Finally gather the Fat of the holiday and go to the Northwest to play, our initial list of line is from Guangzhou, a major tour in Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia provinces, via Hohhot, Inner Mongolia to Beijing, from Beijing to Guangzhou.
Get on the afternoon of June 1 to Lanzhou by train.
June 3 morning and arrived in Lanzhou, the train under the first bus that afternoon to buy a bus ticket to Linxia, and then walk along the east shore of the Yellow River, take the opportunity to tour the Yellow River Mother, like, big waterwheel. To sit on the shore of the Yellow Baita Mountain cableway, the other side is a residential area Muslims, Muslims housing generally small, several mosques in particular, a prominent steeple. Baita Mountain is a tourist must places to go, apart from Baita visit, but also can look down on Lanzhou Panorama. Noon meal in the urban areas, this want to try authentic Lanzhou noodles, but I do not get used to the sheep smell of urine smell taste, to give up. Readily point the soup pot, drinking before going to know all pepper, depriving almost one day after I could not pull the stool.
The afternoon ride to Linxia, cars from the Muslims drove to the Tibetan areas, and we hailed in the street ready to Labrang, where my first taste of sand to the northwest. I saw a black cloud pressure over the distance, moving very fast, the wind power really powerful to dust, sand, leaves, rolled up to mid-air, almost stand unstable. A while after the storm, days, clear up, and we finally got on to the crossing Lapuleng car, in the evening arrived in Labrang. We have chosen to live Labrang Hotel, where far from the town, surrounded by farmland Tibetans, even the street lamps at night to eat out at all. Live in the county seat was later learned that the Armed Forces should be guest houses, away from the Labrang Monastery here, close, and the restaurant next to the Han Dynasty.
The morning of June 4 tour Labrang Monastery. Labrang Monastery is a lama institutions of higher learning in mind, one will come here feel a strong learning atmosphere, not only can see the school, playground, as well as by the College, the Labrang Monastery of the Buddha or the Panchen Lama by the division of one. Gongtang tower and the Labrang Monastery is the region's most iconic buildings. We first look around gongtang tower that day exactly ceremonies, many Tibetans come in recitation, and we had to carefully through the hall, board tower, looking ahead, the whole labrang panoramic view. We swim gongtang tower a few hundred meters walk to Labrang Monastery, came here to visit the free tour guide, since they will have already entered the Chinese language tour guide explained the temple, and we had to follow the English-speaking guide in conjunction with the foreign tourists to visit. Labrang Monastery is a lamasery in the worthy institutions of higher learning, there are monks speaks fluent English, although my English so-so, but the vaguely heard the words of a monk is quite radical. As the Labrang Monastery is only open to individual institutes, each day, so we only visited the medicine, philosophy, and several other institutions, hall must not be missed, here is except Tibet's largest, can accommodate over 1000 monks Qi recitation . The most unusual is that we have the opportunity to visit a small kanawa Palace, because it was a golden Buddha, is generally not open. Since that day, the ceremony, tour guides and seeking consent allows us to watch at the door and saw a few Buddha led a Zhong Lama chanting outside, there are monks for five body cast to type of worship on bended knees.
Labrang Monastery swim we drove back to Linxia, due to missed the high-speed direct train back to Lanzhou, had to change to sit Iveco. Car registration point out bus, stopped at the roadside waiting for passengers, look around, on-street parked 45 bound for Lanzhou, Iveco, the basic are all empty. To wait nearly two hours, the fat guy finally could not resist, and pulled me back to bus stop arguing with the refund, the driver afraid of things become significant, quickly apologized to us and promised to immediately drive the car finally slow to offer assistance to to leave the Linxia, arrived in Lanzhou is 17:00 o'clock. In the evening take the train to Xining, Xining arrived after more than two hours, to find hotels near the railway station stay there.
June 5 tour in Xining attractions nearby. 300 yuan package tour hotel travel agency Riyue Santana, Qinghai Lake and Tar. Tourism in Qinghai have to find faster cars to open the car, because the more scattered attractions here, but far from the urban areas, but the road condition is excellent. Riyue of more than 3000 meters above sea level, the car was wearing short-sleeved clothing, a car must wear a folder under the cotton coat. Riyue only a few stone inscriptions on the frescoes and Princess Wen Cheng of the profile, and soon swim. Car continued towards the west will soon arrive in Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Lake Meisha play just to see photo pictured. The driver took us to lunch at the lakeside restaurant to eat, points of the two fish in Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Lake has been banned due to fishing, see the two fish fishing secretly in the night of. Small size of the fish head is very small, the fish long and narrow, but very sweet taste. We also point the plateau wild, this wild life at an altitude of 3,000 meters or more, leaves stems and short, but as a cold dish is very tasty. After lunch, we tour the Tar Monastery, since the first visit Labrang Monastery, comparison Tar in the magnificent and obviously inferior, but is always the case of Aqaba where cultivation had retained a generation of master monument. It had served as the IX, Panchen Lama's palace, in the Yellow Sect monasteries enjoyed a certain reputation. Tar sure to visit the butter to the process, one must be called Tar.
