(The travels are both poly-tower on the road using SMS sent bubble by bubble sorting westbound in poly tower after returning from the final edit)
(A)
Ten o'clock this morning to Xining, the beginning of our trip. The city has been quite modern, everything, and even Shanghai people. After lunch, we simply proceed to Tar, which is one of six major Yellow Sect monasteries, yes I shared the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama's teacher were the birthplace of Aqaba. To go on the road there are several very good at landscapes, people feel real to China to another corner, my mind flashed repeatedly that China's Ping An is very rhythmic background music, ads, thinking themselves from Shanghai "Green Lane" to By Qinghai "tranquil county." However, the driver drove with one hand stubbornly let us appreciate the elegant nature of greatly reduced, where the yellow line the central street is more like a speed Road boundary, vehicles often off time and again, verify that Bo Yi theory. Tar is actually built on the hillside scattered buildings, and Han-structured temple is different from the eyes is all blue sky, white clouds, golden dome, and the freedom of scattered on the slopes exposed to the sun temple.
Spent a leisurely afternoon, we have a lot of devotion to worship the Buddha, and even tried paying homage to, but dared not try to bid for land five bodies. I think we have not reached the kind of sincerity realm, after all, after all, is a spectator. Tar in a golden palace side there is a long-watt kneel before a row of sites, is said to be rebuilt every year, the faithful, where everyone is doing the same action - 5 vote in body. Is said to hundreds of thousands of times to stand up and kneel flutter like a full visit is to meet and Lime leaves emerged in the 100,000 Bodhisattva.
Out of the pagoda, in the showers from time to time break, we returned to the secular, in downtown Xining pain, eat snacks after the end of the first day.
(B)
Today's destination is Qinghai Lake, you can look at the halfway Riyue, Riyue is a Tibetan, animal husbandry and farming, as well as the outflow boundary flow, in Qinghai has an important significance. Along the way almost every statue of Princess Wen Cheng is because according to legend, when she was too Riyue, with the sun and the moon mirror Looking back on brought Chang'an Chang'an, homesick, but for the mission in the sun and the moon mirror dropped off a cliff, Japan months after the mirror shattered into now pass on the two hill. Half-way through the pull chicken Pass, elevation 3820 meters, although this is the highest point of our travels in Qinghai, but not yet to have any big reaction. Several of ignorance Pride And Prejudice has excited, and insisted the driver to stop, get off Kuangpao, known limit to the challenges.
Plate mountain is quite dangerous, but the sheep and cattle hill and dale in the blue sky between grassland is very seductive. Is the brightest rape fields, in the large tracts of green between the jump, people go as if by God to the southern spring. All the way there daotanghe in the side to accompany this very character of land to the west river flow, I love it. Bees continue to sacrifice our windows, the windows of the honey fragrance lovers, and the driver said, bees and more time will get both the full window. There are 2,3 km away from the Qinghai Lake, when you can see a blue ribbon in the back of a large golden rape looming.
Qinghai Lake is too beautiful - blue! Blue transparent! ! We walk to the shore, unconsciously sit down. Basking in the sun, the wind, I really do not want to move. Soon saw a horse, I would like to stand up launched in Wonderland-like place to ride cloud wind, but the horse who they are not ignored, only to take care of grazing leisure. Lan Ma of the most exaggerated, Fenti tread water, hoping for Chang Si, a long time and persistent, the murder of countless films.
Return trip, I dodging the secular, I do not want to fall in such a pure place, it is only the second day of pain.
(C)
As planned, the second day of late we have to ride the train to leave the Xining, Golmud to work towards it. Xining station at this time filled with backpackers, there is not much smaller than the body of the backpack, so that the already crowded train station is more crowded. On the bus and found a backpack filled a luggage rack, I heard the past two days hundreds of people every day on the Lhasa via Golmud by car. Saline-alkali soil in a piece of the Golmud everywhere surrounded by hotels, who basically take the Qinghai-Tibet line, in this supply and repair, and then washed the famous mountain sickness-prone areas - five beams and Tanggula. This place is on the streets of Lhasa tourists, mostly backpackers, and asked the information, looking for companions is simply at your fingertips.
