In 2004 in Beijing, especially in spring comes early. Company in the courtyard of the Magnolia, Begonia, cloves, and Bi-tao, go to the market one after another burst like a garden trees and flowers. After lunch, walk the fine spring day, the spring, I have not had a quiet heart sinking, began to be restless ... ... is also a long holiday, but also can go outside to breathe the fresh air of the unknown ... ...
However, this holiday is hasty and blind. Reasons last year because of SARS, Peter and I have not completed a year long journey at least once a target; this year, actually seem to have forgotten that the goal of inertia, watched on in April, and I still go out without any idea of starting . Peter is still repeated to remind me: 51 going? Make a plan bar!
He asks this last question, re-evoked the western unlimited reverie - I started a day to stay saliva in front of Shaanxi Province Map - Huashan, Hukou, Yan'an, Yulin, Baoji, so many have to foot and place, certainly within a few days of travel to patronize only a part of, but which one is let go but no less than! Peter for the ugly in my eyes, kindly help me: just go to Henan forget!
I have to switch from a dilemma in the choice to get out of. Right ah, how do I think of Henan no? Late spring in March, just go to watch peony, as well as the Longmen Grottoes and Peter longing for Shaolin Temple. But even such a small program can hardly perfect: the holiday peony flowering is over, but usually leave it seems impossible to see a flower. Announced until the Peter's leave arrangements, even dumbfounded, who has only released four days leave; fortunately did not intend to go to Shaanxi, Xi'an, have switched to non-or even down. Because of time constraints, Peter becomes a moment an idea: Today, go to Henan, not to go out tomorrow and the day after to change Zijia Chengde ... ... in the end to go or not? Go? It's that one every day of hesitated, hesitated, hesitation with ... ... until my colleague and his wife have been our plan vacation memories, thoughts, since May 6 that they must attend friend's wedding, but also no time taking a trip, our trip to the Central Plains 51 This has substantive content.
Because the family had just bought a car, colleagues, couples also have private cars, we have recommended that the four of us Zijia You. But Beijing to Luoyang section of track is not really close (by car 8,9 hours of walking speed have to do), Peter and I both are rookie, we chose the more difficult the smaller, more economical railway Guide. Jiuji a very early booking means that some companies call, but that went so far as booking hotline vapourized - probably would not survive the winter travel period of last year's SARS bar. CITS had no choice but to find the other side not guaranteed to be to. Uneasy in the day, a telephone reminder, and finally 27 got four berth. Happy! Now before all the obstacles have been nothing, just waiting to go out of the package!
The only explanation is that the house cats and small high, were all confessed to the father of. Speaking very sorry, because only cats, each holiday need to help us look after the house of an elderly person.
Golden Week departure look at the weather, depressed, 1, 2, actually has a light rain, it seems we have come to a full wet rain preferred travel gantry of the ... ...
Travel articles --
Ctrip reference to a lot of business as usual in the pre-donkey travels, summed up the following line:
April 30 Beijing West Railway Station by K269 night trips to Luoyang.
As early as May 1 arrived in Luoyang. Station, take Bus 81 to Dragon Gate, visit the Longmen Grottoes (including the Western Hills caves, Dongshan Grotto, Xiangshan Temple and white park ticket 80 yuan / person). After the road tour bus by 52 Direct Guan Lin (Luoyang Museum, tickets 25 yuan / person), visit Guan-Lin. Stay overnight in the old city of Luoyang.
As early as May 2 by bus to the 58 Road, White Horse Temple (tickets 40 yuan / person). Take long-distance bus tour to the Shaolin Temple after the junction, visit Shaolin Temple and Tallinn (ticket 40 yuan / person) and, if possible, visit Shaoshi Shan San Juan Village (tickets 30 yuan / person). Night ride to Dengfeng county, boarding Dengfeng.
As early as May 3 Tour Songyang College (tickets 25 yuan / person), Tang Songshan (Taishi Shan, tickets 25 yuan / person). Tour Zhong Yuemiao pm (tickets 25 yuan / person). After the long-distance bus ride to Zhengzhou Dengfeng, overnight in Zhengzhou.
As early as May 4 by long-distance bus to Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, large relative to Temple Tour (tickets 35 yuan / person), mountain Shaanxi-Gansu Hall (tickets 15 yuan / person) and the Tower Park (tickets 20 yuan / person, is visited by 10 yuan / people. or fan [sound po] tower), long-distance night bus ride back in Zhengzhou. Then my colleagues wife returned to Beijing by train, we went to visit family, Xinxiang Peter cousin.
Because this route is based on everyone's recommendations and experiences of developed and, therefore, not very different from the actual situation. Only later because of the generous cousin Peter, we both added a run-length of Jiaozuo Yuntaishan (May 5, Pass 80 / person) and Xinxiang 9 ligou Scenic Area (May 6, tickets are 30 yuan / person) . 6, run-length, is basically a city every day, though cursory, but it also tour the hinterland of the Central Plains.
Traffic --
Beijing - Luoyang: Beijing West Railway Station, K269 plays air-conditioned express train, late 9:08 start the next day as early as 8:22 arrived, hard sleeper 191 yuan in the shop.
