Westbound Diary - Qamdo
2004/5/3
Today we will have to bid farewell to Sichuan, Tibet, set foot on land, along the way will be followed across the Jinsha River, Lancang River, the road is long, about 300 kilometers, so 7:00 on the road. Up early, saw yesterday, is also a dig at the old pain Hong Jie Lu looking gaunt, not knowing what he was eating yesterday, God intends to let him through thick and thin in the evening would have had gastroenteritis, diarrhea, four times a face was black wrinkle, and coupled with increasingly lush beard, very vicissitudes of feeling, cool.
Dege leave soon, a dozen kilometers to the Jinsha River, the river turbid yellowish, and only 10 meters wide, and everyone sleepy, also give a lift at a glance. There are some disappointed, look forward to the long-Jinsha River so much, and one saw no difference between the streams, and perhaps have the opportunity each river is the source of the Yangtze River, the only difference is the luck Bale. Then came Allah vortex pull snow and snow-capped mountains, vast expanse of whiteness in the mountains of the blocks of small houses popping up like an oasis in the desert full of touched me. Coming down the mountain saw a lama school Yishanbangshui Flaveria lone red walls, monks their vehicles are motorcycles, bicycles, very modern. What follows is an undulating desert, thin turf from time to time under the exposed red soil, 10 points we smooth through the river reach, Lily sister today's special spirit, all the way and the board really in full flight, you Souchangguadu song to remember Du sang again, from the "two tigers" sing "socialist successor", and then we follow the Golden toast really learn Tibetan songs. Deng really talked about his childhood hunting story, very interesting, their childhood in the forest, cattle, guns in the tide, and envy ing. Gang of Four and the Nima Division also good, everyone enjoyable atmosphere was really good to Gordon repeatedly said that today is my happiest day, at noon came to the Green mud hole, a good monster's name, a dark roadside restaurant, filled with choking nose of cigarette smoke, can only study in northern Shaanxi farmer holding a rice bowl along the foot of the wall squat, only the old Lu stomach went on strike, really do not see him so ill-treatment in the past poor stomach, telling him he's stomach is hungry, do not something to eat, his stomach had to eat himself. Lily sister borrowed a packet of instant Dabu Tang let him add water and electrolyte. If you want to give him hand needle to be venous access.
After an afternoon of canyons, roads and streams, like two Piaowu thin band sandwiched between the dependency on either side of the cliff line, one after another, like Need for Speed bend real scenes, and some sections of the hillside to see the tree into pieces into thin sheets, black withered, acts of God or a man-made is not known, very sorry thing that strikes you. Our car also hit the road a few minor incidents were stopped by the road, like the walkie-talkie like a dumb, when we came to a river valley, bypassing a small village, the sun was shining and the river rolling in front of the crowd have been waiting for a half an hour. Our truck continued forward, I do not know why always felt that this side of the mountain with dust, without the Sichuan side of the clear atmosphere. Gordon is really very rich botanical knowledge, taught us how to cover up speculation elevation, I am probably a teacher can be driven mad by the students,
"This is a mountain Yin Liu"
"Why is it necessary to call Alpine Yin Liu?"
"This is a special plant plateau"
"But it is where there is silver, unworthy of the name"
"It leaves a silver"
"Please, where?"
"You do not see"
"No, everyone look at, is there?" No
"Well, her flowers are silver, and has already met the"
"Really." (Puzzled middle)
16 o'clock came to the Lancang River edge, baby, "Gordon true, here is do the Jinsha River, over" "baby sister teach you, here is the Lancang River and Jinsha the morning passed, over".
Very smoothly in about 6:00 went to the Qamdo, Yishanbangshui, city repair very modern, but also along the way first to see the lights of the big cities neat Surprisingly, there are Chengdiao and the middle of the street gardens. Sky early days, where the sunset to 8:00, drove directly to the high peak came Qiangbalin Monastery, where a total of five major Living Buddhas, which Geleg Namgyai was vice chairman of CPPCC National Committee, repair shop with a the squares are a football field and the square, main hall has been closed, and a Zhacang Dahongpao monks inside and out, into a look, is doing Butter Sculpture, do first a conical base, and then from the crevices that the dye Ji Cheng a filament of good butter and then carefully modified into a beautiful pattern. Everyone could not lift the camera, a monk is very warm, very fond of taking pictures, not only did not block us shoot butter lamps, but also characterization of the assumed modeling shoot the enjoyment of everyone on our digital camera also has a very strong interest in seeing playback face will be happy laugh. Their faces attractive than the dignity of the Buddha.
Author: lilion16