We Golmud City Guest House just a stay there, they encountered a group of foreigners, is a New Zealander, has been to the Qinghai-line tour of the Three Gorges Project is currently looking for cars to Tibet. Chitchat learned, they chartered the need thousand dollars, and we up to 200. To eat have you encountered in a Guangdong girl, enthusiastically told us that the West pay hostel that evening a car, into the possession of only 100 per person, immediately rush, negotiated with the driver. So separately prepared rations, packed his luggage. But I only did for a while, the driver side of news, into a second day of early start, then we no need to take his car, and will lose their excitement. This place car a lot, but to try their luck. Since Saturday, Japan and rest, we need to do to the Friday before the arrived in Lhasa in Nepal visa, so neither capital, leisure and other opportunities, there is no capital is too picky vehicles. We go out to look for four cars, until 21 o'clock last Gaoding of a total of 10 co-author package. As the longitude difference, Golmud then a genius just black. 4:00 tomorrow morning we should start red plateau, but still finishing backpack tonight and can not in bed early. I think the best person for the first time in Tibet do not know the altitude sickness that often because they do not know nothing. I have stubbornly refused to wear the "Rhodiola" sort of anti-hypoxia drugs, but in fact is still disturbed mind, hope that tomorrow can be safely Tibet.
(D)
No. 4, from 4 o'clock. End of war-like washing clean up boarding on the heroic, and I feel really a bit Yishui Han gas. 5 beam and Tanggula shadows as its altitude, lingering in their hearts. Our package is a new Iveco vehicles, the license belonging to Shanghai A, is the owner of the Tibetan cars bought in Shanghai, ready to open back to Lhasa, give a lift cars are generally cheap, only 160 yuan per person to sit on the comfortable a new car. However, passenger car is not legal, over-Golmud checkpoint, the only thing people and vehicles hours before, we are all car rental 10 people ride the smooth clearance of three times, but was delayed for some time.
Back on the car, along the way slope, picturesque, towering Kunlun Mountains is overflowing with pride. Eleven more cars to the five beams, vacuum packaging, all on board were inflated due to the lowering of air pressure into the ball and pudgy bodies, Zhuang body. The local saying goes, 1-5 beams, crying and shouting father mother, and sometimes even the locals would react. We are very fortunate, due to weather, car flies did not slow the vehicle people are all right. Since then roads are getting worse, we encountered a few traffic jams. Fortunately, the driver 11 cleverly bypassed, saving a lot of time. The Tuotuohe, the day overcast, and some reaction to the symptoms began to appear. 19:00 Multi-car has an elevation of 5231 of the Tanggula mouth, leaving only three men on board does not appear does not respond. Despite this, we in the Tanggula out of the car, after Mao Zhaoyu took a few photos on the car, this time, there lan heavier hypoxia symptoms, until a few hours behind the light, but fortunately I have always been normal, but also anaphora . 21:00 car to safety, and this is the first cell phone with the signal along the way where we all live in their teeth, Qiangyanhuanxiao to report the safe.
(E)
The first at 11 o'clock on the 4th, we're into Nagqu, eat from the grid of the city of Kingston after the first hot food, but dared not eat because it was too expensive. In fact, after 20 hours by car, there is no appetite to eat the people. After a brief stopover in Nagqu, we immediately embark on another journey, this time rain-soaked, the same car one person has been de-force, we gave her a lie-teng seats. I Although there is no response, but sleepiness harder and harder, thing that strikes you in the car uncomfortable, and soon fell asleep on the Hun Hun. But sleep is very secure, a dream has been awakened several times, twice due to head-off from the car almost hit us, our car in an emergency avoidance awakened in me; one is because the flood submerged the road, car in the afterburner to push forward awakened me; another in front of a car on the roadside around the fleet, body tilted over 45 degrees, again, I shook. But wake up nothing but a few seconds to do, spaced a few seconds later I fell asleep again. Car difficulty moving in the heavy rain was lucky enough to be a great driver. A car were struggling until dawn, when my eyes open again, the rain had stopped, roadside river flood, snow-capped mountains heaven and earth was ink-like black and white, lines frustrated, fresh and simple. Morning, 9 am, after 28 hours hard, we have finally reached Lhasa. Car all the way to go, we were amazed, I really did not expect such a modern Lhasa, has also been, you can say no worse than those in major cities in China, and saw all the way, we drove to the legend of the eight Long school hostel door. 8 Long Learning is the darling of all the Tibetan tourism Raiders a few years ago where all who have been to Tibet have been 8 Long learning Tibetan-style buildings, gather together, backpackers, free laundry service and relaxed atmosphere of admiration and this in the Mix The hotel has also been an excellent reputation LP and other well-known abroad, the travel handbook as the first top ten in Tibet. Tibet is almost here, has become one of the major attractions. Therefore, we do not shop around as usual, but rather destroy Huanglong.
