Northwest Yunnan --- chasing Roaming (2)
March 16, 2003
Shangri-la beauty of the morning had seemed to be a continuation of the night to sleep, in fact, it did not make any difference to life here has been like living in a dream the same.
Added finished butter tea, believed to be able to resist the altitude sickness, we hit the road a feeling of pious heart, toward Kamiyama Merrill had embarked. Climbed over some mountains, the car all the way downhill to the valley, where the landscape is entirely school of Jiangnan, streams murmur, smoke curl, Yang Liu Suifeng floating the soul will be here who was a warm wind blowing too intoxicated, and it is difficult to imagine Here is a cross-sectional Mountains in northwest Yunnan, everything is so natural and harmonious, here is the heart of the Shangri-La!
Snake in the valley, the sun filled the entire valley, white clouds on the slopes outside the window the shadow of constantly changing, like crawling in the mountains. Continue to move forward, not more than when the child reached the plateau city of Ben stopped. Said that city was mainly due to 23 hours after the road is uphill, be prepared to pull the 4300 meters of white Mang Yakou, we need to organize renovated. The caravan arrived here in the past, if self-direction of Lijiang will have to face the challenge of crossing the Bai Mang Snow Mountain, waiting for a good weather, or in the mountains is very easy to distress; if Salt direction, and has been faltering in the White Mang-ri A few days later, we must rehabilitate some here, so here is the city of Tea-Horse Road. Here ubiquitous yak herd and pigs, in the Shangri-La is not the same ah!
After the break, Sheung. After the 23-kilometer reach of the local influential East Chikurinji. Then suddenly out of cars on the road to the trail side of the road when you really thrilling, but also that one must have, and sadly, embraced the valley. The construction of the temple on the hillside in a sidelong, quite quiet, he can hear a crow flying in the valley of the calls, really reminiscent of burial in Tibet. There is no Songzanlinsi ambitious, but here the impression was even more quiet. Standing on the edge of the valley, facing the mountains, very empty feeling of real people feel has been completely detached, and even if there is heavy feelings in such ethereal places can now be fully liberalized, with the strong mountain breeze, mind has been flying up, shining in the sun, and be completely purified. Here Lama also particularly easy-going, we went to lunch at a time they finished, with the sun bathing with them, mutual smiling, people had no words to communicate.
Reluctantly East bamboo, otherwise we will be less than in the evening arrived Deqin. Up the hill, and several times higher elevations, the last of the snow line, the window has been blanketed by Su-bound, and a boundless snowy side, here is a white Mang Snow Mountain. Mountains, the weather is indeed not as good as Hill, shade, and several peaks hiding in the tall clouds, the wind is also mixed with little snow, for those of us from the east coast of the people, where people really excited . The road has been flooded with snow, leaving only two cars deep and India, cars can only be opened with the Indian Road vehicles, if left, then either trap car, or should Speed Mashimo, and now think really scared of. Fortunately, at the time the drivers are very experienced, very trust worthy people, we are in the car listening to music, and enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window, no more ideas.
Higher and higher above sea level, and bring the sealed package of beef jerky at this time is already swelling up, and quickly opened the package to fight gas, or maybe going to go up storms. Since then, I have the basic health and drinking water through the bottle to determine the altitude, and with the elevation of the table compared to determine the error of my no more than ten meters, and enough professional.
Drawing on the 4000 meters, the road is icy, and at this time if the parking would be very difficult to continue to upgrade the. Very Xin, in from the white-Mang Snow Mountain Yakou more than 200 meters at the 4050 meters of pulling the place, a large uphill, we also do not increase the Yi Weike how, and the wheels slip on the ice, from Here we have these people in high altitude above 4,000 meters cart experience. Constant snow, ice chisel, fill, not a few to rest, then Taikoudakou of breath, and this is the altitude for the first time people really feel the power. Fortunately, was later encountered a number of migrant workers to go to Tibet, in such circumstances, the first deeply felt the importance of mutual help among people, but also for the first time since the carts were moved. With the public's help, we have crossed that particular threshold, where once again thank those who have not met people.
Mang Snow Mountain in the White Yakou, a strong wind outside the window, the scenery blurred, as seen on TV, like the Antarctic continent, the wind speed is astonishing to see with the eyes, the vast expanse of whiteness of the snowy field, only a half of snow-buried can be identified in a refuge. Fortunately, after a pass, after all down the road along the way to the time of pondering over the adventure, but also to imagine the magnificent Merrill Kamiyama, some think it is worth.