Luoyang city's public transportation is very convenient, buses are no ticket sales, 1 yuan. Taxis are varied, starting at 6 yuan seems.
Luoyang - Shaolin Temple: Take the roadside opposite the White Horse Temple in Luoyang to Xuchang long-distance buses, ordinary CMB, one and a half hours to reach the temple junction, fare 10 yuan / person.
Shaolin Temple - Dengfeng: Taxi, 50 Yuan / car. (If it is in the morning to the Shaolin Temple, Dengfeng Cheng rental, as long as 20 yuan / trucks).
Dengfeng City Bus 0.5 yuan / person. Taxi No start fee, one dollar per kilometer. Moldova is also very convenient, is basically 2 yuan.
Dengfeng - Zhengzhou: state-run high-speed bus, Dengfeng turntable start, one and a half hours to reach Zhengzhou Bus Station (north of the city), the sold out the hair, a brand new Ford Transit CMB, there is air conditioning and LCD TV, 15 yuan / person.
Most of Zhengzhou City Taxi of Beverly and Xiali, both starting at 7 yuan.
Zhengzhou - Kaifeng: State-run high-speed long-distance bus, Zhengzhou Railway Station Bus Station opposite the departure ticket can be purchase in advance, one hour 40 minutes to reach the Kaifeng Sokokuji coach station, 18 yuan / person. Yutong brand-new large passenger air-conditioned, 25-minute intervals. Kaifeng area, but not in box office pre-sale tickets, while selling tickets in the parking lot. Because they do not know this, we get no return ticket and had to take a train to Zhengzhou (train 5.5 yuan / person), the result stood all the way to squeeze over the road. Kaifeng, opposite the railway station there is a long-distance bus station, but there to Zhengzhou, there is no timetable for long distance car, appear to be a private car.
Kaifeng city taxis are also many types of vehicles are operated by a private listing and pricing starts at 5 yuan. Mo's 2 yuan. Human tricycle route closer to the words of 1 yuan / person.
Zhengzhou - Xinxiang: Take the train is very convenient for an hour to 5.5 yuan / person. If by car, on the bus stop opposite the railway station by car, but also a brand new Yutong air-conditioned bus.
Xinxiang City Taxi surface in the majority, starting at 5 yuan.
Xinxiang - Beijing: Zhengzhou to Beijing K180 sub-air-conditioned fast, hard sleeper 150 yuan in the shop, almost the entire vehicle sleeper, very good buy tickets. Later than 11:48 on the train as early as 7:40 the next day and arrived at Beijing West Railway Station.
Accommodation篇--
Had tried to online reservations for hotels, but even through Ctrip find a room, the price has not less than 200 yuan, much higher than our budget. Wanted to come to these cities, the number of hotels should not be too small, so finally walked looking for --
Luoyang: West off the Royal Hotel. Choose to stay off the West for two reasons: First, there is direct access from the west off the White Horse Temple bus; 2, the West it is for the old city of Luoyang, should be able to live more in-depth understanding of the city. Can actually Xiguan accommodation is not good, the hotel unexpectedly less, we have found three hotels: a small alley house hotels, prices are very cheap, only 70 yuan / double room, but there is no standard rooms; silver Bridge Hotel, two-star, 300 RMB / standard room can play 8 off the price, or a little more expensive; Royal Hotel, a very impressive name, the room is very general, the bathroom is not very clean, 150 after rebates / Standard rooms contain early, hot nights 7:00 to 1:00. It was recommended to us a state-owned island is located in Holly hotels, said that is still relatively clean and reliable, however, when you have been exhausted to find the Royal had to stay there. The only advantage of this hotel is away from the 58 Road (bound for the White Horse Temple) is very close to the station, get up early to facilitate travel.
Dengfeng: turntable. In fact, the so-called dial is a roundabout, but the local people, including bus stop poles are so called. There are User recommended tobacco Hotel, standard room prices from 58 yuan / rooms to 168 yuan / rooms. We have already reached only 168 yuan / room house, discount 150 yuan / room stay there, with pairs of early, hot water from 6 pm to 12 o'clock. Room situations said in the past, if booked in advance call 58 yuan / among the better. Tobacco Hotel is located in the eastern edge of Dengfeng County, but it is a small town, the prevalence of Moldova, 2 yuan can go to the city center. Tobacco Hotel in front of 2-way bus direct access to river Zhong Yuemiao Songyang College (both in the opposite direction), but to the state-run high-speed long-distance railway station in Zhengzhou is located southeast turntable.
Zhengzhou: Railway Station Building. Are many hotels near the train station in Zhengzhou, Datong Hotel, Swan Hotel and the Central Plains hotels are located in the same building, although the listing two stars, but only in general. Finally, we found a railroad left the station building, is also a 2 star, discounted prices in 128 / Standard rooms, with double-back, 24-hour hot water, the bathroom is a shower. Here from the railway station, bus stops are very close and convenient transportation.
Xinxiang: Yellow Hotel. Samsung, is that we stayed in this trip the best hotels. Price unknown.