For the convenience of dollars, have moved into the same car come to learn one of the eight Long 10 humans, the room is very crowded, was originally a conference room, in which the tourist season has become a money-spinner. A down bag, refused to take a lot, we immediately rushed to the visa consulate in Nepal, where the only office the morning, today is Friday, this time left us with only two hours of time. Fortunately, not many people consular visa, the process is simple, the visa officer casually asked a few to successfully resolved. The most funny is that a knowledge of English man, with our help, the table also Motian, would not say anything, it successfully passed the barrier. When I really wish that other countries are also visa.
After lunch, we started looking for the next stage of car, according to plan, we are looking to take the southern route Zhangmu the car, so that you can not miss Yamdrok Lake and the middle of many attractions, but to find a lap, cars that is quite expensive. Poor, poor play, we decided to change the original plan, returned to Tibet from Nepal, when playing with the South Line, due to go back ride on the car is in nature, so the car ride to the high quality low price, but may have to go two days, and the a certain risk, but time and risk are what we can afford, except there is no spare money, so we unanimously adopted a "plan amendment."
After a moment of small habitat, a gang of restless people who decided to go to the Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Temple in Lhasa can be said to be a real downtown, the famous, the street around the Jokhang Temple is the turn of a mountain. This temple can be said to Lhasa's most important religious and cultural sites, and Teramae Square is very broad, the distance a large golden dome is the Jokhang Temple relieved against the blue sky seemed to be especially bright. We entered the Temple, found it was once a temple to sing through the day in January, and the crowd coming from all directions, are moving clockwise in accordance with religious custom, the temple is surrounded by corridors, corridors on both an in turn by the cylinder. People holding a small turning cylinder with one hand on the switch to turn the corridor through the cylinder, they would continue to turn around the temple. It is said that every turn is read again by the circle, devout Tibetan life in this way the turning spent. We have also walked with the crowd turn the, turn full circle and found to be in hand is very acid, the hearts of these dedicated people who not help being deeply moved. Inside the temple monks who pass out of the deep melodious singing by the sound, and seemed to be accompanied by the crowd, lingering with a mysterious ancient buildings, and loop after lap.
(Vi)
Last night was left Shanghai's first ever felt relaxed. Lhasa, the two-hour time difference with the mainland, but Beijing is still used. So, generally refers to eight or nine in the evening, we will soon visit all the Jokhang Temple, the rain coincided with the dumping of plate from that, with a relaxed atmosphere, and not anxious, in the golden dome and sat beside the stone steps to see rain Jinding, For a time, which some dazzling luxury of leisure and swallowed me, just turn the top floor when the Tibetan girl, played by Al Gore's voice echoed over and over in their minds up, but when visiting the Inner Temple, a doctoral level of lamas often involuntarily, then to jump out. Do not sit a while, hungry, and the rain seemed smaller, and the rain out of Temple, Temple is a small square in front of Tibetans flew at one, there are countless people still in Mt. Passing in front of the lamp room was attracted into the dark room in the row with thousands of butter lamps lights, Tibetans in the hot air carefully with a one point, it looked calm but dignified. In Tibetan Buddhism, the point of butter lamps like incense, like the Buddha is to pay tribute. We are greeted in a few Tibetans has also started a one location, their basic unreasonable, then the Han, but he will be able to communicate with each other, Jingfo. Lamas sitting next to me words and gestures to tell me that he came from the Buddhist Qamdo very pleased to see the Buddha, the Han nationality. Lan left side of a Tibetan Tibetan address, hoped to be able to send him a photo. In the Maner le sound came out, the rain has been a lot smaller.
A leisurely stroll after dinner in the atmosphere million species of alleys, breathing a strong tradition of cultural presence, enchanted endless. After dark, we walked into the cafe, be able to communicate with your friends here to chat always felt a kind of strange feeling. Abundance chatted with the Island after a while, and finally climbed the alumni, some emotion. Look a hundred years has been torn mailbox letters, I really Manasarovar. Also recall that we met at the Jokhang Monastery of the lamas that have doctoral level, he has a word to us endless pondering is the "Buddha in this mood." I was in Shanghai, when every day, the Internet, reading newspapers, listening to the radio, watching television, in short, they do their best to gather information, as if no information can not live like, want to come really quite ridiculous. Now I feel has never been free before, showing that free is not difficult, it is important to understand to give up.
