Medog - eastern section of the southern slope of the Himalayas in Tibet, Tibetan Medog word interpreted as "flowers" meant. I took my curiosity, into the cove where Zheduo lotus.
I never dreamed this time to Tibet to get into Medog, only In "Tibetan Antelope" manual to see Medog have this place is the only county inaccessible by road, all the supplies are relying on local people back into the Mamba Even the bank's money is.
Medog in the day before entering, I told my friends, 10 days and then contact me. But there is no Genmamashui, for fear she was worried. Fat donkey caller said that in camphor wood have been stuck, political instability in Nepal, Nepal can not enter, would have to wait two days it possible to enter. It is an out and I play, have the same goal, but always in different places.
To find the afternoon due to the faction Township car on, and Xiaowei Jin Medog busy procurement and materials needed in this area than I understand the multi-Xiaowei, he reported that the purchase of inventory, after all, he was ready for a year. Understand that the price inside the odd Medog expensive, but also prepared food for six days.
Army shoes: Be sure to buy. Because of the way is the sea, even the best waterproof walking shoes in the road are useless Medog, military shoes though easy to water, the water can easily take the Medog is the best practical, I disagree, the first day will still wear waterproof shoes , slip of the fell over, fall into the water. Facts have proved that water can not be water proof shoes to walk Medog.
Gaiter: one to protect the feet, to prevent silt and masticate the foot into the shoe, and second, to prevent the dry Medog notorious leech.
These two samples is essential, since nearly 10 days of the trip have to rely on your feet to complete.
This time I trip line from 81 - to send Township - Pine I - Multi-hung La Pass - Rugby - Big Ai-dong - Khan Mi - Lao Huzui - Ani Bridge (The military also said that on the 1st Bridge) - Erhaoqiao - on the 3rd Bridge - Magnon - Jiefang Bridge - baibung Township - Medog County - 113k (this name to a few kilometers away from the Medog County, named) - 108k - 80k - Galong La Pass - Bomi.
September 25 81 - faction Township
Take 9 o'clock appointment with Master Luo trucks to distribute Township, due to loading and unloading of goods to 14:00 was able to start, sitting next to me was a handsome Lydia, Pakistan, he hands the piece of old tape recorders, can simply say a few name in Chinese, he also entered Medog, home to the ground East Village, a three-day trip to go.
Three-seat Serbian truck full of seven people, in the shaking and almost bend my Jicheng meat pie. The weather has been sent to the village late, I was busy looking for porter, and this was the season of mountains, Medog the door and Lhoba Palestinian people are in the transport of materials to prepare for the winter, so back to find a good husband. Husband's name back more than a dozen times before I silently remember - Cewang Latin. Memba, 20 years old, grow lean lean may have been one-year-old son.
Door Palestinians seemed to be able to load native born, and one person also carrying 100 pounds to go fast. Because we do not backpack weight, only 30 kilograms, so he does not pay according to the weight calculation on the number of days counted according to 80 per day, I did not counter-offer, after all, this requires his shoulders over the mountains than in Shanghai, to pay the same labor, the price I was recognized.
September 26 to send Township - Rugby
A whole month out from Shanghai, unconsciously, and today came as I entered Medog Day bar.
I can reach areas to pine trees to send a truck to the pine mouth, can save physical time, 8:00, trucks over, might as well say people who have a truck coming. I understand that: this ascetic about to begin. The truck already full of people, goods at the foot of man standing on the goods, as long as resting places on the foot of people, the driver's seat sitting on the roof of the four do not know how they get on to go on This subversion of the road was not afraid of Britain under the cliff? Lydia recognized me, and put the location of the cab give her mother and me, and then count Caiwang Latin father, the driver next to squeeze a three-Fu Zuo, Lydia, both hands tightly in the hands of his mother to send son's tape recorders, and I helped her as holding the same baby. Xiaowei on the help of the Latin Caiwang finally place his hands above the iron pulling truck.
Truck finally started, and heard a commotion after the carriages, they began the journey of Britain. After the carriages were a result of too crowded, Cewang Latin and another guy like Shuaza Ji general, swiftly climbed the front of the pedal at pulling reflectors, and side with one person, so that the driver of our row count a total of six people. In addition, I admire, that is silly watching them.
In the pine forests from old truck shaking skull-bone, stop-go, I just feel terrible drivers to work, courage, and driving skills class. Finally to the pine mouth, from here, will begin our trip by. Truck Laolaoxiaoxiao busy unloading, Lydia, severe weight-bearing, a rattan woven belt held out the full 40 kilograms of cargo, the top in the forehead. I am the edge of the six-year-old children, but also load 15 kilograms of the road. Caiwang Latin they have a lot of goods, therefore the horse Tuoyun needs its own, and we package his back by his father to go with us, we are ready to move up the mountains, 4220 meters today need to turn the multi-male, sa, arrive at today Inn - Rugby.
