D11 2003-9-22 Bayinbuluke Town - Tianshan Daban - the size of Longchi - Mysterious Grand Canyon - Kuqa (Accommodation)
9:00 start of kunas through lush forest valley, climb the Tianshan Daban the way are the landslide section, I rely on the way the window looked dangerous situation, drowsiness no. Through the prevention of avalanches along the unique road corridor (that is, since the road was added to our roof, like a corridor), 2000-meter long iron Tianshan bought Deda Osaka tunnel, along the way a lot of people tremble in fear of landslides, and thus came to the South Jiang.
Today's first stop is the large and small Longchi, 14:30 arrive, pour water from the road looked nothing remarkable, but a little bit along the floodplain on the meaning of Populus euphratica. Longchi a bit like a small sea of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve Wolong. Here come across two European men and women walk behind the mountains from the big Longchi coming. Rarely encountered foreigners in Xinjiang is estimated that language is the biggest obstacle that we and the local residents are very difficult to communicate in Chinese, not to mention peace in English. East Turkistan elements have combined in southern Xinjiang, in New York after the 911 and the Bali bombings, European and American tourists more sensitive to the Islamic terrorist organizations.
Yardang Landform into a typical afternoon, the way lines are red-brown huge mountain has been years, sand, rain washed strange, dangerous and spectacular, and the strange thing is, the river left bank and right bank of the landscape significantly different. 17:15 to reach the mysterious Grand Canyon, ￥ 30 / person. Mysterious Grand Canyon can challenge your own skill, Kobayashi act as pioneers, to show him we are fully flexible and agile. We walk the route in accordance with local argument is grandma line, so we have to hands and feet, and even drill with a crawl, shedding water, close to the wall, waterproof shoes only come in handy here. There are a youth expedition route, said to be stimulating, while fees and charges, ￥ 10 / person Unfortunately, time is running short. City boy Kobayashi for the first time indicated a wish to stay there in this wilderness, we can see is great fun. However, as too close to the mountain is not easy viewing, heavy camera bag will become a big burden here, some places even want to pack down the pass from the solution found in the past.
20:30 From the Grand Canyon to the Kuqa, hotel accommodation in October, ￥ 70 / Standard rooms. Evening to the night market to eat Kuqa Whitewater sheep's head, lamb ravioli, taste good. Night, returned it to eat the best of this second trip to eat the most expensive watermelon, only ￥ 0.5 / kg, in recognition of HYC, Kitty The couple.
D12 2003-9-23 Kuqa - Aksu (Accommodation)
8:45 in the morning roaming the land where the ancient city of Kuqa Kucha, there were simple and sincere. Our street bazaar to buy a bowl of yogurt, one to eat is actually the light, and would have thought wrong, and later asked hotel owners know what the milk to bring it back to put a night will ferment into yogurt, we do not know , a gang of the Nang Chan Mao immediately finished. Mutton dumplings too oil, sweet figs. Free to visit mosques and Moslem Uighur mosques "Kuqa dasi" and then peeled Lang village Ucha township to see the ancient city of ruins, leaving a pile of soil bag, but there are people living in the ruins under the dilapidated, the elderly, children are very friendly. We give the elderly and children according to a lot of like, note down the address again and promised to send them to go.
From the site out, looked up and saw a donkey pulling a flatbed truck, ￥ 0.5 / person, donkey husband did not understand what we say, we just want to experience the experience, there is no pipe Where he wants to sit up, and the results further and further away, we have Also jumped a donkey cart for a taxi, funny.
12:15 Departure to Aksu, 17:15 that places Silver Flower Hotel ￥ 60 yuan / rooms. Aksu is a new city, there is no monument, noon of the dust storms, drifting sand, with scarves, masks have wrapped themselves JANSEN, teach you WANG San Street, a harvest of Pakistan scarf. Later, listening to friends that have often been in Aksu sandstorms.
19:30 4 boys & girls in the hotel restaurant to eat near the Han Dynasty Wenzhou Jiangnan meal bread to eat only one meal a total of ￥ 28.