(Vii)
8 Long Lane school hostels in the Mix is almost a legend, but after we were staying, it is very disappointing, especially the staff of the worshiper of foreign things and high prices. So today we have moved out of the eight early Lang study, was admitted to the Jokhang Temple in the vicinity of Long Tha Kyaw Sa family hotel, in the Tibetan language, the Long Tha Kyaw Sa is the meaning of luck. Here the cost is slightly lower than the 8 Lang school, but the hardware and software are much better than eight Lang school, and the great Tibetan family characteristics.
Packed Ting Dang, out westbound, near the Potala Palace is a. We Tibetans under the pointing along a muddy path curved upward around, one can not imagine such a magnificent building, was actually the path from such a humble beginning. Yesterday, the same as with the Jokhang Temple, this stirring of the building rapidly consumes our film, wear Gallery over Temple, we, like the general obsession can not be stopped by the shutter.
Every one hall, we will expend all their knowledge and Buddhist monks, and they all are willing to talk about, but said that the Han, then tired, I began to remember a hurry Tibetan word, not a moment, actually learned a lot of words, It seems to have learning language, or context. When confronted with a totally unreasonable if the old lama Han, I get away with an emotional chat with him for nearly three minutes, in Tibetan, these few days to learn the Tibetan language have plundered out, but they can exchange, even I myself have a bit surprised.
Out of the Potala Palace, we are very tired, and the plateau seem to make it more difficult to climb, and thus added to this sense of the sacred palace, and a sense of authority. We went to hungry people across a small restaurant called Kawanishi eat, only points of the two dishes and a soup, but on the more than two hours, which is perhaps the city's atmosphere.
After dinner rest a while, they began to aimless wandering. Ramoche wander when it has already closed. Around the Temple week, no I might even look into the temple on the opposite side of the Deji restaurant. Some Tibetans are sitting and watching the central Jiutai English news, and I stretched Shen Shetou expressed admiration. We'll have a sweet tea and possession of packages, in our mouth feel that is the pearl milk tea and beef dumplings, it was without food to authentic Tibetan meal. Barkhor Street and visit all the walking, we hope that good taste authentic Tibetan meal, they again entered the home meal restaurant called the ancient city of Tibet, found sweet tea and possession of a la carte packages really are authentic Tibetan meal. So for a few samples, point of yak butter tea, tsampa, and a long cloth, a long step is fried potatoes, lamb, eating is not used to, but he's quite interesting. Sitting next to the Tibetan people are watching us happy, probably because they are not eating these things in earth bar, but how can they reason border city people Searching for the mind?
(H)
Today, went to the Sera and Drepung. Maekura they claimed the three major Yellow Sect Ganden monasteries, religious position is very important. These two temples are distinctive characteristics, Sera for pilgrims from different regions to set a different temple, thus creating a number of village-style temple, which scattered the buildings also share a common form Hui-Sera. The Drepung Monastery is more like a hillside town in Europe, elongated stone stairs of Dove Road and elegant as its basic composition. These two temples have a great flavor, especially the Drepung Monastery, everywhere to find a place where capital a daze, quiet and beautiful.
Members of the Drepung pigeon special favor, holding the lens catch as they fly in the colorful background, between a companion did not understand: "What pigeons yet? Why shoot it?" I smiled like, which is also making no such freedom of pigeons. Up and down the mountain that we are sitting Drepung walking tractors, more added some fun.
Dinner, a bit of corruption, and is just opposite the Jokhang Temple Kyrgyzstan restaurant to eat. There is a large terrace, can munch on while perusing the Jokhang Temple and Teramae Square. Great scenery, and some petty bourgeoisie. We also did not point a few Tibetan meals eaten, or not used to the salty smell of buttered tea, but the meat is very fragrant, suitable for carnivores like me.
We have in this way Shen Kan Petty Bourgeoisie in the Sky, Lama, hawkers, tourists shuttle with our feet, the noise, the distance is a calm, looking at all this, the Jokhang Temple, we are also intermittently when Shenkan peacefully Looking back on it, then spend three hours this way.
(Ix)
According to "plan amendment", today, we would first go to the Nepalese Consulate General to prepare to take a visa, and then go to the nearest Norbulingka play, packed his things packed afternoon in the evening stroll, or on the Internet, it is relaxed and content, starting tomorrow morning to go camphor wood, and since then exit . To the Nepalese Consulate General, are waiting to get a visa, it was greeted with us, you'll see that is the last time with the visa people. On that day, he did not understand English, we are also helped him fill in the table, and therefore met. We talked, and learned that he is also going to camphor, but also tells us that chartered cheaper Shigatse, Lhasa to Shigatse and the shuttle Jiugen buses as convenient. We immediately concluded that the second amended plan, get a visa right away Shigatse finished, so tomorrow could be an early chartered to camphor in Shigatse, but this route would not only save a lot of money, but also province two days. There is bottoming two days, returned to Tibet from Nepal Tour South Line when the time saved out. Thus, we hurried back as quickly as hotel, close bag check-out. Also playing are like flying coach station arrived, they suddenly do not like to Lhasa.
