Populus autumn trip
Autumn in October, we have four authentic Guangzhou "Miss", re-back companionship for many years already, and battle-hardened camel bag, set foot on the train march in Guangzhou - Lanzhou, Inner Mongolia EJINAQI go far away to enjoy in the "Heroes "It once again in a golden of Populus euphratica.
D1: In order to save overhead costs, we have a line 4 "Miss" went so far as both wore head pieces boil hard seat. As the integrity of gold in October National Day holiday, the train simply can not be optimistic about the situation, not only forced packed, and the voices. Looked at the pile of hand from the Internet to download information, we then decided to change the original plan after the arrival of Lanzhou, Jiuquan turn into the amount of flags on the line, instead switch back to Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Ningxia - Alxa Zuoqi - the amount of flags on the route , come back out again from Jiuquan to reach not only do not turn the clock back, but can go a few more spots purposes. Haha, just happened to be in Phoenix a week ago, the "vertical and horizontal China" program, see the world-famous Western Xia Dynasty introduction, I is a new route for us to feel excitement.
D2: very painful to endure the hard seat can not take the posture of one or more sleep a night, woke up the next morning is like an aching muscles have been an old lady. Looked at the hands of the Chinese map, quietly countdown with the location and number of the train arrival, unknowingly had come to the evening. Very beautiful sunset on the train and immediately rush to pick up the digital camera photographed a few, to witness the majestic scenery for the motherland.
D3: middle of the night, the train had just met over the direction of our destination, intense cold at the moment, depriving us wear clothing that almost brought the body. Did not sleep that night, of course, vaguely remember the early morning bleary-eyed out the window scene saw a thin layer of frost are all dressed in the scenery, is a simple beauty.
Lanzhou, the train arrive on station, we might miss four hard-seat train after 36 hours, after they appeared nervous fatigue conditions, the results of the train went straight to buy a train ticket the day to reach the fastest train in Ningxia Yinchuan, no I thought I could use other The means of transport. A result, bought a 16 o'clock the day before the train departure, we found a two-hour class luxury bus to Yinchuan. In order to save valuable time, we have returned to be deducted 20% of the ticket price, eat a very well-known Jinding Lanzhou beef noodles noodle shop, the immediately boarded the 11:00 am start, 6.5 hours later arrived in Yinchuan, a luxury bus .
Yinchuan is the time of arrival of dusk. Yinchuan city, the station is divided into two parts of South Gate and North Gate, North Gate is responsible for the local attractions Tourism Organization. Consultation with the station operating within the state allows shop chartered costs, the price is not Fei. In order to ensure that we reach the final destination of the time and enjoy the ultimate goal of Populus euphratica autumn, we have to give up most of the attractions of Yinchuan tour and decided to easily cut-off on the road chartered a local taxi for tomorrow morning, first visited the West Xia Imperial Tombs , and then to go to Inner Mongolia Alashan Zuoqi. Can not think of a small one in Yinchuan city, Lanzhou actually spend more than many expensive, After a series of twists and turns, we chartered was confirmed the next day and night accommodation. Chartered driver introduced us to as far as he is in Yinchuan is known to eat halal lamb clutch mutton shops, as to how the real taste of lamb, we should ask me the other several female compatriots. (However, I do not eat mutton)
Lanzhou - Yinchuan (about 6.5 hours) luxury bus (with toilet) two-hour intervals 90 yuan / person road conditions are very good, almost entirely for the Highway (Note: There are several cars near the train station terminal, vehicle quality and out of the bus time varied, I forgot that we were riding in the passenger terminal of the specific name of the bus, feeling is the most good, in the face of the railway station on the right-hand side of the road)
Yinchuan Accommodation: Common Guest House (small) 20 RMB / Bed (10 dollars is very small, we live in that particular is, but with a separate bathroom, but the situation is more that of the)
Common Guest House (medium) 30-50 yuan / bed hotel (there should be three weeks) 50 or above / bed Yinchuan Attractions: West Xia Imperial Tombs, the Helan Mountains, the western movie and so on
D4: probably more than ten in the morning arriving in my mind the long-standing admirers of the West Xia Imperial Tombs, saddened too much man-made has been the West Xia Imperial Tombs original spirit and Wei-Sheng random piling up too bad the next two mounds of earth's bleak feeling. The construction of the museum are not necessarily how unique our hearts a sense of South Vietnam in Guangzhou tomb either from the museum or the museum of design and describes the atmosphere outside the carving, but also slightly better. In theory the West Xia Imperial Tombs and the South Vietnamese on the tomb of course, can not talk for a heart, even more sorry! ! !