The sky is dark, we finally reached the foot of Meili Snow Mountain Deqin, we are here a little rest. This is a mountain, a slanting trunk, and walk some, everybody's asthma to accelerate, but fortunately, a small shop on the roadside found a jackfruit dry, really delicious ah, we "bitter" and "cut-throat" once, until the short shelf.
Continued on our way, goal is to Deqin flew 10 kilometers outside the city Temple observation deck. Night has come, it seems today is can never expect to see Kamiyama, and can only continue to look at the surrounding mountains and pray for tomorrow, the weather is good weather. To the viewing platform, and we stay there, in spite of poor accommodation, but we all spent a happy night. The one everyone came to the foot of the long-awaited Kamiyama a; two years we in a very honored to be able to spend together with Kamiyama Benming year's birthday.
Dinner, we sat in the fire next to the regiment, along with hands stuck in the grilled bread on the candle, with the singing birthday song. Perhaps this song in the night of the Meri Kamiyama can hear. 2003 March 16, there is a Shanghai girl to face Merrill Kamiyama, celebrated her birthday, which will be recorded into the annals of history. Unusual birthday brings to mind the same year, Meili Snow Mountain is also a Benming years, which would have doomed us with the rich, in fact, the vast crowd, we can all come together here is very lucky. In addition, the dinner game losing streak in me three times, was forced to jump in the Meili Snow Mountain, the next times "hula", which is also pretty lucky.
At night, with expectations already gone to sleep.
Memorable day!
March 17, 2003
As early as the morning, outside the night is thick, but thicker is the bursts of drowsiness. Not meet the plateau time was eroding the cerebral blood vessels, are starting to get headaches. Nevertheless, since we can only plan to live here one day, and this legendary magnificent sunshine Jinshan is what I focus on this trip, forced to get up. (In fact, less painful). After gathering a simple, step onto the entire photographic equipment, I stepped into the darkness of the Meili Snow Mountain. I did not think of two female players really powerful, long bed, and one of which was last night's "god of longevity," Maybe I'll really do not want to miss this beautiful masterpiece.
After a road, to the viewing platform, through the darkness, faint starlight, Merrill saw all the mountains are shrouded in clouds round and round, while our heads are clear skies, the stars are still shining. I am very reluctant to see such a scenario, after all, over 2,000 kilometers, the taxi companies the past two days, come here just want to have good weather.
Fortunately, as early as now, where the sun can shine more than 7 points to this piece of land. Take advantage of this time, do as the Romans, and we three went to the altar together and began to pray to the holy mountains. And pine branches, grain and water, in flames into a Road of smoke, drifting in the morning the mountain tops, in the holy mountains, and then hang a long streamer, our silent prayers. Perhaps Here, we wish the provision in Kamiyama straight Jiu Xiao Yun Woo in between. Silent prayer, hoping to show at this point can Kamiyama majestic, although there is no magic of the legendary Living Buddha, but we pray with devotion.
Behind the sky began to reveal the gray dawn, sunrise about to begin. Perhaps it is we started with a prayer worked, after all, so one of us equally and Kamiyama Benming year birthday girl, we are most fortunate. The cloud hanging over Kamiyama started upward ascension, while the mountainside at still being surrounded by clouds, clouds separate place where we can clearly see the Merrill Kamiyama! Such a scene, such as the fairy-like, totally shocked faces of each person's heart faster time to be shattered. This touched the heart as God's call, when the god of nature surrounded us and has even feel the existence of their own, but also not to mention the pain and happiness, Heaven and Man! We have all been sublimated!
Continued upward vapor cloud Meri peaks despite the hazy, but we were already satisfied, and constantly pressing the shutter, metering, roll film, and then the shutter, then metering, and then roll film ... ... I certainly want to stay in this sacred light forever, even though knew, a mere photo can not be this feeling of the soul record, but even one percent, that's definitely worth the trip.
Injection of the sun at last March 17 the first ray of sunshine, Merrill mountains bathed in sunlight birth, reflecting the golden light, the clouds were all around the gold with red dye. Jinshan will culminate sunshine aura surrounding all gathered together at this time Meri mountains jersey as the god who wears gold, as surrounded by a colored clouds. We thoroughly enchanted!