Dangerous section of road just up the hill is very steep, but fortunately I Xiaowei collapsed in the rain warm-up before, crawl, not slower. Can be just climbed a few minutes it began to rain, which will also be the beginning, because we in this way will be spent in the rain, Medog subtropical regions, rainy, hot and humid. I have a step by step in crawling, Chuan Zhao, 4,000 meters, looking at the valley below, the locals are not appropriate in order to turn the mountain of the season, I wonder how many lives have swallowed. I can not wait for and continue to climb buried. The more rain the next bigger, even the best assault underwear can not stop the rain a long time and I Xiaowei whole body wet, high-altitude cold to freeze the two of us red stiff hands. They finally reached the 4220 meters of multi-male La Pass, I have to take a great Jincai with stiff hand took a commemorative photo.
Down the road is also not good to go, slippery stones, each foot must be carefully combined with careful going up and down big stone gap, in case lose one's footing, but the abyss below. Have to remind ourselves every time settled.
Hubei come back halfway through the event-fu, he was carrying a large color TV. He had come to Medog play, no money has become a local porter, while working to earn money while planning an ambitious plan: He will drift Brahmaputra Grand Canyon this winter.
The rugby at 2 pm and more, we spent 4 hours. Lager's Inn with wooden structures, roof accustomed to seeing the color of plastic sheeting covered is the Inn of the. Inn to listen to the boss say that you do not go slow, very quickly. Kaohuo really comfortable around the fire, which is Inn the next few days every one to do things. Today I heard the urge Xiaowei, wearing waterproof shoes road, down the mountain when you had a waterfall, wet shoes, baked more than two hours be considered passable. Caiwang only to Latin 18:30, rain, horses run slower. Sitting on the ground around the fire, and Cewang Latin eat a dinner, a pot of small melons, dried broth co-rice, I eat very fragrant.
September 27 Rugby - Hamilton
Today, 33 kilometers to go, so up early to prepare. Yesterday, from the time for money, can be rushed to the big Ai-dong, just because backpack left behind by our husband's body back, there is no hurry to move again, so today we must make up this section of track in time to Hamilton will be a bit difficult.
Before their departure, finishing package, only to find a thousand-odd Xiaowei BP coated last night's candle burned a big hole to Xiaowei sad about it. First day of broken packages, how the future road drive ah? I used the bag on the back ribbon tie, and then tighten the rain cover make do with.
Porter Caiwang Latin also put my luggage in the know that the loss of newly purchased light bulbs, broken glass holding the bulbs have been asked if I still want to not? Looked at me and shook his head later, he was disappointed throw it away. Last night, his father's drinking too fast, resulting in stomach pains, I did not bring stomach, let him serve the analgesic drug, seated next to a fellow looked at tablets, but also told me to forward to eating, I gesturing that you eat, he insisted, had to give him, he did not hesitate about swallowed a little belly, in their view, as long as the pill definitely good to eat, it's that simple.
13:00 arrived at a big break for dinner Ai-dong, met soldiers sent down area. We have sent the registration area depot, they told us that the person into the depot tomorrow Medog to baibung three camps. They go fast, is expected to one day be able to arrive Hamilton depot.
Another rainy day, large Ai-dong to Hamilton in this way are under the mountain, which bring the landscape before I only television channel of the discovry seen before, all the original forests, thick tree trunks wrapped in a thick layer The moss, disorder fell on the horse Road, many of them die of old age fallen, the gap at bare white trunk. Everywhere the gloomy one.
Took seven hours to Hamilton, Detoxification's unable to walk. Today, I accept the lessons of yesterday, wearing army boots, tied to his leg, could be the road are uneven stone waterways, military shoes at the end of thin, can not protect the ankle, careless I sprained foot, each under the foot, are the pumping heart of the pain. Demolition of the fire Department, bandages, only ran in the bandage was found leech, enthusiastic door Palestinians Dongli told me, just go to Hamilton entered the leech area, and tomorrow if you still rainy day, there will be more ant locusts appear. Fortunately, I have always received leech's bitter, had the experience of reading is not very much afraid. But the thought of suck my blood or fine hair Lingling, and immediately put it thrown into the fire, only fire can destroy it.
Baked with wet shoes, and two soldiers came Hamilton depot investigation documents, certificates and identity cards we send to the border, check very carefully that we are incomplete documents need 81 to open the border card to be useful to see if we travel and the right attitude who does not like a spy, saying that the place you have in the past. Later found out, check our documents are baibung 3 commander of the battalion. He Medog seven years, and out of Medog common practice for him. The Medog is to pick out the lead the outset.
Caiwang Latin late to Hamilton to explain the horse Buxing Le, tomorrow they could not reach baibung, but we insist arrived baibung, he described the day as far as possible to reach the baibung. Early rest for tomorrow to deal with hateful leech ready.
September 28 Hamilton - baibung
Learned from the porter mouth, today's trip is the most bitter, 38-km uphill downhill mountain last night, there came a night of rain, and also the next, which means today's leech will not be less . Breakfast, eating a piece of hard tack and a little taste of the eggs. Army did not put on dry shoes, properly tied the leggings, Phi climbing Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang to spend 15 to buy a one-time plastic raincoat. Ready to go.
