D1, Aug.12, 2004
With a hint of depressed left Guangzhou, Zhou hills surrounding the ancient city of Lijiang is not give me much comfort, xing XU is too strong business atmosphere, and perhaps visited Xitang town, the feeling of deja vu, or an online seen too many expectations is too high, in short, there is no novelty.
Until it got into the "Mosuo bar," exclusive possession and that the entire attic space, look out the window willow whisk the wind, heart slowly quiet down, out of the window a small city hustle and bustle of the street from my voice seems far away. Yes, this is a good place for trance. But in my mind, Lijiang is not the case, it should be more pure, more quiet, more ancient.
To the city where a friend called to experience the feeling of thousands of miles distant. Thanks to modern Communications, allows us to horizon right close by home, but the convenience of modern communications has the charm of the number of denied distance.
LG from the Yulong Snow Mountain called to tell me to the Old Town of Lijiang to do four things: one, clubbing, two, in the way to go to bars, three, daze, four, Yan Yu. The first three things I have been familiar with and complete the twist and strive to join with the LG completed before the fourth things. But the end did not succeed. ;)
As night fell, Nor do the characteristics of the ancient city. Executive glass of wine, sitting in the river to drink alone. Either side flow, such as weaving, to see the river without a trace of pious WATER LANTERNS. Here can be any one place: they may be the Xitang Jiaxing, which can be in Beijing after the sea, can also be along the road in Guangzhou. I escaped from a crowded metropolis a more crowded town. But, in the city where people are like machines, while the steady stream of people here, more or less removed the mask, it appears a number of cute.
In any case, I still love this place, but without going so let me get lost.
D2, Aug.13, 2004
7:30 am already riding on a bus bound for Shangri-La. Long, long time did not like the car sat, and sat accustomed to luxury buses between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, it has also to openly accept such a long-distance buses, the number of passengers with their peers, since the vehicles are backpackers like us .
All the way winds in the mountains, alpine green original, fresh vision, air Relax, but not been able to erase the minds of those faint glimmer of depression.
12:30 pm arrival, they went straight to eternal life online famous hotel, a very small feature Tibetan hotel occupied by a foreign Mix. In front of bulletin boards covered with lines of each levy Mix a small note, if enough time, I would certainly choose this manner of Yunnan tour, that is what I think is self-tour, so in order to be their own soul exile.
Shangri-La is a small town, quiet, simple, 80% are Tibetans, who is also very simple. Noon, do not see a restaurant in a small shop, eat, authentic Deli, cheap people may not believe it. After dinner, in the other cars of the time, everywhere milling, it was found not far from the eternal life of a corner restaurant, there is a Diqing Tibet to the International Youth Hostel, very clean and inexpensive, and some regret was admitted to the eternal life hotels, So then they are a sister, it is a description of the house they lived, said great.
To the Shangri-La, the readily stopped a taxi to the eternal life, restaurants, felt that the drivers were good, the afternoon according to package his car to pull grasslands, Napa lake, and Songzanlinsi. Perhaps the reason is the mood, nothing touched me. I and LG are some of altitude sickness, headache, and some floating call. Deng Songzanlinsi the stone steps, if a bit out of breath faster. My response is more harmful calendar more sleep at night are all serious headache.
Because these sites are near the county seat, so it had concluded its journey today, we have found a home bar to sit down, they do not want to go where the. It was a very warm bar, called "barley rack" silhouetted against the orange light very decorative with national characteristics, boxy wooden table with the atmosphere, long bench, simple and intimate. Little shops, people rarely, a table together with some local boys and girls, a table is a woman sitting alone foreigners, side sip coffee, while reading a table of several foreigners in the exchange of travel experiences the past few days , a table that is me and LG. Books on the shelves there, no matter how you look at, while the bar that night the music is floating around inside me and LG selected, because other people do not care to listen to what they gave back to the owner Woliang. I let Jiang, Yu Heng sing "availability to sit", LG In going through the Shangri-La's photo collections, I would write in the voice travels. We can not speak, but feel great!
D3, Aug.14, 2004
Ate instant noodles, at eight o'clock, or that of yesterday and the driver will have been waiting in the courtyard of the. Today's lines are considered to be both Lake and the airport. Because the period coincided with the rainy season, the morning the first thing visible in the window up and pray to God not to rain, but the clouds were still thick, did not see a breathtaking highlands, blue sky.
The way the mountains, distant cloud steaming Jia Wei, and at the end moved me so far, I have all sit and watch in front of everything, it seemed that long since I have the foot of Lushan Mountain, this mountain did not give me extra happy. Until the dealer of a mountain grassland, LG camera called the car stopped to see if horses are running around unattended horses leisurely grazing on the lawn. At that moment, the quiet scene that touched me, so I opened the heart, so that the heart Yau increasingly hard to look at soft. As a result, tenderness, joy, sunshine, a vent thousands of miles, there is no masking to flow into the Xintian. Since then the road is a joy, Thanks for the Memories in the excitement and realize in the past: that dream of the Valley, then wrapped up the lake, then a quiet meadow, so I just want to become a plateau pig, every day, in this dream - pure wander the world.
(It is worth mentioning is seen along the pig, shape is very petite, black, clean, and the pigs in town to see a big difference. Very cute.)
