There is a way you can drift to - Vietnam (3)
Turn left to continue south along the Red River south to the mouth of departure.
We are at a place called "cold Tun" place left a Po was embarking on a provincial highway, but quite good to go, not very wide, but very cheap, very good sports car. In fact, we should have known to go to the mouth of the new town will not have trouble before, not as good as the morning directly from the more forward under the tree, all the way landscape, the way film, you can walk up to this provincial, but also less take a lot of way, but not a good way to go is the kind of "shell stone road", that is relatively easy to Xian Zhao Yunnan long ago, the stone mosaic out that way, as used in a long time, and it would be more smooth, it is easy to skid.
Our donkey cart ride south along the Red River has been the left is the Red River, Red River, north of the Honghe called "Yuan Jiang", Honghe south has always been to Vietnam all call, "Red River" the river name of peace actually the Red River, river muddy red, has been so red-flowing, has been through the mouth of the south exit to enter Vietnam, and eventually into the sea. Our donkey cart also continue to the south south, the Red River on our same in, with us from here, has reached more than 700 meters above sea level altitude in Yunnan the most, the lowest elevation at the estuary (elevation 76 meters).
Yunnan is a magical world, colorful world, these words is absolutely not an exaggeration, I was in Yunnan Province last week, the highest point of the road (more than 4000 meters) Bai Mang Snow Mountain Yakou with snow, yak husbandry, but today is in the tropics red river, I can not for the beautiful Caiyunzhinan moved to emotion, the Red River in front of the two sides is a pure summer, both sides of the hill is full of being mature Polo, bananas, sugar cane, there is also the only tropical only some pretty neat rainforest rubber trees. I have been a recognition that the landscape on the road, I think that is what I find, that is, I would like to see, different world, strange world, strange was the crowd, I am eager to know are eager to learn, I am curious I am willing to close to this far away from us, away from the mainstream society of people with the world, where often we have lost a sincere and moving long.
When our car came to a place called "Man consumption," the town, traffic congestion has. Today is Sunday (February 15) is the town's market day, a small town on the various different ethnic groups dressed in different clothes, many splendours, so I really can not distinguish between what is national, here is a great national united market, mutual contacts, exchange of needed goods, harmonious and friendly.
Nice traffic jam that no one would say that the general ,^_^, traffic congestion nice bar. In fact, whether the traffic jam for us, is not important, and we typically go to the market on the road for the country in general will have a great interest and curiosity, Xia Guang usually took the opportunity to go on about it, close contact, exposure to these far away from the mainstream society population, of which there will be a lot of harvest, of course, is not only the harvest of our vision, and our greedy eater, perhaps you would not necessarily get more income.
Traffic jam gives me the opportunity for our foreign Mix When a traffic control, which is a station wagon from the EU countries, a donkey who dreams and some cars, Mercedes-Benz ward car, this car's enormous in Tibet I have repeatedly Crackdown too, there is a special feeling of friendship, I know this must be the car to go to Tibet, but also know they are coming from Vietnam, will be from Tibet into Nepal, the ward has this massive car is a donkey would be right This produces an infinite source of fascination for trolley. This is a ward orange car, he can travel between Tibet, Nepal, my performance it has always had an unlimited imagination, imagine how it came from Europe, is how to go from the roof of the world in the past, my imagination was pale, and I can not imagine. This is a beautiful ward cars, saloon cars as part of the first half, with some 10 seats, the second half could see a sleeper, this car ought to have more features and equipment, but do not quite understand the view . In my guidance, this group of foreign donkey finally left the crowded town, we can move on.
After a "manhao" the town, soon on to the 326 National Highway, where a more broad way, except that the multi-bend is still the same, much more dense roadside palm trees, coconut trees, rubber trees,,,
From Yuanyang out, after more than two hours journey, we have come to China's southernmost mouth of the border - in Vietnam bridge in front of the opposite of our thousands of years, love and hate stumbling neighbors - Vietnam. I am now standing before the bridge, here is the lowest altitude in Yunnan Province, where the highest temperatures, is our opposite neighbor Vietnam.
