We drove a total non-reassuring retro Driving Status of Xiali, dragging along the coastline of Guangdong province, we arrived in the afternoon of the Lantern Festival the southernmost tip of mainland China. Toss for a while for us and our car had huge mixed shipment, one hour later, Haikou City, like a mirage-like start at sea level gradually emerged, took another half an hour, our car will be bumps in the Formosa of the road.
On board early on Taiwan island, Chinese Lantern has been on the road is wide, rugged, as the traffic is a lively, fast and chaotic. There are dogs like the roaring of the motor around, passing in the more off the size of the truck first, a few steps back, and then increase the throttle and bang his way through the middle of the road Banchi, after a high cross in front of the wall for Arnold Schwarzenegger-like .
From the height of them are listed, Haikou is very busy, traffic on the street very frequently, the entire city Ambilight. Walking in the streets, people have not many traders are also few, in addition to belonging to outside municipal facilities, night lights, in fact, close to dark. Haikou seemed well-developed financial sector, banking a lot of credit card here, so good.
With just on the island, when I thought the experience of Taiwan with the mainland on the rules of the road may not the same, in general is not very particular about. So I drove casually when compared, for example, changes in the orientation change inside lane line or something. Did not expect that soon caught by the police, to buckle my driver's license, I hastened to apologize and say that you buckle my permit me how to act and so on, Sanya. This attention to the police looked at the vehicle license plate, saying that the original from Guangzhou, and no wonder do not know traffic rules, this does not deal with you, even if the next time something heart small car ... ...
"Hainan high-speed"
Hainan Eastern Highway and is currently the most convenient north-south connection Taiwan channel. As the "Hainan Expressway" one shareholder, that I remembered I had in Taiwan, there are still industries and industries in their own driving, and I feel particularly comfortable naturally. Hainan Province is the levy a fuel tax, highway free of charge, I'd worry that this will not affect our shareholders.
Hainan's population did not seem too much, on both sides of the expressway, and there is not much development had traces of the village seldom, very lush vegetation, unlike the piece where I live, the entire surface has at least been Paokai over several times.
In the evening we came to the hometown of the Red Detachment of Women, Qionghai City, a beautiful meandering flow Wanquanhe here. Qionghai a small scale, roughly equivalent to a small town on the delta.
After dinner was 19:00, the time too early to say we decided to continue their progress, in the small town around the turn of the circle we re on the highway, one minute on both sides will never see a trace of light, the feeling is in through the jungle. The weather a bit hot, they screamed out the window ferocious insects and toads, all kinds of moths is to keep North Korea lights hit.
The road became rough and the car to walk on like a minefield in the event even more frightening is that I suddenly found I do not know Since when, the road direction the arrow is actually directed at their own past.
Coconut Rhine "coconut Rhine" may have been to every island of the most striking impression. From the Mannings to Lingshui along the highway, which characterized most vividly. We began to see the plots of farmland, but now commonly found in fields in China is somewhat different, Tanabe difficult to see the villages, and farmland are always surrounded by large tracts of coconut palms.
Wanning and Lingshui border place called Niu Ling can not not go. Cattle Ridge is a sitting hill, set up a highway for its exports, can easily drive the truck to the summit. Bovine Ridge above the blue sea front and the back in accordance with the mountains; north Silver Beach snow, stretching ten-mile; south rocks wearing empty, great tide; jungle, mangrove forests have been attached extended to the sea, the waves rippling.
February cattle Ling, is early summer, the only roadside stall on the pendulum of the watermelon. I am a bit surprised there are not watermelons in this day and night temperature difference between the local president was so sweet.
Deep into the rainforest Lingshui Li Autonomous County, appeared in a vision of the right side of the mountain not low, and the mountains misty, rather like a geography book seen Kilimanjaro. Check the map of his wife said, "Kilimanjaro" real name "hanging Law" and the Mount Tai Qi Gao, appear to be Wuzhishan veins, covered with about tropical rain forests in China disappeared.
We left the "Hainan high-speed", on the provincial highway, and then Po on a map, not the subject of loess, straight hanging Luo away.
Che Xingzhi a crossroads, in front of a roadmap, but it is a "Y"-shaped direction, more provoking is that "hanging Luo 1Km" middle of the words actually fell, God knows which fork belongs to. Both of us got off the terrain observed about it, unanimously decided to walk towards the right side of coarse bifurcation. The car onto a steep mountain road. After a bunch of the beautiful island of the beautiful lake and a beautiful waterfall, we have entered a beautiful garden, and then presented in front is a beautiful coconut trees there are many beautiful villages. In a hope primary school next to a courtyard outside we saw a sign that read, "Lingshui Li Autonomous County of Dali township people's government", I thought surely the wrong way.
Northerners, pipe, Guangzhou, then known as "birds", probably because of its relatively hard to understand, but then you had better than Guangzhou, Hainan, then much more difficult to understand. I harbored an uneasy feeling to inquire about a village road, the accident was his Mandarin made a very good, far more than most of the private owner in Guangdong, he told me that we are poles apart 12 km.
The sky is almost dusk, at last, the "Hainan Province Diaoluo Shan Forest Farm" signs, simple roads here seem to come to an end, tropical rain forest is probably not driving a car can easily break into the bar. We are a little disappointed here, ready to fill his stomach and then go to Lingshui County. Into a small shop, bought a dry food and drink while eating and drinking while boss and chatted with him that we are from mainland China to introduce the local boss warm beauty that we just go to Dali township "very backward," she Changzhemetai never been to, and said in front of the trail pass into the mountains, it is fun, there is also a "resort", there are 16 kilometers, these little cars can be had.