Food articles --
Our trip to the Central Plains Another objective is to taste the Central Plains food culture. This is a land of pasta, catering and an extensive air:
Luoyang:
Breakfast: egg cake filling. In Beijing were also sold, and Xian Jian post-bake, crisp and flavorful another, eating even when the cast hot sauce, lettuce clip, ah, looking there is loss of appetite. However, we ate the cake in Luoyang than Beijing's large and hard, no butter, want to come and in the vicinity of the station the next day off in the West like to eat a lot of roadside stalls.
Lunch: Standard Henan meals, noodles. Manual processing of wide noodles, it is tendons to.
Dinner: West off Old Town, the famous "real different," Fanzhuang, Luoyang water seats. Because only four individuals, we can only point of seats in the water of the fine four-course: Peony Yan Cai, Luoyang boil cargo, West spicy fish and rice wine Azolla. The so-called water-seats, that is, Brussels sprouts, each dish has a soup, served in a bowl sea exposure. Peony Yan Cai is one of the most unique, the main materials white radish strip, the middle plate with a yellow peony Danpi assumed shape. This is the Tang Dynasty, said there is a farm race out of the white radish weighing 18 pounds, which is extremely rare at the time, and then into the time dedicated to the Queen Empress Wu, Mikuriya clever use of the heart radish radish cooked this Road wire dish; Wu Huang Tai Long Yan Yue, after eating, saying that there is bird's nest style, so Cimingyancai. Here, a lot of admiring patrons, but the general flavor dishes, and vegetables are large volume and enjoy the time is sufficient.
Shaolin Temple:
Lunch: Shaolin International Teaching Center, restaurants, clouds of tobacco smoke, voices, services are far from in place. Point of a special vegetarian meal Shaolin - Shaolin Sibao, 40 yuan, has said that the four kinds of wild fruits produced, but how to eat like starch are estimated to be cheated. Daoshi a fish-flavored eggplant taste good.
Dengfeng:
Breakfast at the hotel, there is a very special dishes, and fried noodles mixed with watermelon rind bubble (like fried dough sticks, but even more bars to).
Lunch in the Songshan Mountain Peak, and Peter points to eat 5 RMB / bowl of a bowl of golden wheat Lang shell surface and 5 yuan / packet a packet of biscuits, we ate the most delicious noodles.
Dinner: Henan Hong Men wanted to taste authentic lamb, so to a small motor home drivers to help us find a good restaurant, a driver with big eyes blinking thought and thought and finally pulled our high Zhaoban, I got a see, was originally home "Prairie Xingfa Shabu-shabu", but both of you to eat of. Entertain us to the third floor directly to the rooms, great rooms, as well as serving a special greeting service. Chrysanthemum tea, mandarin duck pot, lamb chops, then eat tons of thrilled, dinner afterwards, plus drinks less than 120.
Zhengzhou:
Dinner: Do not know Zhengzhou Cuisines, with the hotel front desk inquiries, said Miss Huimian to taste it, Hsiao remember what I remember are good. Miss pointing along the direction of walking, walking near the road on the fans, the ED also has a young and handsome traffic police ask for directions, saying, go to Xiao remember it, clean. In his pointing down to the Shaw in mind that point a lot of dishes: a fish maw (said to be shark), Yellow River carp stewed (and the Miyun Reservoir, the taste is very similar), and four small bowl of lamb Huimian. Henan food that is affordable ah, four bowl came, almost scary, and this is actually a small bowl of what we want! Taste is very general, all the rest of the final surface.
Kaifeng: a very very special to go to Kaifeng, the first floor, for its well-known clyster package. Results within the hotel at noon, when lots of people waiting there to tell only 460 yuan / table packages, we were frightened away. After the Eiffel Tower played unwilling, he went to, people I was not so much, and may still not loose seats, only 180 yuan / copies of the package, three cold dishes, three hot dishes, plus four cage steamed buns. We still have been scared off in the end, and want to give up clyster packages, goods, goods, local "strange odor floor," but there has been work. Eventually find another restaurant to eat clyster package, the taste can be, but it is just steamed buns Bale.
A kind of roadside snack is to cut open a sesame seed from which, after the oil serving folder. Looked very fragrant, but was blocked did not eat Peter.
Xinxiang:
Breakfast at the hotel, there are two characteristics of snacks, one is inside the salt added vegetables and vermicelli cornmeal porridge, after I tried to eat feel bad; the other is the mutton soup, I do not like big oil for food, no attempt.
Dinner: finally eat me and Peter's favorite: Hong Men lamb. No wonder in other cities failed to find the original was actually Xinxiang a must. Peter's brother took us to local restaurants, the best lamb Hong Men - Old Town Restaurant, it really was the birthplace of Hong Men lamb, eat very special, sit down at one table to a bag of rock candy, saying it was, and rock candy Water can prevent eating mutton get angry. Here lamb Su Lan, taste rich, oil Fenpi bean curd skin, and rinse them very well. After dinner my brother took us to buy locally famous NIU Zhong-Xi sesame seed, but this Cotton eat too late, sesame seed cakes are closing shop, and do not know how such a sesame seed in the end.
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