D13 2003-9-24 Aksu - Kashgar (Accommodation)
8:00 start, because there is no road signs, wrong road was delayed for an hour.
14:00 pm to Da Kashi, living color full hotels, 2 star, decoration is very Uygur style, ￥ 80 yuan / standard room, immediately apply to the Taxkorgan border card, twists and turns. Finally obediently returned to full-color business travel hotel reception center, ￥ 15 per person, half an hour you can get a. Foreign passports, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, military personnel do not apply.
To the Id Kah Mosque, but found that Square have all been hollowed out, Id Kah is preparing to build shopping malls, angry ah! We are around a half-circle, or not found inside the door. So give up, cross the road to the opposite of Giza guxiang Xia Guang. The best food to eat the whole chilled yogurt, Uygur uncle first use a chunk of ice chisel chisel in the ice under the bowl, add 1 tablespoon yogurt viscosity (viscosity is usually eaten Dannon yogurt three to four times), plus 1 teaspoon honey, sour sweet, very delicious. A bowl of ￥ 1.
The well-known tea at Grand Hotel for dinner, was originally directed at Folk Songs and Dance with me, did not expect the local health systems, women's associations, private use, from all over Xinjiang's sister, sister, eating while on the dance floor while dancing, more fun several of us girls do not hesitate to join the inside to learn the dance of Xinjiang Regrettably, not enough coordination of hands and feet. Found in a Uygur sex, and waist a grip, generous manner, singing and dancing, has been a very friendly sweet smile at us, but also encouraged us, so egg on Kobayashi to ask her to join us a photo. Later, chatted with her a few words, that she was in Kashi People's Hospital, a nurse, so Kobayashi not prepared to live in full color hotel, and tomorrow, live in the hospital. I also found a handsome guy Uygur shaved head, high, very thin, tall and straight, dressed in a Han Chinese avant-garde but very casual clothes, jumping dance when the dance is free and easy, murder me a lot of film. Am enjoying to the return.
D14 2003-9-25 Kashi - Carla Curry Lake (Accommodation)
Morning and go straight to Id Kah Mosque, Xiangfei Mu, the mosque is really nothing, ￥ 10 / person, that is directed at China's largest mosque is the name of the first to go. Xiang Feimu good flowers outside the building tile production method has now been lost, and very beautiful pattern. Then on the Pamirs. 16:00 to gez Border Checkpoint check card. Magnificent scenery along the way, the red mountain, golden yellow floodplain grasslands, vast chunks of the dry river filled with ferocious stone, that is when the rainy season when landslides along came rushing down, the mind imagine a few months ago After the snow, heavy rains brought by the raging torrents will have fear. Then after gez Canyon, Sand Hill, Sand Lake.
17:10 to dakala Cooley Lake, the lake has only one hotel, but we live here tonight. 4 humans, ￥ 40 yuan / person. More than 3600 meters above sea level, and Lhasa as high as some people will have mild altitude sickness, such as headache, dizziness, limb weakness. This is a hotel, not a base camp, but said that all the climbers who are here to stay. Boss can help customers stay permit processing climbing, mountaineering will cost about ten thousand dollars, he was responsible for preparing the equipment needed for mountain climbing, living goods, hire a camel one way or another on the 1st camp, and then donkey one way or another on the 2nd camp.
The left bank of the lake is the Gong Geer nine other peaks on the right bank is Muztag a sunny windless day, the hazy light of the reflection of the deep blue mountain lake in Xinjiang, who engage in photography are aware of this scene. Muztag next is a large flat golden grassland, 33 both both the Kirghiz people yaks and camels. We rushed to the pond camel photographed a beautiful reflection. Sunset from the wind, the next big stars of snow from seeds, the wind is very fresh. This is the entire journey of the most cold place.