The appearance of distressed Tomb with my original thought from Hachijo days long gone, but finally was witnessed that once dominated the great achievements China and Turkey, and the desolate scenes of that destiny, we did not stay for long have urged drivers to immediately go to their next destination Alxa Left Banner . We originally planned to reach Zuoqi day after the purchase of bus tickets to the amount of flag (only a day class), and Zuoqi stay one night, but never thought that we reach the Zuoqi is noon, in our driver The proposal, in the local chartered proceed immediately to the amount of flags on the night can be reached, and the cost of 100 yuan / person, only more expensive than the bus ride more than a dozen Da-Yuan, so the enthusiasm of the driver assistance, we have found a local one take the amount of flag bit special chartered route driver - Xiao Zhou. Apart from anything else, 100 yuan / person, we have luggage from the boot of a taxi to move quickly to another one boot, rice are all too busy to think to eat, just let the driver took a coat to go home, they continue to the ultimate goal.
On the road, we have gone through Mondsee, Swan Lake and other attractions, but do not have to rush into. Just check the ID card at the checkpoint when a short stay, eat lunch meal or dinner do not know if regarded as the rice, continue to be non-stop to their progress. Thoughts desert along dirt straight from time to time, and Xiao Zhou chatting up a lot of local knowledge to understand. Finally arrived around 20:00 (about 7-8 hours by car), we finally reached the hearts of P. euphratica was a place full of gold - Ejin flag. Coincides with the year of the golden days of Populus euphratica rare festival, photography enthusiasts from around the country, self-driving tourists, and other long this area of only a few streets in Guangzhou the size of small towns stacked full. There is a pretty place to live, but quite expensive, after all we plan to live here a few days, so the driver Xiao Zhou enthusiastic help of beating around the bush, we finally identified a family living in the local the courtyard. So late, can be found living in already very bad, not to mention only 20 yuan / person / day the price is really very happy. Unfortunately, the toilet is the locals dug in the yard of a pit, take a bath to go to the public Yutang resolved. A full three days of toil, finally able to sleep on the Meimeidishui until tomorrow, opened his eyes you can see the long-awaited autumn Napian of Populus euphratica.
Western Xia Imperial Tombs: Admission 36 yuan / person along the road Attractions - Mondsee (150 yuan / person, packages), Swan Lake and other chartered: Yinchuan - Western Xia Imperial Tombs - Alxa Zuoqi 200 yuan more than ordinary taxis as oil Bai Highway, road conditions can also be chartered: Alashan Zuoqi - the amount of flags on regular cab 100 yuan / person, mostly oil-Bo Road, traffic can also not recommended to exercise at night. Chartered driver Xiao Zhou Tel (human, very good): 13,154,830,180
The amount of flag Accommodation: local garden about 20 yuan / person guest houses 50 or more / person Hotel (Zhang Yimou's film at that time living in is called the amount of flag hotel) is not clear
D5: the morning after going out, is found to be full of photography and self-driving team. Eating breakfast, we are also a team from the Zhangye to drive off-road motorcycles come accompanied by a team invited to play with, there is free transportation, another free dinner, we naturally agreed.
The amount of flags to look for some Populus euphratica is divided into eight main attractions bridge because the bridge where there is river, there are places where river water Populus euphratica will grow lush, good-looking. Attractions directly named a bridge, erdaoqiao ... .... Has been to eight bridge. 8 bridge location close to the desert, the most suitable for watching the sunset and sunrise. While the film where a hero, that is euphratica was the most beautiful places open erdaoqiao, alas, Needless to say, look at pictures bar ~ ~ ~ ~
D5: sleep until almost noon to go out and continue to enjoy the golden erdaoqiao of Populus euphratica. In the spots where we encountered a group of Cantonese-speaking Guangdong Province, also from the clansmen, including a world-class photographer Jane masters, they all come from Dongguan Shilong. Case of items, the exhibition is the so-called foreign land, exceptionally warm, so we shoot with them euphratica and chat, but were they invited to eat a meal with a very rich dinner. This is also the self-help journey recurring cause for rejoicing. Haha, or continue to look at pictures within ~ ~ ~ ~
D6: In order to achieve the desire to see the sunrise, we climbed At 5 o'clock on the up. After a little twists and turns, we finally found a local chartered a Mongolian driver took us to the black city. As the twists and turns before the delay time, we thought we had missed the magnificent sunrise scenes, who knows the city is on the way to the dark, I finally saw the golden pie that glowing red cloud slowly climbed up from the moment just too excited! But cold was terrible, I am still optimistic about obediently sat in the car!