Travel a great pleasure, on the unpredictable nature of such accidents make those of us who bursts of numbness in the city throbbed. I remember this time last year, there was a plan with the lan reluctant to abandon the Hunan-Jiangxi border, also often pleasantly surprised. Drove Soon, Brahmaputra appeared in the window, the river width due to the recent heavy rain has more than tripled, even more forceful.
Nearly half distance when the road more and more landslides. In too many difficulties, the car was finally stuck in the 80 kilometers away from Shigatse, do we look down and asked in front of the car, and some cars even have been blocked for four hours. Looked boundless edge queues a motionless, we decided to advance on foot. Just go ahead to open a car seemed to collapse at thawing, and then again enter the wait. Car snail picturesque scenery camel, Brahmaputra River in the road, we looked at how beautiful Not really, not anxious to begin discussions about how to laugh in the car overnight.
About 9:00 more you drive the last a cave and began to accelerate. Then comes the sun sets, watching distant setting sun like blood, Yunfei, such as geese, reflected upside-Brahmaputra in the clear, they have replaced a car everyone stared. Even the Tibetan drivers Lianhu beautiful, let us take pictures parking exception.
The surprise is one such journey is always a sudden, people startled by the endless. Think about if the car is not blocked, we are back in six more to go. But now, I still have the opportunity to bumpy carriage, looking out the window the sky a beautiful Xingdoushan down all this.
(10)
As we sat until midnight bus to Shigatse, so had to go to Shigatse on the linked plan to Zhangmu car ran aground, and had to say so early in the morning. To the hotel, we have all became exhausted, a simple thing to eat a bit of sleep. Have guessed that there are drivers early today, knocking at the door, claiming to have car to camphor wood, which gives us the plan have a ray of hope for resurrection, so under the local pay back the money in each other's exorbitant demands. But the result is quite frustrating, the price is even more expensive than we Lhasa, which is we can not accept. Blackmail the driver that there is no price to even think about it from Shigatse to the camphor wood. We are not a few scholars refer to rebut the poor, only to self-torture anti-hostage, claiming that big deal to walk. In this connection, negotiations broke down. We decided to play Shigatse, Shigatse plan to return ahead of schedule, by the way looking for cars.
Shigatse is the second to Lhasa, Tibet's second largest city in the history of the Panchen Lama ruled Xigaze, the Dalai Lama in Lhasa and other Tibetan areas in command, but in fact the regime are in the hands of the Dalai Lama. However, walking in the streets of Shigatse, you feel that all these heritage, its appearance with any small town in the mainland are the same everywhere, is a modern legacy.
The most famous attraction is the Tashilhunpo Shigatse is the Yellow Sect, one of the six temples, but also the Panchen Lama residence. Due to reasons known to all, here is ostentatious, many monks, incense is very prosperous, tickets are also more than double than any other temple. The monks look of the door selling tickets arrogance, as if an officer monk. I hate monopolies and bureaucratic, the good news of the monks inside are not bad, at the highest one Zhacang also saw a rare glimpse of the Living Buddha, Living Buddha head held high though, does not help us touch the top of the class, but this Temple has made rolling fairly worthwhile trip. Rolling out of Temple, take advantage of the gap all the way before meals or car, and finally can still find a price, and said to start this afternoon.
We feel at ease quite a bit, decided to go to eat good, and some discussion, unanimously approved a delicious dumplings. Road See a Northeast Dumpling House, a group of people immediately reached the hungry. The boss opening greeting, the fruit is the north-east people, there are two peers who threw himself before the recognition of the villagers, and other trespassers who were also picked up the Northeast came to epitomize the words. Fellow's strength is infinite, thin dumpling filling up the large, services are especially thoughtful. Boss said that in rare here, met the villagers, and where the Han Chinese are generally Sichuanese, bad very, ruining his image of the Han Chinese. This reminds us the morning and just make exorbitant demands of those drivers seemed to do all Sichuan accent, but think of to survive face, nor can Sichuanese一棍子打死.
