April 21, 2002 Location: Guilin station waiting room, if a large waiting room, the sitting Xixishushu less than 10 people, the ground is very clean, the waiting room environment, well, help desk staff is responsible to see that is to stop smoking. Stood the radio in the melodious music, is the kind of folk who do not quarrel, people hear the relaxed and happy. Once a car arrival, broadcasters will be with her sweet voice bilingual broadcast. The only bad is the two IC telephone are CTT, I brought the China Telecom's IC card in the above not take. By the way, my right front there is a Baolan, there Guangxi Daily, People's Daily and concise train schedule.
It is 6:55. I returned to Wuchang car is a 22:05 a separate 1562 times, it is still early. I just use this time to write this trip travels alone.
2002 Nian Yue 19 Ri 4 (Zhou Wu)
15:30 pm, board the 1561 Wuchang Train --- Zhanjiang. A person carrying a backpack, a small packet of collapse, and thus went to the train station. Me time to pinch very accurate, to the waiting room, just began to check-in, no more waiting. Got on and found that people are still pretty, but sat for a while, you find that many of them to Changsha, my car where there is a travel team, Changsha. 7:00 more to Changsha, a car down a nearly 2 / 3 people. I changed a 3 person sitting at a table, an entire people to sit on my chair, very comfortable. Opposite sat a boy, but also a human being. So we chatted up the water that he is a Chibi school graduates to Yulin looking for work. To me a person to Guilin, he was very surprised. Then told me to go alone to his winter vacation in Shenyang, "Adventure." In return, he fell asleep at the railway station waiting room, during which his bag was stolen, money, identity cards and so on in the package. Him just over eight money. He called looking for students to borrow, but his students were arrested for gambling in the public security bureau of the. He wanted to open a bank account, called home and send money over, but no identity cards, banks do not give open. Wandering near the train station, he would like to find a job doing the, but also unwanted him, because there is no identity card. So he lives solely on a few dollars at the station near the mixing of the 9 days. To the ninth day, met a young man, chatted with him. He told himself that the situation of the stranger. And that man let him go to him there, said that to help him find a job. Anyway, he wanted to have nothing himself, just him alone. Went, before we know the person to take him to engage in pyramid schemes is a hideout, those people were forced, he also took part, but also his home occupation for money. These circumstances in the spade a spade in a column have heard similar, did not expect that today someone told me himself about his personal experience, more than TV in describing the more intuitive. He talked about the experience he later escaped, almost to the movie. He readme at that time of crisis, the human potential is a natural outbreak, indeed!
Later, a aunt to give me discuss what her children are asleep, so I put my account for the three positions give her, and sat down opposite the go.
21:00, I am very sleepy, drowsy, so that let me Guizhou boy goes on a chair in his sleep, he went to another two-person sit on a chair to sit. So I lie down and sleep, using a pillow he brought two books.
Buy hard-seat can lay sleeping, I feel completely happy. Although the approximate one-hour awake for a while, but in general is still sleeping quite uncomfortable.
One thing happened during the same compartment of a person's package was someone else who's got. The entire carriage noise for a while, I voice the boy said, "you do not sleep, they help me Kanxia bag bar" That went back to sleep.
That aunt thought we were companions until the stop only to know that we are not together.
5-point multi, I rise to wash, eat something that comes with point of drinking a cup of coffee, feeling quite good. (Added note: I brought a disposable paper cups, bags of coffee, bagged soy milk)
6:19, the next train.
Fill Kee (March 22, 2004 Monday)
In order to maintain this diary was genuine, in addition to correction of typos and wrong sentences, I basically did not make any changes directly to my diary on the flamboyant handwriting entry computer. But now revisit those words as if they revisit that period in time, Yi Xi concept of the present, emotion, or a lot, they added that the meeting in mind that feeling down at this time.
Now it seems worse than before the body, and they are the envy of the spirit was sitting in hard seat is also like that a hundred times time. In fact, now two years from the time, but I now sit hard seat, the body a bit too much, and perhaps psychological, perhaps now more squeamish of.
It now appears that at the time I really bold, I think if change to the present, I am sure will not sleep so free from anxiety, then rest assured. Ever since the mobile phone was stolen on the train experience, I will now become much more carefully.