Standing here, a strange feeling, strange feeling, with the Mainland is totally a different feeling, the Sino-Vietnamese relations integrating their communication, both living on the frontiers freely to pass on, intermarriage trade. Overlooking the other side, that is a foreign country that is a completely different in our country, mountains and rivers, across the water, but it is completely different, completely unknown, completely different from written language, looking at the other side, is actually an effort to change, the hard work of the country.
Estuaries have been the edge of the mountains in southern Yunnan. Hekou lowest point is only 76.4 meters above sea level, is not only the lowest point of the river's mouth, but also the lowest point in Yunnan Province. Here lies the Tropic of Cancer south of the subtropical high-profile of the scenery can be seen on tree trunks hanging heavy in strings of bananas, rubber trees and tidy and orderly arranged on the hillside, the evergreen broad-leaved forest to the earth brought bursts of fragrance. The midday sun, hypertrophy of the banana leaves, but also the soft tatami to hang down. At this time, if in the north, the streets of pedestrians, perhaps a bit less. But in the estuary town, the streets bustling crowd, selling voice, bargaining voice accompanied by very irritable at the vitis, rising one after another. Yankees, Southerners, all kinds of national dress of southern Yunnan ethnic minority compatriots, as well as people already familiar from the film that the Vietnamese wearing a special hat, in the mouth of the town the streets coming and going, constitute estuary town The unique atmosphere: hot cross-border trade.
Border trade, and the estuary is as warm as the weather, the Vietnamese reportedly circulating in this sentence: "go to Hanoi than to mouth." Because the business district, estuaries, what kind of consumer goods have to give suffered from lack of Vietnamese living on the frontiers of consumer goods to solve many practical problems.
From Kunming to Hanoi through the mouth of the narrow-gauge railway, which is Yunnan, 18 in a strange strange "train the different domestic pass outside," and originated in Dali, flows through the mouth of Vietnam, in Hanoi, near the Red River into the northern Gulf, but also Transportation provided to the Sino-Vietnamese Zhou Ji of the benefits. Therefore, border trade has become a hot mouth.
Vietnamese living on the frontiers every day across the South River, bringing a number of agricultural products in Vietnam, the Vietnamese commodities, in the mouth of the street also gradually formed a cross-border trade which have unique characteristics of shops, but also a big market, in large market, which is absolutely not the same as a lot of goods with the mainland - Vietnamese goods, Vietnamese stamps look great. Printed on the currency of Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh head shield, 1000 2000 face value, only the value of yuan and cents only, but also as a commodity to be sold for money the money. A Beijing ladies like to wear the spire summer hat, Jinshou 1 yuan. Dressed hemp rope hammock compiled. Only 3.5 per sale. Bamboo baskets, plates, pattern very beautiful, once or two dollars, is not enough money in the mainland even the martial arts. Only those Vietnamese cigarettes, it is "embroidered pillow," although a very attractive package price of only 2 yuan, had just lit a cigarette it will destroy. There is also Vietnam's "flat slippers cents store," which can be a Vietnamese brand name oh. Market Aso not dare go up on the second floor, and above, there are too many Vietnamese crush.
River This is a state-level ports, foreigners from entry here, the Chinese people can leave from here, import and export trade has also start and end from here, China's imports from here a lot of Vietnam's tropical fruits, agricultural products and so on, where imports from Vietnam China's various industrial products, production materials and equipment, where the two vehicles, as long as the relevant procedures for handling simple, both can be very convenient to exchange, where I found that their vehicles and the car, many of South Korea's Hyundai, it seems Koreans and the They do a good trade.
Estuary in recent years, urban development is rapid and effective, the county in Yunnan Province where comparison, seemed more tidy unacceptable and green is also quite good. Compared with previous years, some of the times really feeling.
After dinner, stroll the streets of the red river, the lights light up the other side, speakers also sounded, but they did not understand La Gua Gua pull some of the early years as a very big country town speakers. Looked at the other side, but also for large scale construction works are in many places, there is a piece of land, engineering, the feeling of some vast, I get the feeling, how a little bit like the early years of Shenzhen, it seems that they are also inspired by the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, but also to build a Shenzhen Here, then get a local friend's introduction, is indeed the case, but also a newly built bridge connecting China to sit.