We sat in the car smoothly through that one of the Heihe river has long been covered up the bridge, rushed to the Black Castle is on the early hours of the Asahi. Bone-chilling wind, dazzling light, there it is like standing on top of the walls in the desert, so I feel a long time can not ping service. It is in this the simplest, most natural combinations, we feel that the sudden emergence of a power to shock. If the West Xia Imperial Tombs to preserve such refinement can also be like the boldness of vision!
Visit the black city, we returned to the original Road strange forest. Seeing kept trained Yi Keke Hu partially collapsed immortality is not dry poplar, styling was so anthropomorphic, and vivid, can not help but think that in that distant ancient times, a cut-throat market competition was the battlefield of war. Originally, I would like to pick up 12 the smaller branches of Populus euphratica to go home as a memento, but I am in this endless stretches of sand in the walk through the search tree Populus euphratica was broken when he suddenly felt like for the pick up bones of the dead soldiers after the war, a burst trembling, finally picked up or not. Let them rest in the bar where they belong!
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By dusk, we drove to the 8 bridge to enjoy the sunset and enjoy our last few days the amount of flags on a landscape.
Black City: tickets 25 yuan / person strange forest: tickets for 10 yuan were chartered: Black City - the strange woods - God tree (we went to the door did not go in) - 8 Bridge 300 yuan / General jeep driver name and that of Health, Mongolia family, Changdehenshuai gas, were particularly easy-going, can be contacted at his home to live Telephone: 13948005133/13514832465
Flag in the amount of other tourist attractions: Home overhang the sea
D7: the error due to previous estimates, we can not buy the amount of flags from the shuttle bus ticket back to Jiuquan. The driver was enthusiastic help and guidance of students, we and local residents crowded day at the local post office for postal delivery of letters and articles of the first car on the 10th of this place, which is Yang Liwei Shenzhou 5 rocket launch site, and then from the local chartered back to Jiayuguan, as a bar to many scenic spots.
On the 10th base of the building is very elegant town, possibly because of the country an important base for the sake of it, full of rows of trees and brightly colored flowers, very clean and organized. We kept trained on distant overlooks two rockets, can not think of us and it is also regarded as a care fate, otherwise we will not accidentally come to this place. We are also square them the portraits of former leaders of three generations of their POSE photographed, seen the driver somehow, ha ha, funny!
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Evening time, we finally boarded the train in Lanzhou Jiayuguan back, middle of the night inside a special cold, I do not know how to survive it he is, and the road away from home more and more closer.
The amount of flag - on the 10th: The Post Car - front of the car seat: 20 yuan / person inside the car stations (to the locals and letters crowded together, air is turbid) 10 yuan / person very bad road conditions, Britain very, So, wants to open very slowly.
On the 10th - Jiuquan 200 yuan / local ordinary private car Jiuquan - Jiayuguan (city) General Taxi 5 yuan / person Jiayuguan (city) - Jiayuguan tower ordinary taxi about 10 yuan to play table Jiayuguan tower - Train Ordinary taxi station playing table is about 10 yuan (Note: By following the line of Jiuquan can package the Department of taxis, and drivers say the price of a good full on the list)
Jiayuguan Attractions: Jiayuguan tower, the Great Wall No. 1 pier, etc.
D8: Since starting the train at night, so daytime hours a week at Lanzhou, Xia Guang, tasting the last meal of local lamb. 21:30 or so, and finally set foot on the train back home in Guangzhou. This time I fell asleep, but returned because it was really tired Bu Hangle.
D9: the train
D10: 10 am and more, we finally returned to his hometown of Miss 4.
Author: a_tine