Are eating, television programs to attract the central station 12 us, a few reporters in the event of landslides in the Qinghai-Tibet line, and a look depressed, told reporters must be on foot. We are very interested in these guys how awkward stature on foot and found that the so-called foot is a helter-skelter across a few Goukan, the seat of another car and sped away, I have to choke back the delicious dumplings did not smoke.
After dinner out, wandering between the Lu-yu a Tibetan, and asked whether we go to camphor wood. Refuse the entry of chitchat about it, find cheap car is good, just want to go the next morning, this condition can still endure to save money, decided to follow the same track tomorrow. Therefore, we Xigaze addition of a long time, decided to go to a new palace or the Panchen Shalu look.
The new Palace of the Panchen Lama came to the door, gatekeeper of indifference to us stopped, saying it was 4:00 pm to rest, which is a tourist attraction which, as ah! Imp is really tough, the Panchen Lama men are no weak soldiers. Out to have encountered a bunch of guys coming by car from the Gansu Province, they also depressed than we are, just went to Tashilhunpo, now here is the same as 1:00 to 4:00 lunch break, people get enough to create misunderstandings. Finally, the two sets of people decide to go 20 kilometers away with Shalu, and we take them to ride on. Surprisingly, opened all the way along the direction, and asked Lu Jing Mei who know how to walk, and the more traffic to go from bad to worse, Gansu buddy child to give up.
How can not go? ! We did not give up, began to intercept rent, and even stopped five vehicles have finally found a way to identify the driver. Some threshold value, 30 transactions. All the way is rough, but also traffic jams, the driver finally say what, no one saw the temple. The driver pointed to the distance Yingyingchaochao blocks of buildings: "it was." It appears the road will only go back, and evidently there are at least five kilometers. Plateau walk better than plain, no steps to palpitation of asthma, but many of the afternoon a small setback in our fight against aroused, we are mustering the vigor to go for more than an hour to Shalu.
This temple was built in 1027, is characterized by Tibetan collusion. Around the temple was a small village, the villagers are very simple, stay away from roads so that there developed, came to the rescue of a Pure Land. Enter the temple gate, leisurely six dogs sleeping in the hospital, and selling tickets Lama that we are a student, and the way over, he readily received only one-third of our price, it is clearly felt that with the Tashi Columbus Temple difference.
Into the main hall, monks who are chanting, and we worship in this way has been training very professional Tibetan rituals, monks have led to praise rather surprised eyes, a small show of hands, we can call lama sat behind him in space. This is the first time I sat in the middle of listening to their chanting monks, that strong sense of rhythm, sound, combined with graceful gestures, the true heart rate raising nature of displacement of people ideas and personal considerations. Lamas have been turned around to look at us responded with well-meaning smile, small monks also took advantage of gaps asked me where he comes in, or else drink buttered tea. Then we are all hungry and thirsty, and hastened to nod. He was pleased with the mottled robes so vigor wiping greasy bowl, Manzhen a bowl of buttered tea to me and Lan. We took tea, cattle drinking in general, not a few mouthfuls of the drink to make, and this tea if you drink more than these days are fragrant. In this way a bowl of a bowl of complex, sometimes sweet tea and sometimes milk, sometimes it is butter tea, there are all sorts of comic interludes in between the communion ritual. These, in our eyes is a special afternoon tea, as the second floor of Times Square in Shanghai, melodious background music, the goods with coffee, eating snacks in general.
Ceremonies already done six more, a small Tibetan lamas back to me, said one simple sentence, and told of the work I mean. I asked him: "Do you normally work the regular way?" He would say that it is more difficult to go to work today, because today is the anniversary of the death of the late abbot, so pomp large, eat be more. Did not think we have entrusted the welfare of the old abbot.
Then, our friends are warm zone lamas we stroll around. Not only able to open the doors opened to all, but also free of charge at the temple so that we casually take photographs, are some five hundred years of history paintings, and we thank immediately followed suit. Finally, together with the lamas of the shadow, we have reluctantly out of the temple.
Temple to get out, there are two little girl playing in the river, see us in the past, came all the way shouting hello. We are a little nervous, because in general this is to ask for money, but that two very strange little girl, but to us Shou Lise stones are everywhere, some river pebbles. We are moved by their bent and accept the. While the road to go back to when Natiao much closer than that, Quenan take much more, the world does not eat it with too many things. We are deeply kick, shallow foot walk, walked half, but because I had to get in the way torrents ridge to wear, jump from the mud. I am due to the first to explore the way the two were caught by the mud, shoes and socks have become relics like. Fortunately, can still get away, unsuccessfully Terra Cotta Warriors.