In fact, you can grow a lot of really hard-seat ride insight, of course, the premise is to chat with others sharing, (along with its advantages is to allow time flies faster). The past, every time a train seat, I will chat with others, mixing time, while people with Gexinggese exchange, learn a lot. However, a few days before the trip to Shanxi Province, the train is almost never chat with others. Why? Maybe right now I am more introverted, more autistic and even more careful. I do not know good or bad, perhaps this is the grown-ups want, maybe this is my sad, maybe this is just the cost of growing, who knows?
April 20, 2002 Saturday off to spend 2 yuan to buy maps, there are three or four soliciting immediately swarmed up to me to make irresponsible remarks. They quote Li River to Yangshuo tour, take the bus back, pack lunch, 210 yuan. I think it is too expensive, and the trip itself was originally scheduled to play the first day in Yangshuo. Hesitation, the first went to the station ticket bought a return journey ticket.
There is only one window open, people are only a few.
Maybe more people will North Station bar.
Thought, or to buy tickets 21 days later to prove my decision was correct.
After buying tickets, it's still a few soliciting my ear that I am right in saying that we were dizzy, but hesitated. Was seen as a police, they ask him and I know there are buses to the nearby Yangshuo. And I found off the bus from the Internet using only a few dollars to Yangshuo. Asked the driver of a numbness. He said that he return to Guilin, Yangshuo also has cruise ships, as long as 170 yuan. So, I immediately decided to take the bus, out of those few people's struggle, but also chose to visit Guilin and ordinary people of a different line.
A look at the car, almost all locals, not tourists. So the girl with the back seat and chatted with him to know who they are Guilin. They asked a number of related, but they said they Yangshuo is not fun. In this regard, I have reservations. Had learned from them, Guilin Sambo is a fermented bean curd, three Huajiu, hot pepper sauce.
When approaching Yangshuo up a middle-aged women. I guess she is Yangshuo, and then asked her about the tour the Lijiang River, she told me to go back the boat and generally have little late, and do not see any spots, so travel is generally by boat to Yangshuo Lijiang. So I have some regrets, but since has come Oh, there are only first went to Yangshuo do intend to.
,----- I first went to the West has long attracted places.
And I imagine almost, but I do not like.
A wide range of cafes, restaurants are very westernized. No matter the name or the menu. Everything is in English and Chinese control, and has been predominantly in English, let me, learned English and Chinese people are a little bit senseless. They very much wanted to taste the Chinese people to do Western, feel less Chinese-run western-style restaurants, coffee shop. However, a Look at list, I give up the idea. Fortunately, it is also a Westernized the menu placed in front of vials of a wooden frame, spread placed on the menu for visitors at any time to read, eliminating the need for me to sit down after the embarrassment of cash-strapped sigh.
Think of to go first to place to live. Because Yangshuo Guilin cheaper than accommodation, and living in the West are certainly interesting than to live in Guilin. Go to youth hostels looked, one asked price, and I found the same from the Internet, 8 humans, 25 yuan / bed, mixing of men and women live. Pass undetected in Lisa's house, only to find California hotels, a question and I also found the same from the Internet, 15 yuan / bed, 6 humans, very cheap, but has not yet want to be today's visit. So first ask the boss, You Yangshuo, to how a boat can be arranged? She told me to ship xingping -----
Yang Di back and forth, it is the essence of some of the most Lijiang, 50 yuan, about 2:30, 3:30 sail. Decided to first go to big banyan tree, Mountains of the Moon. Came back at noon and then traveled to xingping, about 1 hour, and then a boat tour Lijiang River. This will complete the.
Then went to a car rental, because it would not ride a bike, we rented a motor, and 8. First go to big banyan tree, sat a small bamboo cutting Lijiang tour. Because I was the only one person, then a person sitting a bamboo cutting. And my idea is that rowing's home in the adjacent village, which had to go to his house a look at the idea. Them to go home, there are two another way. The first raft bamboo raft, two riding a bike wearing a shoal. He promised to take me to see their village. Period of water about 100 meters, is not long, but tread water while riding a bike too, in my view is so breathtaking, but his eyes are very common.
They called the village of wear Iwamura, there are 400 to mouth people. Indeed, his house as he said, it is broken is the walls, very simple. He said that when the land reform is still a sub-house. I doubt that you have the tourism industry, should be very rich ah. He said the money is there. But why the policy can not build a new house, so it is rich or live in such a dilapidated mud house.