Sun continued to play the power of the golden light downward, mountainside showed the clouds a rainbow, a beautiful paradise Huo Tuotuo. Thank the gods created the earth so beautiful, though short-lived, but in every human heart will always be retained with the memory of this deep-seated; Although Merrill could not see the majesty of the main peak, but more firmly I resolve to visit again later . Meri Kamiyama, I will definitely come back, and you have to spend another moment of sunshine Jinshan.
At this point, there are local people to come, when we learned that coming all the way from Shanghai, he told us, as has also made a little while ago here in the snow now, to see such a Kamiyama, we have been very lucky, with the local parlance, we are blessed person, with good fortune came.
After moving to begin to pack, but also tidy up the state of mind, we want to Merrill foot of the mountain village of Ming Yong embarked. All the taxi, look at Meili Snow Mountain, dense clouds and thick fog, have been unable to see the slightest Kamiyama, imagination to see such a Jinshan, we are really very lucky.
Set off the car toward the depths of the mountains embarked, from an elevation of about 3,800, down nearly 1,000 meters, came to the Ming Nagamura, Mingyong the end (of course, can also be said to be the starting point) to be here. Due to the lower altitude, where the air is warm, garden trees of peach, pear sporadically distributed in the green fields, the mountain snowmelt generated jian shui heartily flowing, but also a pack of paradise scenery.
Horse riding (in fact, mules) uphill. Trail twists and turns in winding up the hill in the peach tree, while the mood at this time been attracted beauty around them. Ling Ma's voice floating in the valley, in this holy mountains ringing the valley in the back, this tranquil feeling that is still often thrown up from the bottom of my heart, like a soul lullaby, people ready to revel in the mountains .
On horseback, mountain on foot, we are a group of people walked more than 1 hours, we arrived at the entrance --- Mingyong a streamer hung the Baita, is this God's glaciers. Streamer with the wind drift, and many of the prayer in the mountain streams flowing, melodious with this inside it also have my prayers? Eyeful, such as Chinese ink painting is a magnificent view of the general volume, glaciers thousands of years on the ice and snow in the light of God secluded issued under the pure blue, as if telling her going through all the changes that time and that remains unchanged through the ages and simple minimalist. The wide-angle lens camera at this time have been unable to completely capture the beauty of this moment.
The snow here is the most pure; creek in the snow in quietly flowing; footprints on the snow to extend the distance; Mani Dui, said the streamer on the sacred here; people here are like a superfluous of the. Pause to listen to the voice of the valley of stroke for a deep breath, the whole people feel if floating, and laments at the foot of the Mingyong Kamiyama.
Down the mountain, the foot instead of horseback. More than an hour downhill on the way there have been up the mountain the Tibetans to worship Kamiyama, although pass by, their simplicity are impressive, from their eyes can see the years of vicissitudes, and pious soul. They will have you smiling, waved his hand to say hello mouth mantra of "Tashi Chandler." Action is very simple and ordinary life is the first time I felt the hospitality of the Tibetan people, even though they like me, is that this Kamiyama guests. Along the way you could see piles of clothes in the trees, in bushes, this began to think who is forgotten, and later saw some Tibetan mountain exercise as much with some of the clothes remain in the foot of the mountain, which appear to We are city people seem strange, but it is the foot in the holy mountains, where people's hearts get purified and people here are so honest.
Reduction of almost 1000 meters above sea level, so that we felt more than an hour in winter and spring, have just been listening to the mountain tops, roar the mountains, but now they look at garden trees of peach, pear, small bridges, jian shui. Before the mind does not aspire to do in the immediate seen? Nature is God's miraculous powers of her show in front of us! If you can use to experience life, I think is worth it.
With unlimited attachment, left the Mingyong. On the Web to see some article said that the present Mingyong is no longer worth a visit, but this line seems Akinaga is still incomparable charm, where they felt the broad nature, where the U.S. can only dream in the previous in order to see.
Back to Deqin, find a place to a good rest. Meili Snow Mountain to the yearning heart to make me and the other two team members chartered the decision tomorrow morning, and then look at our hearts the snow-capped mountains, after all, nearly 5,000 km round-trip distance, it is difficult for us to give up without a chance to go back this way.
Early and stayed to sleep, get up early tomorrow reserve of energy. In the plateau is difficult to sleep as compared with the plain, every day 4,5 hours of sleep is my wish for. But back to think about that period of time for sleep seems to be a great waste.
Author: wkvision
