D3 Taxkorgan - Hongqilapu - Kashi
As the time-lag in the morning Beijing time more than 10 points before we proceed, holding that hotel opened a first border post waiting in line to replace the ports proof. We were very lucky good Hongqilapu ports long ago closed, herdsmen reportedly discovered terrorists, yesterday re-development, said yesterday that under the snow above, what can not see, and today is a good day, sunny. Waiting for nearly 1 hour later, we finally set off, because there is a space vehicle, a border armed police will ride to the port, I heard that he wanted at an altitude of more than 6000 meters of space for short-wave antenna, which is not easy to live, so he With his bad mood. Truck tie-person or with something on the port seems to be the practice here, I saw a little Jeep Grand installed on both ports of the post to bring some supplies.
After proceeding along Taxkorgan river, there are large large segment of the straight section of road, this road called the Sino-Pakistani Friendship Highway, is often more than 10 kilometers as the straight runway on both sides of all highland desert, very few trees, as well as Many do not call on the name of birds and Red-billed crow, or black mouth, on both sides of the mountain due to wind and rain erosion, becoming steep, many of the vertical section of the ravine, but also full of large and small, empty, see up and full of mystery, like Alibaba and Sishitaidao treasure hidden in mountains, people might feel like shouting "Open, Sesame." Forward more than an hour later, the high altitude gradually, and roadside snow from time to time. Suddenly, I saw a whole body golden guy, craned his head looked at us, marmot, it must be marmot. Here they could see the otter had heard, and never thought to see so many of these lazy little guy, fat Pier, or own one or two or three clusters in the desert filled with rocks and thorns, the leisurely basking in太阳. When we try to close them when the camera seems awkward that they are incredibly alert, first stretches his body and looked around, and then suddenly one of them warned that moment all the guys have disappeared without a trace, and later we found the ground covered with their cave, there is a little bit of trouble, they will be able to immediately dig into hiding. However, there is one unlucky guy, when we fast passing car when this guy from the middle of the road Cuanguo dippy, unfortunately, has been hit by a car, but also has been pressing a bit behind the car died on the spot. The skin is said to these guys to get down the mountain to Maihao hundreds, but they will carry with them a variety of infectious bacteria, and watched it looks devastated, and we do not want Zaiqu harass it, and only used Shugun move it below the road , and my heart silently pondering, it is, such a law and have been a dead wolf or the fox that ate more comfortable ... ....
The way the previous winding, some more than two hours later, we went to an elevation of more than 4000 Hongqilapu port, where the world has been completely ice, and far and near the Karakoram mountain range towering snow-capped mountains a seat in front of the towering, snow peak following is orange and brown of the hills and mountains, clear blue sky of incomparable, the whole earth in the strong sun, as if condensed into a crystal clear jade, reflecting a bright light. The Tajik people have peaks, mountains, sun and flowers under the sun raging wilderness directly as a symbol of God, when is the beauty of these natural features are soaked when the soul is also erase the same as here, the air clear and transparent, so that people do not self-determination produced a yearning for a supernatural God.
Our luck is really good, it so happens there are two officers in the Chinese border in Pakistan side, and tourists who are photography, Joann and I also hastened to Minato in the past, and their photo. One of the officers holding pointer look of beard, quite awe-inspiring, and the other wearing a robe of Pakistani businessmen will be speaking English to us as the Japanese, that we come from Beijing, feeling a bit surprised, to associate tower County children playing with hello and we call foreigners feel may be here more than than the Chinese.
About half an hour later, we left to return tower counties, county tower after lunch at noon, all the way back Kashi, long-range strike after 300 kilometers, to the Da Kashi before dinner. Kashi People's Square at night with milk and eating ice cream and yogurt flavor rich, watching the old and young Uygur men and women dancing together, an inattentive by Kashi, another master of mosquitoes hospitality, Youtengyouyang, a full tortured me one晚上.
Note:
1. Kashgar city's night market meant nothing to a little bit of food very good characteristics, such as pilaf, lamb or something. There is a name of the original nine schools pilaf king of small restaurants and do a good pilaf to eat, do not smell of mutton, but in order to lose weight, do not eat the MM.
2. On the road at night the people living in the Century Hotel, 130 / day, guest houses, proximity to the Old City of Kashgar, living side of the street you can not see the picture of the Old City.
Author: Tiger_Moon
