 yuan,
Beer 58 yuan
March 30
8:40 get up, each carrying luggage stuffed meet in the parking lot. The car's trunk soon be fully occupied, and it is placed high, the rear seats also occupied by half. In the blocks of another food stalls to eat breakfast, routine rice flour.
9: 40 start. The road is better than expected, toll stations are all close 7 --
13:30 on the road eating lunch Huaiji.
A lot of flies, circling back and forth constantly violation of our dining territory.
Shop owner is quite a decent, free of charge to help us wash the car wash is full of mud, but also no fuss about this, he raised a swarm of flies.
14:20 Then Sheung.
17:30 a smooth and safe return to Guangzhou. Total travel 2926 kilometers.
Cost: 127 yuan road tolls, fuel 220 per person, breakfast 18 yuan, 85 yuan lunch.
Author: elitism
