I was in August 2004 issue of Hangzhou, a grassland in Inner Mongolia to see the desert, in which success or failure to share with you.
August 14: I have not bought bought a non-sleeper seat K256 hurry off 10:25 am. Fortunately, the make up of the sleeper, in the staff lounge, passengers less, very quiet, but the event did not travel to Inner Mongolia, "comrades." All the way landscape in general, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang no different.
Ill-prepared: No band in this book, cup, but fortunately, with the MP3, music.
Cost: 253 + fill lying 180 fare, meals 15 X 2
August 15: In the morning wake up out of the window landscape remains. After a Beijing, approaching that period of successive Shacheng tunnel, mountains, for the first time on the north, I began to excited. After a Fengzhen the conductor asked me to switch to cars, the event of two living in Inner Mongolia for a long time businessman, saying that no grasslands near Mount Cho-funded will depend on grasslands also received Xilinhot, there is the real prairie. The temporary change of plan, at 6:00 p.m. to 10:17 p.m. Jining Xilinhot transferred under the train. Set Nanto cold, add a jacket or a cold shiver.
Cost: 30 + make up lying 60 fare, meals 50
August 16: rainy, cold. Morning wake up out of the window is full of sand dunes, probably after a silver Coulomb station. However, the railway a lot of sand on both sides of kinds of willows do not know how the sand dunes which, over the gray-Teng Liang, trees, grass and more and more. The morning my eyes would never leave out of the window.
Down the train, stopped a taxi, a little price cut 150 round-trip, heading straight for the map of the Xilin Gol Inner Mongolia Grassland Nature Reserve. Along the way is open prairie, few buildings. Rain stopped, but the day was gloomy. Grass is not long, sparse, mushrooms to the Trinidad and Tobago. The driver said that this year's drought, the north grass is short, south of the high grass. On the road with horses, as well as a special a beautiful man-made mound, all stone-base up. At noon-day cloudy, blue sky, white clouds, the distant gray light off of the mountain, beautiful, the only defect is not enough green grass.
The driver opened the 80 km proposed projects, pull me to the Al good spa, saying that the map refers to here any more. Turn full circle, no scenery, the grass is low, low. And photos are winding rivers, lush plants can not contact the Xilin Gol Grassland. Only later did I understand the map of the Xilin Gol League Xilin Gol grassland means that the whole inside of about 20 million square kilometers, have had the trunk the size of the Xilin Gol River meandering rivers and lakes During this period, so lush plants, cattle manure MA Zhuang, particularly in the East ujimqin the most beautiful flag ujimqin grasslands. Photos are winding river, a haven for lush plants on the that there.
After the driver was recommended to the south of the nine Bay, for an extra 80 round-trip. The way I am eager to rush to the next grasslands, but the driver can stop picking mushrooms, then place mushrooms are Trinidad and Tobago. It also opened the road after a man-made mound, did not stop, the driver shows many days to reach li Wu Road obo. After a city 207 national highway to the Nankai, the grass turned green a lot. After cylinder gol reservoir, the driver on the wrong road overlooking the reservoir from the south, I Shunbian Dai. Prairie Lane Reservoir, Ting Mei, and is worth a stopover.
Does not have much way to a 9 on the Bay, is a pretty big wetlands, many waterfowl, worth a visit. Attractions case of two local environmental activists, driving to picking up litter, causing me to not even dare not throw cigarette butts, but no rubbish bins, do not even Admission fees.
I am back on the road side of a hill off, leaving the driver's mobile phone number, called him the first back. I mounted one after another hill, the highest hill to see there are still sheep. But did not see a herdsman. If there is a yurt herders depend on the stay there I would live or die, and can see the sunrise the next day. Look at the height grassland is another scene, sit alone in the grasslands Chosho Peak is another feeling.
Went to the foot of the mountain open at sunset and so on. Prairie sunset special America, particularly in those clouds, that the sunset after sunset.
Ill-prepared: do not know enough of the Inner Mongolia; camera shoot sunset, when low-battery is dead; see the good parking spots even have to stay, will regret missed.
Thoughts: Although the drivers are not satisfied, the grass is not lush, but that you rarely see the buildings along the way open, or excites me, feeling pretty good.
Cost: 150 +80 +15 fare accommodation 20 (single rooms may be taking a bath)
August 17: sunny, not cold. For the driver, Meng master, a middle-aged driver, because the eye, to bring her buddies (husband) Chef Wang, 303 State Road to the Dali Lake, Shun white tone sil Nature Reserve. Xilin Gol River bridge over the road there may be a short stay off, or bridge, viewing, or playing in the water under the bridge, take off your shoes into the wetlands can be. On the road there are tall windmill power generation group. All the way open flat grassland, grass not only green and high, the whole flocks of cattle and sheep, rare people, rooms. Noon to Zhen Zi Mountain, you can ride, that special feeling of galloping good, but those who do not ride too fast the beginning of long, careful butt hurt (soon at least two foot in the stirrup, the bottom would be better away from the saddle point). Do not forget Zhenzi after riding mountain rock art. In Zhenzi mt will be able to see the Dali Lake, and near there are restaurants, several points can be up to the lake where fish, as well as mushrooms, bracken taste delicious, inexpensive. Grasslands, lake blue sky white clouds, the open brings a few people, buildings, therefore, I specially the United States. Mongolian national costumes can be rented here at the lake take pictures. If not thoroughly enjoyed themselves plenty of time can be further driven forward from another angle, Dali Lake is another scene.