Prior to departure, a souvenir photo with him, but unfortunately he did not ride when you wear the photograph of a waterway. To his address, promised to go back and send him the photo.
And then went to the Moon Hill, a mountain hillside there is a hole to sit, and completely forgetting heaven like Crescent Moon, so named.
Return to the Butterfly Spring, tickets are a little expensive, 35 yuan.
There is a full-time tour guides, this is so has a certain number of visitors, tour guides only go with a group of people. Because there are caves to lighting control and explain. However, still waiting for 15 minutes I was the only one person. As a result, it guides the special for me to explain a really good feeling. That girl, I feel quite warm. Before leaving they left phone number to me. I wanted to call her to accompany me at night browsing Yangshuo, and then back to me as a tour guide. She also agreed. But then back to Yangshuo late, we did not find her.
From the Mount of the master (woman) mouth that xingping ---- Yang Ping, usually 20 yuan, and now prices 40. California restaurant owner would decide not to introduce himself and then went to buy a ticket, then Kanjia.
Chinese food took just a hamburger, 2 yuan. First, to save time, and second, to save money, but really have good taste.
1:15 on the bus, go to xingping, 2:30 only to the. Along the way to see the rural scene. Xingping is a small town, and the Pacific is similar, but the biggest difference is that a foreigner come and go. Another difference is that it has a pier.
I asked while walking side to find the terminal. Asked a boatman asking price 60 yuan, I Kandao 40. Also known California restaurant owner did not give me that high, because usually 50.
There is still some time to leave the ship. So I sloshing around. Saw an old man selling calligraphy and painting, self-portraits from the sale is the Li River landscape painting. This is a look at, to ask the price, it did not really intend to buy, but he immediately seized, quite pathetic to see him, then go with him to pick his house painted. See his house, old, dark, as well as spider silk, the table filled with calligraphy and painting, very chaotic. He lived alone, pitiful. Then bought a, 10 per hour. In fact, he painted ourselves pretty well. He also gave a word he has written to me.
Saw a sell out gourd, has been like the gourd, the last in Shanghai, cultural celebrities a street, see, it's very like one, but too expensive, so give up the idea. Today, to see such a question 3 yuan. Her bargain it comes to 2 yuan one, buy one. That the seller bought the painting did not ask me. I say buy. She said the old man pitiful. A man, no wife, no children. Former seems a volleyball coach, has also been reduced to the point where I do not know how. Hey ... ... ... When the old man told me to buy a painting that he had children living in Yangshuo, it appears that he told me is to tell a good lie of his own.
3 points on board, before opening 3:30.
A car with 9 / 10 of the foreigner. Another 3,4 a Chinese, FIT. Together with me, three Chinese women. It is interesting that three of us are alone. There is a middle-aged women, Anhui. One young woman, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Hangzhou graduation, working for three years. Quite like her, very dynamic, it is very youth a girl. So Wolia chat with and talk quite in speculation. She told me she was and colleagues to attend the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, came back to Guilin by car passing play, and along the way we change the car. Colleagues first went to Guilin, and Yangshuo playing in her day, Zai Qu Guilin. She is also a lot for me to shoot photos. To join us in "research" on both sides of Castle Peak.
The wind blowing slowly, looking at both sides of Castle Peak, looking at the reflection in the water, I feel completely relaxed and happy. The two foreigners simply lay down on the deck, on the grounds of drops to ----- Maybe this is the outer different.
7:30 before returning to Yangshuo. With that other girl before, she was going to Guilin. She regrets that she did not posed for a photograph with.
Not yet entered the West, see a sell clogs, and very fond of. We bought two pairs, 11 yuan. Only later did I know that regret.
Then eat something many people have a lot of vegetables, but only one person has also eat more. Had to casually eat a snack, a bowl of chicken soup, a bowl of Luo Shi, did not eat, they eat fried dishes string, lotus root string, Lijiang River fish, eating teach you West. Particularly lively. Night, is its prime-time.