Originally, we planned to fly to Dunhuang, but the fat guy whim, by car across the Qaidam basin to Dunhuang, with the drivers chartered to discuss the price to 2,500 yuan last turnover, the specific route is starting from Xining, across the Qaidam Basin, a dangjin mouth arrived in Dunhuang, and then from Dunhuang via Jiayuguan, Zhangye to Wuwei. We plan to use two days to reach Wuwei, a day is about 1,000 km journey, the driver looked very excited about tomorrow morning 6:00 start, but also volunteered to wake us early 5:30.
June 6 start time 6:00 from the hotel, when the front seat of a multi-President, the driver said his sister, and later saw the two philandering action, before we know is his mistress. Xining early morning for a time under the rain, the temperature dropped a lot in the car at the time of crossing the rubber Mountain Peak surprise to see all the snow, we are excited to have to hurry and get off camera. Qaidam Basin is a desolate basin, not to mention the way we are moving people, even the cars did not see a few more, and occasionally still see the Lanzhou Military Region of the Inn. Basically all the roads on both sides of wasteland, wasteland also stunted the growth of plants depends on this inconspicuous plant, so that there is not desert. At noon arrived in Delhi, may be inconvenient transportation of materials, where a meal is not cheap. After lunch, we continue to work towards the west, near the mouth when the driver of Jinshan will be a need to take a nap, since it has opened a nearly 9-hour drive appears to be very tired. When the Jinshan mouth elevation of 3,000 meters, crossed the road down the mountain after that, due to drop big, fast speed, when the ear buzzing down next to bottles of mineral water under the effect of atmospheric pressure all are crushed. Car to enter the territory of Gansu was a different story, vegetation significantly reduced, the dunes began to appear. We arrived in Dunhuang is the 20 o'clock or so, after 12 hours of driving, people have been very tired, they must look for hotels rest in preparation for tomorrow's even more difficult journey.
June 7 first look around Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Moon Spring. Have not seen the desert on the southern, the first reaction is to burst into the sand, I have finally come to walk in the sand is so hard, only pulling out legs, the other foot has stuck into it, the entire action as the film shows the road in slow motion. Crescent Moon Spring is the sand of the reservoir, near the waters is not only shallow, and turbid. Laizheliwan the key is how sand, play sand, of course, have to endure the smell here, because the camel feces everywhere. Then we drove to the Mogao Caves, Mogao Grottoes is the most famous murals, and now has been basically can not see, because even enter into the cave, the flashlight through the weak light, no matter how good vision can see only a small part. Follow the guide at the most only look at a few caves, we have no choice with the guide, in short, to which the door opened and ran into go turn full circle in the Mogao Grottoes, a total of more than a dozen caves to see. China's four grottoes of Yungang Grottoes I most admired, at least be able to see clearly, but also in the magnificent cave on the other group is second to none.
10:30 so we left the Dunhuang to Jiayuguan, arrived in Jiayuguan is noon. Climbed the walls, looking ahead, a vast expanse of yellow sand, Jiayuguan as the best in the world with big, Cijing here highly deterrent. Leaving the gate, into the desert sand Looking back off the city, but also appears it was very lonely. We continue to go east to leave the Jiayuguan pass, arriving at 5:00 pm near Zhangye, bought the last two tickets to visit the large Buddhist temple, when the temple appeared to be very quiet, we can appreciate the thin indoor Wofo a huge statue. Because of our itinerary is very tight, it was decided not to stay overnight in Zhangye, Wuwei night rush. Wuwei is the night to reach more than 10 minutes, we chartered a two-day trip in this moment is over. Found a home in the urban area hotels, guest houses, many outside the bus, I still see the beauty salon opened for the first time the Ministry of the fourth floor in the room, close to 11 pm is still operating. As we prepared to open the door, opposite the door first opened, which out of a pair of laughing men and women, woman mouth is also a romantic banana.
June 8 Zhongwei Shapotou sit only a trip through the car, we sat in the rear compartment, a rise of almost all wearing the white hat in front of the Muslims. The original departure time was 7:00, but for waiting for passengers, did not leave until 8:00 Wuwei. This train take the village of channeling Township, speed and slow, at noon to reach a place called King Tai. After lunch we continued on our way, the car suddenly filled with people who look like a fool a butt sitting in the car corridor, readily opened soda bottle, then scream sounded from behind, "fool, you hit the jackpot." Was originally a group of swindlers in the acting, but also the set of old-fashioned trick, cars and motorcycles to near toll station, the fraudsters they saw no one fooled, and had to get off the train realized that this group of people have a dozen. Fat guy then a long call of the tone, the original idiot started sitting on his feet, he kick the Jijiao fool, and later found to be a group of people, fear of retaliation.