Go hard, heroic anti-sheng, throat stirring, singing out of Dayton. A "sister you boldly move forward," sing gas go Jiang, Yi Gu for gas finally walked to the road when.
Highway outside the perimeter of a lot of people, a car turning in the road, we did not control that, when now a little late, and just want to quickly stopped a car back to Shigatse to eat. Awhile, a truck, we washed pricked his thumb, car flew into stopped, and we almost did not say what the drivers to indicate on the train. So the cab on the girls, boys got on the Big Dipper, I have not come across such a ride out easy. Standing in the Big Dipper, the wind and ride the waves, the horizon, two either side of the Rainbow, there are many clouds, but also horses are like, Wang refers to Cangshan, so beautiful, words seem superfluous, I can only view of the elephant legislation, when the wind, no language.
About a dozen kilometers OK, truck arrival, we have to get off the transfer. Lan said the driver asked her just now, we are not from the car turned out, had he pulled us as magnanimous act, no wonder so good to speak. Did not walk a few steps behind came tractors, anything at this time line, on line faster than walking, reaching stopped by. Up a look, all Tibetans, that is also a pilgrimage back to Shalu. Only a relatively young woman again in a few days on the study, would say that if Hon.
Tractor did not go far, the car began to sing Tibetan sister were listening to each seems better than Han voice is good, high-pitched wide-ho. Although not understand, but are still being moved, and turned around to see when one actually see the eyes of tears. I do not dare to look at, for fear ahead of the game.
Fast-forward Shigatse, the tractor stopped, and the Tibetans have won the beer and make their own food, spread blanket, sitting in the roadside, we have added to it. At this time the weather getting late, and the breeze Zhang Yin, the wine when the songs can not help but drunk.
Return trip, the classic companion said one simple sentence, "see the mountains, listening to the water, the most beautiful human beings." Yes ah, on this day, the Han and Tibetan, officials with the people, Saint and vulgar, beauty and ugliness, everything is peaches and plums are not made, the next from Seikei, the day we have experienced a lot.
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Today, we are from Shigatse to the camphor to be an early start to the evening rush. 4:30 up, the sky is still black with. Eyes closed, face brush pack package. Then are crammed into a Toyota, had a good sit six people, said the car, but was black-hearted boss installed a hard eight. Driver claiming to be sleeping just three or four to make money, they begin the sixth mantra we had to.
As early as 10 pm, bus to Lazi, this is our last one before returning to places where there is cell phone signal, we are not without tragic to come up with cell phones and family bid farewell, I catch the signal disappears before the rush to Bubble made a text message. Vehicles have long lines to Tingri, from the beginning even the border, and no border card or a visa is no longer the south, we are off to do the registration. Over the old Tingri, the feel of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Club, foreigners head shaking, foreign words never stopped. Because from here on Everest a mountain, we look at the passing of a boat for the road has been rendered very fascinating, rough and potholes, narrow, unprepossessing features, but only in this way is called the road to be eligible conquest.
From Shigatse to the camphor wood to bring up a total of four pass, close to 5000, although a very bad way to go, but the pressure change is less than the Qinghai-Tibet line, coupled with our time-fits-all, and we no adverse reactions. Daoshi driver is already half awake, Qiangcheng depends on excellent driving skills. So we have come up with a drug can be refreshing, the driver became inspired in our Shennong. The first call is the health care products, the basic null and void; second allocation of nutritional supplements, results were minimal; third start on the allocation of hidden weapon, such as peppermint oil, Essential Balm, that dial the best results. In this way, we have entered the Nyalam County.
Zhangmu town is Nyalam County, from Nyalam to Zhangmu this section of the scenery, will make every unprepared by surprise. Here dense vegetation, waterfall intermingled with diffuse clouds did not, both Huang Lu Jinggangmycin strength of character such as mountains, our cars constantly pass through a waterfall, washing it down on the Tibetan Plateau with the Millennium dust.
Emergency vehicles all the way down to camphor, the elevation of just over 1000 meters. When you first saw the camphor wood, will be considered a southern town, moist air and fragrant strands of rain drift, let us think of Shanghai. I Never Dreamed I Was a passenger and a Zuhr greedy Huan. Tomorrow we will go to the mountain the Nepalese side, and then I remembered, and was that the "Journey to the West," the unnamed old man of the Tripitaka to say: "the elders, flip over this two Jieshan borders on the not-Tang , please drink this wine, this wine with my Datang land. "This is my right to go abroad very young to understand the original.