Hotel restaurant fantastic selling point is a LAKE VIEW. A huge block of glass windows facing the blue lake, dusk was mapping into the red under the snow-capped mountains. Walls were plastered all over the world famous mountain climbing route map, there is Everest, chogori, Shisha Pangma, Kilimanjaro, etc., seems to be based on satellite photos drawn contour map, to be honest I do not do not understand. This restaurant giant expensive, a dish of tomatoes, scrambled eggs ￥ 30, is the most expensive I've eaten, David guests, estimated meat pain ah. We brought instant noodles, but fortunately there is hot water available.
Outside there are climbing Tissue Donation of wind generators, unlimited use of electricity in the evening in the restaurant watching the Sven Hedin expedition across the Taklamakan Desert treasure biography excerpts. Restaurant there VCD, like being put "Condor Heroes."
D15 2003-9-26 Kara Curry Lake - Taxkorgan - Kashi (Accommodation)
Kobayashi said that a headache the morning last night, without sleep, to experience the altitude sickness. 9:10 start of the car down the mountain Muztag go, peaks very close, does not seem far away, the Peak like bread, do not seem tall, but surprisingly there are more than 7600 meters. Autumn is thick, beautiful scenery along the way, like a painting in general. Have also seen the arrival angle two rams fighting, so we stop cheering. 11:00 arrive Taxkorgan county, far up to the Stone took a few pictures. Yamashita, games are a primary school, we are mixing in, find a beautiful blond girl Tajikistan, Tajik aunt camera lingering charm. County Square, the central tower is a statue of a white eagle wings, the eagle as a totem Tajik.
[Quote: When you along the Sino-Pakistani highway, crossing the Pamirs of the valleys, snow-capped mountains, lakes and into, you can really taste of heaven to create beauty and magic of nature. Each one Mountains would give rise to long for your attention, each one able to get your lake exclaimed and awe. In this 400 km-long road to Pamir, are you enjoying the Silk Road Feel the magnificent monuments and the Pamirs and the magic. This route is strongly recommended, and suggested that as far as possible refrain from participating in tours of 1 or 2 day tour, it would only make you hurry hurry in, skimming over the surface like watching the Chimei scene. In addition, if there is time and possible, must go hiking Muztag headquarters and Jiang Braque glaciers, and boarded the glacier next to the slopes of the peak, and only here, the Pamirs mountains, peaks, lakes, are collected fundus, experience "will be when the provisional excellent shape" and "infinite beauty in the dangerous mountain peak," in mood. In good weather, you can to the southeast overlooking the highest peak in the Pamirs, the world's second peak, elevation 8611 meters of Chogori (K2) of the sublime majestic appearance. ]
Joyce made to the team leader David at noon to leave our team alone has completed the remainder of the trip. Our team is too large, a total of 11 people, is also a great age difference, the biggest 48-year-old and the youngest 22 years old. Some like the cultural landscape and cities, and some prefer the natural landscape, keen landscape photographer. Some people like to rush down to dusk sunrise and sunset, some people like to bed early evening to comfortable. In fact, this team each individual is a good person, but together, different aptitudes, physical fitness is different from a lot of disagreements along the way, no one at the expense of others feel that they accommodate the Tingduo. Many people have had sprouted out of the idea, but considering that if Sanhuo, it is most difficult is how to deal with the problem chartered terminated their tenancies. Joyce did not hire a car and the driver talked about the halfway surrender tenancies approach, while more people walk, and the remaining costs would be shared among a substantial increase in the car, so no one without first opened my mouth. And Joyce agreed that David left, and no fines, opened a bad head. Return on the road, several people (including me) have put forward to withdraw back to Kashgar. Kara Curry returned to the lake, pale overcast days, and everyone's mood is not good, stop or continue to discuss whether Sanhuo way along the road. Finally, the overall situation is still, everyone agreed to continue to run its full course, but if there are any differences in voting methods, the principle of majority. If you want to quit, and it will pay a full process from taking the road toll.
The evening back to Kashgar, in order to ease the atmosphere during the day, they went to restaurants to eat a meal elm Orchard "unity of rice." Under heatable adobe sleeping platform sitting on the vine, plate legs, but also can watch the beautiful Uygur performances, though more expensive, but it is best to eat eat a whole the most abundant Uygur dishes.
Author: vivisun