The bayan sil Nature Reserve have to go back to the section fork in the road into the gravel, the road over the tree, there is a grass is to open a small flower, a single piece of thick yellow tapestry, there are scattered trees, specially the United States. Protected areas, there are sand spruce forest, birch forest, lake. Saudi spruce forest Department can take a long view, that lake, such as pearl. Birch forest is densely covered in birch forest, heard opening look inside a volcanic remnants. The way back to see flocks of cranes.
Lack of preparation: the camera memory is not enough beauty everywhere, delete what Zhang is difficult to select and pain.
Cost: driver special passion, the fare with me to, I gave 200, lunch 80.
August 18: fine. Goals, 207 State Road to the gray-teng sil natural botanical garden, and then to look for Hunshandake sand searching for Hunger hematoxylin-ting. Battelle transformation of sand. To listen to the driver's father introduced Tingbateer former second secretary of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Party Committee, as among the children of grassland transformation can take root in the sand, special admiration for the kind of transformation is not utilitarian sand heroes. (Back to look for materials to understand Tingbateer deeds with the driver after the introduction of discrepancies). I do not that man-made attractions, but artificial modification of the sand and would like to go and see.
Xilinhot departure, 207 State Road 55 kilometers went to the gray-teng sil natural botanical garden, grass seed here is rich in open-colored flowers, if as early as 20 days would be more beautiful flowers everywhere. Because letting go is the highest pasture. There willow herb ditch, yellow slope, wild plum Beach, Ice Cave, the ancient volcanic ruins, landscapes, etc. bogd Figure obo. Willow herb willow ditch one tall orchid Unfortunately, only the top of Liu Ji Duo of orchids. Slope were mostly yellow flower seeds Manzhi of Whispering. To bogd Figure obo said to come and go to 3 hours, time permitting, is worth a go, I heard that obo You Niantou more traditional while the momentum, and ascend to long-term perspective, can see easily see the beauty.
Noon to walk 10 kilometers to the gray-teng Liang dinner, add steamed with white big Huicai onions (scallions), with meat and pasta, to my appetite, eating so cool, and economical.
68 km at turning into hunger hematoxylin, you can see a lot of sand had. Side of the road is cultivated sand sand sand-fixation of the willow. Passing through a Ga residue (village), there are temples obo. Because to catch the evening train, not to the ting. Battle of life on the Ga residue returned. Back on the road waiting to greet the case of a small group led by the leadership, there are two singers wearing national costumes and holding prairie white (wine), and hada wait. Off requirements and singer photo, local leaders readily agreed, and gave me Hsien wine sing. That 60 degrees is very refreshing white prairie, not hot. But the stamina feet, can not be belittled.
Of the 207 national highway about 30 kilometers from the city Department has Pingdingshan, a good place to see the sunset.
20:12 pm to buy a soft sleeper to Hohhot.
Impressions: 207 National Road on both sides of the US special scenery. Prairie everywhere is the scenery, scenic spots that do not have to care about the 'point', and in most cases no fees on the lake and gray Dari Teng sil natural botanical garden tickets are 10 yuan. The driver is very warm and only two days into a friend, broke up then come to the station to see me, send me the best gift --- two bottles of white prairie.
Cost: 200 back to Hohhot chartered 156
August 19: cloudy. Goals, Xiang Shawan. 8:30 am to Xilinhot, got off the train without a train station for 303 Hohhot to dalad qi (Xiang Shawan) train about 11:40 into the Xiang Shawan this station, the change to an agricultural vehicle 2 yuan attractions, in order to play thoroughly enjoyed themselves, in order to see the sunset sunrise, I found a hotel in the scenic spots first. Xiang Shawan is a sand dune, not very open, winding one, but after thorough enough to boundless edge (sand dunes when the living). No sun, the sand does not ring Xiang Shawan; light is not very good, gray, and yellow sand are not very yellow, but not hot. No sitting camel, did not find their own path itself; has sat sandbar Motorcycle think that can go very far, a large circle in fact only a very small circle, to a little bit exciting, like riding a roller coaster. Down the motor alone, carrying his luggage to the depths of the dunes away. Gray, and no scenery. In fact, I do not like the desert, even the best of the King did not like, I like the green. So, to find an oasis in the sand dunes are also doing Surprisingly, in such a season, to find two in the sand dunes are flowering plants.
But the desert alone to experience the best lone lonely place, climbed a sand dune after another, before and after no one, nothing, only the long footprints and wind blowing non-stop along the yellow sand. Just as I was alone experience "Neither the front nor the ancients, who, after not see to read a leisurely heaven and earth, was the sole sad tears, however," the lonely desert actually raining, and I did not Daiyu San, has gone away, and had to rush back to go . To the scenic area tent, the rain has been great, and special cold.
Wait until the rain has not stopped in the evening, the sunset is not see the. To take advantage of rain on the dunes and then down a little browsing on. Riding back to hotel, but also passed back riding addiction.
Cost: Fares Hohhot to Xiang Shawan 15 tickets to live 50 Motorcycle 20 sand 50
August 20: Another rain can not see the sunrise, on the spots Gu Ju 20 yuan to the National Highway, hailed in the header back to Hangzhou, the. In Baotou bought a few CD, dances and music and long tune, very characteristic of Inner Mongolia.
Postscript: grassland so beautiful, I too like the grasslands of the. Hope been friends of grassland to contact me to share some thoughts, photos.
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