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Get up early and found the rain very large. Just returned from Nepal last night encountered a return Mix, saying that there are on the way to Canada there are several cave-ins, you must change the three cars, which is bound to increase with the time and cost, and mud-rock flow in case they have to stay there in situ. Now the rain is such a big risk factor even greater. But now living in camphor wood is unnecessary for us to consume, is really a dilemma. Some discussions, the final decision: Ning in Nepal to endure hardship, do not enjoy life in China.
To go out soon, there are many people came up asking if we change money, we use a ratio of more than 9.55 do not know for a lot of money. Lapse of ten times the wealth as if the former, in fact, hides a thick stack of fifty cents for a ticket just. China Customs clearance is a world famous in trouble, but the attitude of the staff is very good, now we have McCain Shannan Haibei a pass, put the clearance procedures were resolved. From the customs to the border there are eight kilometers mountain is a famous gorge dangerous slope, beautiful scenery, this section of track between the two countries have a car shuttle back and forth. Heard a Zhangmu villagers said that this section of track that only the Japanese would be silly backpack along this road, the lovely people such as the one I always thought that foreigners smart. Our ranks are also smart, and I also had to take such a stupid car to the border.
We also briefly registered at the border to the frontier soldiers Road, a very happy holiday season, today is the "81" section. Also at the Sino-Nepalese friendship bridge, took a pass arbitrary photo, and then easily across national boundaries. Nepal side of the procedure is much simpler, according to the Tibetan experience, we learned two first expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Nepali to border officials boasted was enraptured, things are smooth anomaly.
后一段路只能坐当地人的巴士，用英语砍价很累，你有很多有用的废话不能说，且尼音英语很难听。大巴约走了十五公里就遇到了塌方，全部旅客下车步行，在泥泞与溪水中艰难地走了两三公里后，忽然发现人都集中在河边山坡上。过去一看，眼前出现一条五六米宽的泥石流，从山上蜿蜒而下，缓慢地翻腾着融入咆哮的河水，在近河口较窄处，三名尼泊人正用二条木头和一条钢管搭简易桥。岸上一个印度人，骂骂咧咧抢着要先过，人群乱成一团。桥很快搭好，当地人免费，外国人交钱，想不到第一次享受的外宾待遇竟是这个。我身上有相机，于是第一个过，好给大家拍照。谁料我刚走了几步，就听见两岸同时惊呼，我在桥中被山坡挡住视线不知高处发生了什么，回头看，来处岸上人拼命打手势，叫我快过。又看另一边，有让我快过的，也有让我退回去的。反正也不知发生了什么，我暗念一句，“娘的咧，中国人民怕过谁了”，加紧步子，又稳又快地过了桥。对岸的人都拉着我的手嚷：“You are lucky！”再回头看时，一拨流速颇快的大块泥浆贴桥底而过，重砸在河中。早知如此，我应在桥中站定，口中默默有词，然后告诉他们这叫气功，以扬我国威。事后有同伴“采访”我，问我当时站在桥中央，有没想起英雄人物或是三个代表什么的。我说我没那么宏大，上了那木头桥，就想这平衡木是我们中国人的强项，我决不能给中国女子体操丢脸。
过了这道坎，后面就是一片直通加都的通徒了。沿路风景都是热带风格，热风扑面而来，感觉有些象广东农村。大家这时纷纷把表调慢了两小时十五分钟，变成了尼泊尔时间。尼时间下午四点多，我们进入了加都市区，这里的现代化程度很高。满街是车，尾气和噪音都挺严重，感觉象九十年代初的中国城市。这里全球化的痕迹非常明显，我们对那些知名国际企业的广告非常敏感，因为跟中国看到的都一样。难怪有人说，全球化是为西方人建立一个低成本的入侵手段，已经相当西方化的中国人则帮助西方强化了这些。中国的电视和汽车似乎在这很受欢迎，海尔在街头经常出现。
我们在著名的旅游区thamel西北找了家旅馆，豪华舒适，每人只十五元。 thamel，外号小香港，用纸醉金迷形容太恰当了。宾馆老板是尼泊尔人，是个很精明的生意人。他把我们带上露台，为我们遥指城中景点，其时清风朗月，有花在侧，我们再也无法拒绝在露台吃饭的诱惑。结果等了两个多小时才上菜，不知这是否是尼泊尔普遍的上菜速度，但味道不错又便宜，让人觉得等还是值得的。
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