Lake are all beautiful, and took a speedboat to the lake the other side of the agitation in the lake to see if surrounded by hills, suddenly Canada and the United States at the junction of Thousand Island Lake, surrounded by lush forests, one can imagine autumn wind from time to time, this is how a mottled gorgeous picture. Because they are not with the tour group, so there is plenty of time to stay in that no one on the shore, photography, trance. Large tracts of meadow full of colored flowers, the horses, yaks grazing in a leisurely manner. Even music heard on the neck of yak bells, straight people want to shore up a tent here, the Wrangler to be a madding crowd.
Slave Lake have come out and went to the airport, not the spots next to the grassland. Large tracts of flowers of purple, yellow, red, white, green. . . . . . Straight let you ecstatic. Idle to see cattle, sheep grazing, letting you quiet and heart. This is what I dream of Shangri-La!
Lijiang shuttle departure time and a half hours by car, we got into TIBET CAFé to kill time, read a lot of passing messages, touched me to what to write, so, in this book for the coffee bar, in order to be street At this point a friend has left a text.
The road back to Lijiang, I, and LG debating whether to get off the bridge, go on foot tiger jumped. Because in the early online consultation that we visit is not enough time to go on foot tiger jump, so for the trip some dispute, and so we decided to go to tiger jump, we found that car passed bridge, but should it have a station, the driver actually did not stop. So we have to wet weather, dangerous sort of rhetoric as self-soothing. Three days later, they are a sister to the tiger jump, he was unable to see the spectacular scene phase, because of landslides and personnel casualties, driveway and on foot berm gave sealed, fortunately! Heart will again be some comfort!
Days at dusk, far away to see the brilliant lights of the ancient city of Lijiang, actually give birth to a number of home intimacy. Under the bus does not want to go by car, then carrying a large bag entered the city. Although the place we live in have not been available, but it does a kind of home, warm and calm, I was stayed in Lijiang for a long time, there is a feeling can also be found Lijiang does have its charm, and no wonder that so many praise-line stacking words, no wonder there are so many people come one after another to come to a place.
The same is to find the famous Blue Moon line of small valley, as full, to operate it with the boss sun valley, stay there, than I imagine better conditions for N-fold. So far, this trip has passed more than half, than I imagined to be more comfortable, and does not hard, this is regrettable that part of it.
D4, Aug.15, 2004
Sleep only a Lanjue this trip, as a sister arrived today, no special arrangements. Get up, we easily found a home bar Chilezaocan, they aimlessly stroll in the ancient city inside. Have completely failed the first day of the advent of shopping desires, but with the nature of stop-here, there, look, seek out the alley no drilling, actually went to the vegetable market to see a foreigner carrying baskets and shopping, as if a local Naxi Ren, must have been lost in here any more.
Sister received a 3, the same live in Sun Valley, and then they took her to stroll the same as the master of the ancient city, telling them after a few days itinerary. The afternoon of the beam river town, where there is massive construction projects in an extremely boring. Walk between the residential areas at the periphery, in the consent freely into a family, the owner is very simple and warm. We visited their Tsuchiya, and talk to them, in their wells to draw water, which for them was intense in a normal labor, for those of us out of the concrete jungle, but he was a hing to the abundant game , well water really sweet!
D5, Aug.16, 2004
Six o'clock morning call woke up was, of course, the mobile phone. In order to see the true features of the early morning quiet was restored the ancient city, I will get on the camera could not wait to go out alone. Days daybreak, the red lanterns in front of each Inn is also lit, brightened up a bit for this charming city. Sky are inundated with rain, but also cast a layer of melancholy for this ancient mystery. Charming and melancholy of classical beauty is into my eyes. Greed to by pressing the shutter, I hope that this ancient city to put this quiet lasts longer and then longer. . . . .
In an alley, I catch a lens, an elderly Naxi costumes, carrying baskets and quietly walk in the slippery stone road, which scenery, beautiful! Climbed Huangshan Mountain Park, from the heights overlooking the Old Town of Lijiang to see light in the ancient city gradually clear in the department. The more rain the next bigger, I ran back a last resort Inn. You enter the Inn, we are still sleeping, he sat alone outside the house listen to the rain.
Nine o'clock, and the sister a pack a car to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. All the way to pray, but go to near to still shrouded Nongyun not seen the true face of the spectacular snow-capped mountains. And because they are beginning to acclimatized sister, are not very comfortable, so giving up a big rope and did not challenge 4600 meters above sea level, but on the elevation of 3,800 meters of the Maoniuping. May have been accustomed to here, in the more than 3000 meters above sea level where I Jianbu like flying, totally not in the Shangri-La when the altitude sickness. Failing this trip to see the true face of the left Yulong regret, but in the mountains, rent a Tibetan woman clothes, give the camera, because no business, a person standing on the high slopes Fangge to Castle Peak as a backdrop dazzling Plateau for the stage, in her eyes there is no audience, only with the sexual pleasure. Her singing extremely beautiful, freeze-frame the beauty of that moment a long time are also emerging in my mind, is the highlight of the day.
Four o'clock to return to Old Town of Lijiang, we bid farewell to this piece of luggage back creatures of land, about to return to our survival modern cage.
Postscript: Yunnan tour is my long-awaited, and perhaps precisely because expectations are too strong, plus those few days of bad weather, our mood is not enough at ease, always feel slightly sorry did not see the picture of Lijiang and Shangri-La. But a few days later, finishing it in my diary a few days will be those days the journey and then chew it again, as much of a soft thing in mind bud. I am still regrets the trip this time, although did not see the picture of pure blue sky was fascinated people, do not see people admire the snow-capped mountains, but, Yunnan, the land and the people there touched me, let me tired experiences in order to rest, this is a reason I would like to Zaiqu. Next time, I must go Mery!
Author: openmouth