In fact, the ASEAN countries which, I think that Vietnam is still a more promising country, they have unique resources, long coastline, fertile land, watching the developments and changes across these years, seems to have proved this point.
The next morning, with the assistance of friends quickly run an exit documents to obtain a permit when an old friend actually Crackdown in Guangdong, but also obtain a permit, first looked at this man some familiar, some not seen for two years because there is not dare to believe so, take a look at the Coushang an ID card before, yes, that is him, what I do in Shenzhen, when Kodak printing equipment suppliers, in this faraway place, Crackdown old friends, really a fun thing. Then something happens because of our delay, and they had the first exit.
Because of local friends reception, he has been sent to the other side of us handed over to the other side of the border control officers, the smooth clearance. However, this closed-off little daze, do not know how to come, and anyway what the quarantine, customs and other officers do not have access to, nor what charges have been paid on the muddle out.
After entering Viet Nam, or called out of the pass after the full stop outside Morocco, of course, someone to Mohr-McClune, a fairly plain looking clumsy Chinese Vietnamese spoke to attract our business, other mo's see He received us, there is no more everyone to rob the business, or harassing us. Random walk was originally intended to also fills think is also quite far away, and the asking price is not high, each 10 yuan RMB, which is 50 yuan, saying that good any time or location, as we walk, think about In this case also is not expensive.
Aso has been both in domestic and foreign, has been pursuing a bold and random people, so there is no mouth to guides, also asked him to any time or location, would like to direct close contact with more real. Nice guide, but no, this driver was in fact good, he was clumsy with his Chinese and efforts to give us forward on such a matter of minutes, actually came to a strange country, a strange world, the streets of the most obvious is the change in the text, where we do become a foreigner, can not read could not understand, where residential areas, due to area constraints, the house was built is very slender, very high, generally 4-5 layers , Menlian is 3-4 meters wide, but very particular about Menlian, many of them are doing fine Don Juan, there is a deep European-style, perhaps the colonial bar.
In fact, the driver is based on very traditional lines of travel agents in the walk, first of all take us to the train station, probably called "Lao Cai province, the International Railway Station," Come on, this is a very, very small stations, leading to the Vietnamese mainland, the train is that kinds of very small and very small train, which is kind of known as "m track" of the mini-train, of course, Kunming, there are, but more than they can be beautiful, and the ticket window that is, a total of 23, but only one ticket, waiting room is a very, very small, light, somewhat mixed with dark, bad lighting, the walls are not white, which was in waiting, clothing is not very glamorous, the whole feeling of the countryside is China a small station, but also the kind of the early years. But along the way see some beautiful buildings, beautiful car, it must be government agencies, where the means of transport, people naturally are mainly motorcycles, it seems that there is no city bus, trolley cars in Japan and South Korea is almost car the quantity is not too great, or than can be said that Kunming is very small, think about here, after all, is an underdeveloped country, there is no industry, technology is relatively backward, almost is a typical agricultural country. Where long-distance buses are generally some very old van.
Visited the sites of some conventional so-called after the coming of a shopping mall, which is Lao Cai province and one of the largest shopping mall Guliu so-called shopping, you may casually a township of the Chinese market will be larger, which is not expected to more than 100 merchants, where goods of daily necessities is almost Chinese goods, as well as some local products, there is not much features.
But anyway, this is a different country, different cultural backgrounds, or have exotic, carefully taste, there are still a unique taste, because we are very casual come here at night have to will go to Kunming, also cursory, hastily left. Suggested that if you have the opportunity to mouth, you can arrange a different trip, travel agents in the mouth of the river as far as you can handle - Hanoi
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Yunnan is a beautiful, and it is vast, and Yunnan, Lijiang and Shangri-La can go beyond a mere, Yunnan customs million species and many more ethnic customs, colorful scenery waiting for you, go back to Lijiang and then you give it Laolv Aso , please email corrections: suguohong@163.com
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