Finally arrived at 2 pm over a minute Zhongwei Shapotou, just get off on the opening to see the train from Wuwei, we are stupid, we should choose to ride the train, not only saving time, it does not get up early in the morning the coachman. Compared with the Mingsha Shapotou different from the sand here, particularly small, the wind is very big, you can not see the air flowing sand, only to feel his face is bitten by a mosquito feeling. Shapotou is not the endless expanses of sand dunes, across the green of the farmland at the foot of the river over there. After visiting the bus ride we arrived in Shapotou Zhongwei, in the urban tour gaomiao, Zhongwei gaomiao is a very unique courtyard, was not very big, but looked very elegant.
In halfback did not go to Guyuan shuttle, to transfer to medium-ning to see the time still early, we traveled to in-ning. Although there is no in-ning this place monuments, but urban development is very good, let alone the evening of city organizations, cultural performances, early in the morning a big horn relay central broadcasting news, the streets are very neat and clean, and even the bus station is also have the entire natural order, which I managed seen since playing the best place, and later heard that the leadership here, raise Yinchuan, presumably due to outstanding performance bar.
June 9 morning bus ride to the Guyuan, in the way and get off near where the three camps, where there are roads leading to Sumeru Grottoes, we use 30 yuan chartered back and forth. Sumeru Grottoes is a more popular attraction, visitors are few, most worthy of looking at that big Buddha statue on a high degree of terms, comparable to Yungang, Longmen largest statue of Buddha. Sumeru the foot to the summit in the distribution of a number of large and small caves, but the 10 empty cave 9. Sumeru Grottoes cave can only be considered medium-sized group of little Buddha statues can be preserved, so the value is not a big tour.
Backtrack later, we again boarded the CMB Guyuan to reach the sub-bus to Pingliang Guyuan. Waited nearly 2 hours to get on to the CMB Pingliang. Pingliang made a special trip to visit Kongtong Mountain Kongtong this name in the martial arts, see more, I do not know how the reality, so even if the bypass should also take a look.
June 10 morning at the bus stop opposite the jeep to the Kongtong Mountain parking lot, the parking lot to just a few hundred meters away from the Peak, in the parking lot to see is basically artificial attraction, until the climb was a little Taoist sacred mountains, the Peak feeling, where a cloud Tao Lin Temple. Occasionally, an old Taoist priest to see a long beard, but did not figure who trained as the earthly world, look back at the summit was long TV antenna, knowing the kind of realm of martial arts novels describing no longer exists, Kongtong just a re - general, but the mountain. Can not find the car down because we had to walk down the mountain, down the road is very steep, but it can be seen along the original trees, breathe in fresh air, unknowingly have come to the foot. At the foot of the back of noodles bus station, transfer to Pakistan to Guyuan. Guyuan 14:30 a trip to Yinchuan, high-speed direct train, we get off Qingtongxia City.
June 11 hotels in Qingtongxia station before the car went Liujiaxia Hydropower Station. Buses only stop at the roadside, quite a long way to go before reaching the Liujiaxia Hydropower Station. Inside rent a yacht to visit 108 towers, a boat days began to rain, we have everyone wear life jackets. Yacht lap first turn Liujiaxia Hydropower Station, and then bound 108 tower 108 tower would also like to visit the tickets, was originally two different departments. 108 towers arranged in a triangle equidistant places in the whole country is a unique attraction, personal feeling to play in Ningxia sure not to miss this attraction. In addition to boat ride, but also you can now travel by car through the dam directly above the road, but less from the surface of the river to see the open three-dimensional feeling 108 column. We swim in the King backtrack, can easily be hailed in the urban areas to Yinchuan.
Yinchuan first went to the railway station to reach the next day to buy a berth in Hohhot. Yinchuan city sights tour the afternoon I first visited the South Gate of the mosque is a mosque, the mosque from selling tickets to explain all woman, Tuo Lexie can also enter the temple to visit, I began to also can not imagine you can set foot on Muslims worship with the carpet, hesitated for a long time dare enter. Then we visited the West Tower. Dinner is a very popular Wong's "best in the world face" to eat, we are directed at brand to go, feeling, or general, very thin noodles in Guangzhou, where the plane made very thick, like to eat dough-like.