This found that there are many selling wooden sandals. In the home to see a small yard, and wood well, then regret it just bought. Also bought a pair, 6 yuan. With three pairs of slippers in the hands look, thinking how to deal with them? Walked all the way, in fact, have no small stroll. They still bought two packets of specialty cakes, and 18 yuan a packet, 4.5 per. Back to the California Hotel, ready to put something, and then out of teach you.
Open the room, to see men's underwear hanging from the room, feeling very uncomfortable. To the front desk a question, there are three men and two women, they are together, maybe they does not matter. But I really do not feel comfortable with ---- such a mixed live so. So for a double room, usually to be 50, but it is now evening, but also unoccupied, it should be no longer someone has. So her 30 yuan to the room to me. I will "move."
With a separate room, feeling good. Went out and preparing to Guangyi Xia. Just stroll for a while, to see the selling Silk Lingerie, and purple, had been seeking the kind. So bargain talked about 20 yuan to buy. Open wallet, dumbfounded, and have paid their money, leaving only 180 yuan, and searched the body, and only so much. This realized that West a stroll, I like being "ransacked" the same as spending money like water. So did not dare to stroll, and fear can not suppress their appetites. So immediately "go home."
Very tired, and Qingqing things, to prepare a bath sleep, morrow morning back to Guilin. Can be an open faucet, the water is cooler then gave up, wash End bed, 10 points.
April 21, 2002 Sun the next day, woke up 5:00, and then lay a while.
Wash, bubble instant noodles to eat, red soy milk drink.
6:30 check-out, out.
One out, feeling good quiet, swept away last night noise, noisy, lively, but a quiet. Almost no one opens the door. Walking in the almost deserted on the West to experience a different kind of America. It is this I had to prepare the United States to keep the pace towards the bus station. I am walking along the West from the map was informed that this is the end of Pier Street. Yesterday, have not yet been to. In this morning, I came to Riverside. A look, a lot of morning exercises Yangshuo people, men and women, but the general statement, most people over the age of 40, a small part of young people 16-17 years of age. I follow their lead and found a 3A class attractions, "Landscape Garden."
The morning is not to 21 yuan in tickets. So I, together with the morning exercises of people into the park, known here is Green Lotus Peak. This landscape garden has received Deng Xiaoping, Zhou Enlai and others. This is my favorite kind of Chinese sites.
This is the original pure Yangshuo attractions, instead of being Westernized commercial attractions; while these people are the Yangshuo, not the Yangshuo merchants.
I put the bag on a stone bench, giving next to an old lady in the exercise, said the sound "I put what bag you help me look at you? Thank you." Get her nod, I will be traveling light, rushed up the hill. Mountains have a lot of good spots. I am particularly excited about, really "early bird gets the worm," ah, listening to the crisp mountain birds, blowing wind river, mountains and trees are all welcome to me, wonderful.
Down the mountain, and from a local population and learned that there is a written below "Yangshuo" lettering pier.
So along the stone steps down, came to Riverside from the water, the nearest place.
Riverside is also a lot of morning exercises with the elderly. Visitors to my one feel special good.
To leave the car until 7:30 Yangshuo to Guilin.
Guilin, under a drizzle, but fortunately, not very much.
Later learned that under a heavy rain yesterday, Guilin, can not help but to feel lucky, yesterday did not stay in Guilin.
First went to the railway station.
Place under the car not far from the train station. But I still ask the way to find the. Because there is a crossroads. I do not argue against the direction of the hide, this is really a great victory. No detours, went to the station. Package should first deposit, and 2 yuan. Q deposit package, and 11 Station Road, where (in advance from the Internet can be found on bus ride to the Seven Star Crags Road 11)
And then go to 11 Road Station, very close. Directly to the Seven Star Crags Park. Because too much money and decided to fine travel sites, reducing the total number of spots to go, decided to go to Seven Star Crags, and the homes Lu Yan Di, one of similar, find a representative may, more importantly, Liangyu student "Guangling Sword "The Seven Star Crags is my first impression of Guilin. Turned out, my choice is correct. Seven Star Park is the largest park in Guilin, but also I know the city in the park the most. Because it includes a zoo, bonsai garden, rocks Museum, Moon Hill, Luotuo Feng, Mt, Putuo Mountain, there are Lijiang, there are huaqiao, there are children's playgrounds, there are waterfalls, there are days Tuo Lake, there is like a southern garden parks, China Light Square, there is reflection, there is sculpture, there are inscriptions, there are caves, there are not caged monkeys, peacocks, there are 800 tombs of martyrs such as patriotism education bases, etc., is really Bocaizhongchang, everything.