Before leaving, Inn owner in Sichuan kindly reminds us, got a night of rain, landslides on the road with care.
Did not take five minutes, my coat has been climbing the 5,6 black leech of their adhesion shrubs grass on both sides of the road on the right thermal sensor Fredrick Termin influenza, animals and people through a, it will be adsorbed In the above, here's a sucker leech both ends of the long, how rejection are Shuaibu Diao, I pull them down one by one again and again rub rub, then it bombs out. Nasty stuff!
I try to go to the middle, there could be farther from the plant, but also less able to provoke a leech. From time to time along the way I see the feet, the body leech, high-frequency touched is rain in the face.
Soon came the voice behind, in this way, even if the transport of gold season and rarely met, as long as it was a sound, listening particularly clear, a short while, they caught up with him, I and the small Wei to go quickly, it should be regarded as a trot, the latter group of people calling out: hometown, running more slowly, we can not keep up. Soon, they arrived one of them ahead of us, I looked up, that is, yesterday, check our documents, soldiers, a thick Sichuan accent: "My fellow townsman, running very quickly! Yo, or a woman running ahead Well." Back more than a dozen soldiers are running up looked at us, one of its first small, dark skin, soldiers once again to review our documents, the original he is to take over leadership.
Hand was a trace of pain, a look, have a bite of my long black leech, blood down the back of the hand Tangxia years, it will Fen secret out of a unique heparin, blood coagulation is not easy, long time will not only live. Xiaowei lighter to help me out more than a dozen clean-up out of the leech, and then clean up his own time to discover more than I am.
Battalion commander in the lead and I followed him the way he told me the last paragraph in the Medog happened, met the scenery will stop referring to us. To the Lao Huzui, by definition, that is definitely a danger zone, from where he knew there were seven soldiers here, the cliff drops. Here mountain steep vertical cliff edge trail just chisel out, and bare shining white stone, battalion commander, said more rain to go okay, at least at the foot of the water is changed. If the sun, the white stone eyes a long time, dazzled flash will fall to the previous two years had a 12-year-old Palestinian girl carrying a cargo door falling. I am facing the depths of the river and looking at the Pentium, Daochou of an air-conditioned.
Transport of goods along the way door of Palestinians going home with the battalion commander, who come from time to time handed us wine and rice wine to drink, drink in the battalion commander of the band, I also drank a few mouthfuls of heart down, because people believed Mamba and Lhoba ancient witchcraft, are still poisoned wine and the habit of their view, put your poison, is poison the blessings of the people who will be transferred to his family, so family members will be able to bring good luck. So, do not know the road do not know who handed him to the rice wine, or do not drink good.
After a Lao Huzui, we again clean up a bit leech, followed by some of the officers and men were busy from Lhasa to cigarette lighter hot leech. There is an embarrassment to Beiguo Shen soldiers to find the three suction from the belly of the belly full of the leech, music took me bad.
Later, the road has been uphill, downhill, was about to catch a breather, then uphill, and Leia! Detoxification ah! I cried in his heart. However, follow the troops to go faster than, say, the unit all the way to take care of us. By Arnie bridge Dajiadumang forward to clean up the fire before the leech, and some officers and men's legs were smeared with blood, they suck the blood of the leech eat ruthlessly thrown into the fire pit, as if this was Jiehen destroy it. Xiaowei I have also cleaned up more than a dozen each, and the military friends, one eaten noodles, continue to walk.
1 Ani less leech bridge, and strange. To the liberation of the bridge, again, a document check. I am a person deliberately pulled at the last, slowly swinging in the large flat wooden bridge, feeling the bridge repair was extremely difficult time. Faced with the following roll Brahmaputra, I could not help shouting: Jiangshan, Jiao you so much!
On a steep slope on to the baibung Township, 10 hours away to go along with the army, spent the nine hours, though with a very tired, but the ease of mind. Feeling baibung very kind, because there are three battalions of the depot has these lovely soldiers. Along the way thank you for your care.
September 29 baibung
Last night Caiwang Latin did not send our backpacks, we had to wait in the baibung dry, and my feet hurt at the moment, the can not walk, take a day off can be, but Xiaowei looked very anxious, a person Men Men's angry, he's considered quasi-time, in rawu, has been delayed a day, and count delayed two days today, and he booked a ticket as early as No. 9 be back to Shanghai.
I went to military depot Akira day. Afternoon porter Caiwang Latin before reaching the baibung Township. His home is on the ground not far from the baibung Village, come home, carrying such a message, his wife to give birth to a child, and let him go back soon. We will let the door be able to speak fluent Mandarin Palestinians Dongli do our back-fu, the way we are already familiar.
By baibung can not hope not to baibung primary schools, this school by the Shanghai counterpart Mr. Chen Zhenglao donor fund-raising to do together. WAN Jian-up with 60. His deeds in the books and newspapers is also not difficult to see. I admire him, and almost 80 years old and you still went into Medog. Heard that it is intended to have come this year, but worry about old Mr Chen with the local government body, would not let Mr. Chen Zhenglao into Medog.
Quietly
(To be continued...)
Author: jingjing_lee