June 12 chartered tour Western Xia Imperial Mausoleum. Yinchuan no direct bus, only chartered, and the driver was very happy to take you to, because there are rebates. Western Xia Ling visited on the ground the main building, not digging underground palace, imperial mausoleum due to prolonged exposure to wind and sand erosion, leaving only a cone of the mound. Next to the museum worth a visit, here details the rise and decline and demise of the Western Xia people, Mausoleum of the distribution and had been subjected to the scourge, as well as part of the imperial tombs of the relics, visits to the Western Xia Tombs more of a feeling of history. Return to the town we went to the North Tower, North Tower did not go directly to car and trace the map to go a very long way, in the outskirts of the village to find the tower. In Ningxia had a lot of towers, each tower's architectural style is different, but also to keep a little bit more complete. We have no choice travel movie, because it is artificial attractions; did not go to Sand Lake, because of water shortage in north, must have also done similar lakes. In the evening we boarded the train to Hohhot.
At 1:00 on June 13 arrived in Hohhot, immediately the same day at the railway station to buy a berth to Beijing and found that the Beijing Railway Bureau studies on the dangers to buy train tickets more easily. After a short break we begin a new journey. First Zhaojun, the city has direct access to Pakistan, after a half-hour's drive to reach Zhaojun Tomb, Zhaojun Meisha see, a statue, a large platform to give pondering and 10 minutes for swim. Daoshi city Wu Tasi is worth a visit, visitors can board the temple roof, a close look at five small tower, tower engraved with patterns, great artistic value. Hohhot's natural environment really flattered to see the sand everywhere, walking in the street to be amused eyes, hold your breath, Quickstep dodge. In the national mall is the first time I saw so many knives put together, there is every inch a Mongols. A very boring afternoon in the square watch others fly a kite, finally stay up at night, boarded a train to Beijing.
June 14 arrived in Beijing early in the morning, this is my third trip to Beijing and attractions are also going to go get more or less, at 16, back to Guangzhou Railway Station to buy a berth, Shun Bianmai hard-seat tickets that day to Baoding. Baoding is a reach at 9 o'clock, we first went to arrange accommodation on the outskirts of ranzhuang tunnel warfare site Baoding, Baoding no direct train to midway into the ranzhuang. Ranzhuang have been closed to motor traffic, is to protect the tunnel warfare site, so go a long way. Kinda excited to start drilling tunnels, take a moment to gradually narrow crossing, I can only like a dog crawling forward, he soon tired pretty much the same. Some ill-natured person intentionally altered road signs, for depriving the right to drill drill we can not find the left exit, then finally met a staff member, to carry us out of a tunnel.
We took the bus to go back to Baoding city is Han Tomb, everybody in town tomb built on mountains, to visit the tomb must climb the hill into the tomb-like as if into bomb shelters, the only difference is the tomb a drainage system can be seen drainage wells in the field. City is best known tomb is Jinlv jade clothing, we see copies of them yielded the most precious relics gave away, and left some pots and pans, said Jing Wang Sheng Zhongshan life enough Shemi but is still champion, the tomb of the scale or small. Back to Baoding bus and get off the ground in the original car, not retrace their steps back, depriving us in vain for over an hour.
June 15 is the day of travel arrangements have failed. According to common sense that we should travel north Yixian Qingxiling day, sufficient time to return to Beijing. Surprisingly, we have chosen to tour Eastern Qing Tombs, first high-speed car ride to the Tangshan, and then transfer to the Zunhua from Tangshan, in Zunhua finally get on the last trip to the East Tomb of the car, reach the Eastern Qing Tombs is 17:00 o'clock. Then fat guy is not arguing with the Dongling live in fear of the next day miss the train. We go to Empress fixed Tanglin look Lingqu management personnel have work, and underground palace doors also closed. And the gatekeepers talk about a good price, the two of us a total of 70 yuan to enter the Basilica and the underground palace. Gave the money to put the underground palace janitor opened the door, we saw the Empress's coffin, I heard that coffin with her body, the walker of course, invisible. Eastern Qing Tombs is indeed a high level of royal mausoleum, but subject to time constraints, traveled a short stop here, after a chance I will definitely come back, Qianlong's Yuling enough luxury underground palace, as well as locals strongly recommended Xianfeng Dingling. Surprise to us at the Tanglin package to the car to Jixian, staying the night in Jixian.
June 16 morning ride to Beijing, in Beijing district stroll around in a circle, time, very comfortable, I really regret it, two days after the time is not arranged. The evening train back to Guangzhou.
June 17 returned to Guangzhou, the end of 17 days throughout the play.
Finishing film the entire journey with a total cost of 5400 yuan, mainly the cost of spending package on board, in fact, the price of tickets is not cheap, especially in Gansu attractions staggering. Feeling must be selected in Gansu tourism transport, and sometimes the train can go faster than cars. Unless it's a through train, in general, we like it hailed in the street, because these vehicles are unlikely to stop and so on. Yinchuan and Hohhot sat in the twice-a train, I feel clean and comfortable, quality of service is not bad, compared to Beijing-Guangzhou line is much easier. The tourist routes fat guy spent a lot of thinking, basically there is no turning back, despite missing a few spots, but generally it still makes me satisfied.
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