I am a man to almost the entire park, tired.
But happy, because those groups of people in many places with no go, not like me ... ...
Out, take the free car to Fubo Hill 4A scenic spots that with the next ticket you can take the free car scenic spots. This is very convenient for visitors. Select Fubo Hill because Diecai Hill, Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill 3 in the mountains it is the cheapest ticket, 10 yuan. Its two, 15 yuan, 13 yuan.
Fubo Hill Park Linjiang therefore called "Fubo."
Park is not, there is a pre sword stone, but also bead holes, thousands of pot, Waterside Court. Up the mountain, the Peak there are kiosks, whose name I forget. River was swimming.
At the door, he saw kumquat sell, 1 yuan to buy a few, taste, and found out that the kind used to make candied citrus, taste good.
The Qianfuyan in whim. Asked the staff, where you can buy cheap fruit, they are places where the locals buy fruit. One person told me to go Feng North Road, Furong Lu interchange fruit market to buy.
So out of the park, I know I went to fruit market.
All the way to ask the way to go.
Come, a look at there are a variety of fruits, alone did not kumquat. A Q know kumquat production season in October, now sold last year, and expensive. Then bought a loquat, a small mango, cherry tomato. All came cheap.
Went to an Internet cafe for half an hour on the net and only 2 yuan / hour. Fast, ADSL.
Zaiqu a store bought bean curd. Because this is a non scenic shop, cheap, and indeed as long as 3 yuan.
And then to dinner. Due to some thought to your station. Ate Yangzhou fried rice, 5 yuan, to send a soup bowl, there are a lot of vegetables, rice is too salty.
2-way out to the station by car to the train station.
Off found a post office, so bought a packet of tea sent to her mother Mangosteen, shipping more expensive than the goods, the prices: 10 .5:10.
Also near the post office to buy half a catty Yangmei, 1 yuan / catty. For the first time to eat fresh red bayberry.
Wanted to get on the train from there is still a long time, I do not know how boil. Then a sudden inspiration, it recalls a few hours just to write diary. Otherwise, go back and then this matter will be recorded travels of other chores obliterated, vanish into thin air. Now just build on the progress. While simultaneously mixed passed.
Now take a look at the table 9:05.
Be filed in the waiting room of people, music is still released, but the sound was a noisy, it seems not so pleasant a.
Count, it is already on page 14, and she was amazing!
Think about what left out.
By the way, Qixingyan hole, that hole is really wonders.
Cave is about 1,100 meters, 50 meters wide at a maximum at 20 meters. Under the three-upper-hole sub-divided into six "cave heavens," Run over 800 meters, 43 meters at its widest point. The maximum at 27 meters. Inside the rock, through guided tours people think is really like.
But do not like those man-made attractions, such as the multi-Jiao Jiang Shan, the Great Wall, artificial traces too. In fact, the concept of rock to see people's imagination, will think this is the United States. Do not like to eat things that other people chewed, though not entirely easy to eat up effortlessly, but the taste too light, being insipid.
However, I still admire Mother Nature.
Expenses itemized account:
Sharing the film 608 yuan + 22 + 18 + car wash food film 19 = 667
The Transport 242 (106 * 2 = 212 train, bus 1 * 2 = 2, the bus 7.5 * 2 +3 * 2 = 20, mo's 8)
Tickets are 175 (35 (Butterfly Spring) +50 (Qixingyan) +10 (Fubo Hill) +40 (raft) +40 (shipping) =)
Accommodation 30
Dining 21.4 [2 (rice noodles) +2 (Hamburg) +6 (Late) +3 (rice noodles, dumplings) +5 (fried rice) = 18, drink 1.5 +1.9 = 3.4]
Shopping 118.5 (20.5 Mangosteen tea, fermented bean curd 3, specialty 18, shoes 17, packet 4.5, sachet 1, butterfly specimen 9, art 10, gourd 2, clothing, 20, fruit 13.5)
The other 22 deposit Pack 2, photo 2, Internet 1, shipping 10.5, book 4.5, Map 2
Author: luzzi