We changed our mind and went to a female boss recommended path. This is barely enough for one of our cars through the tracks, leading to the depths of mountain ranges. Dark days soon, Lin has become increasingly dense, more and more steep road, do not see a person, a car, his wife reminded me that 20 minutes, and we just out of the three kilometers. I said, how can we all went to the back of this. 20 minutes had elapsed, skies will be more dark, bumpy road becomes more steep and the table pointer to the decline in oil much faster in the forest had never heard the strange sound of various inclusions in the engine noise seeps into the tight closed the windows, knocking our fragile nerves, we almost hold yelling. When the wife told me that there are at least 10 kilometers away, when I hope that this is in the "Hainan high-speed" on.
Tense moments, the engine actually turn off. The dark night, "Global Messenger" clearing of rainforest deep, dangerous beast hard to take the snake-infested road, condition worrying car's fuel tank will be empty and will not repair the driver ... ...
I have to thank my driver coach, when he was very upset over and over again to force me to practice the "ramp start", is being used the most of this evening driving skills.
Car was probably only a few kilometers from the end but overall there is no way to continue the hard crawl, front fog hit from time to time, the atmosphere of mystery of the Gaode. Turn the corner after a few lights appeared in front of a sudden, it is really a sudden. We all long to vomit breath.
"Resort" is a valley where the forest a few of the wooden houses. Our wooden house, restaurant to eat noodles, when, having heard that the manager is the staff who called a meeting to use the vocabulary of "equal pay", "workers temporary workers", "economic linkages", "attendance", "modern enterprise system "," hung (macro) view of the economy "and so on.
Wooden house, with the average hotel room facilities, not very different is that the special wave, television has more channels than the foot of the mountain. Concerned about television ever-changing international situation, quickly forgotten here is the central jungle.
Almost noon the next day wake up during the day and courageous people will be bigger, and we walk into the mountains. Rainforest species and the number of highly diverse plant with three-dimensional staggered, packed every inch of space, ferns, withered, rattan, to the existence of the most primitive way, harmonious nature. There is no cut-throat competition, there is no mutual hostility and indifference, each have quietly constructed with the same mother. We see a lot of Cyathea tree ferns such as the dinosaurs then their rations, I just can not recall more than 100 million years ago, that the era of hot.
Ends of the earth at the end of the expressway is the main street in Sanya City, along the road come to an end, is the ocean. In a sense, here is the southernmost tip of the motherland, and have virtually no way of "ends of the earth" feeling wells up. Walking on the beach, the wind, mixed with bursts of foul-smelling - this young city of Sanya is around the clock in the excretion and growth.
Sanya is a very simple tourist reception city, the city about hotels, restaurants and transport a total of three occupational groups. ** Seaview Hotel Sanya's a lot of expensive, scary, I may have underestimated the majority of domestic tourists spending power. We relied on a car, lodging rural areas there is a gun in front of a naval Guest House, therefore cheaper; Sanya stand a lot of seafood, the price is usually expensive than Guangzhou, the stand Miss sent soliciting in the street waving the central scene was spectacular; Taxis operate in Sanya to hang Joan A, B, C, D license, and some do not hang TAXI sign, so that our cars were often waved.
"Luhuitou" I can understand the beautiful story, "ends of the earth," the feeling I have personal experience with these sites we have named did not go to an artificial transformation, mood has changed, and secondly, tickets are too expensive, difficult to understand. Sanya, the heat of summer is true and people are wearing shorts, chewing watermelon front of the TV is still ahead of those who perform in the spring fashion Model who gloat over.
West Coast Hainan Xi lonely island expressway is connected to another major north-south passage along the west coast of Hainan. Set foot on the West line of high-speed, is embarked on a northward Return Journey, hearts give birth to a fraction Nanshe and sadness.
The greatest advantage of car travel at random, without strict timetables of public transport and found interesting places where you can always stop, stop all depends on how long the mood. Return Journey So we still plans to visit many places, such as Yacheng.
Yacheng suburb in Sanya, there are monuments Nanshan Temple. Less than 100 meters outside the exit of Highway yacheng will go through the dusty loess, the majority of vehicles on the road running unlicensed motorcycle without a license he will be. Road to the end is Yacheng, there is a very shape and dusty street, passers-by stand or squat, it seems that most are not moving here for a long time. There is a letter to "Water Village" in the name of St. Paul street stand quietly, his wife told me that this is a well-known innovator in ancient China Huang Daopo of the places where work and study - a far ends of the earth's remote villages, when they is an advanced technology, the birthplace of important industry once so that we have benefited greatly from the entire Chinese nation. Nanshan Temple, we finally did not go, tickets are too expensive.
Continued northbound, went to the famous song of the sea parrot. In the northeast of the sea parrot, you can see a higher and more obtrusive than the hanging Luo mountain, which is Taiwan's second highest peak Jianfengling. Jianfengling blocked due north to the airflow, making parrot sea Song of year-round sun in the sky, almost became the world's most salty sea areas may be most Chinese people's body, there is the salt from here.
Jianfengling similarly covered with rain forest, 8 km east of the highway, according to our time in Sanya, the plan mapped out, this is going to visit the place. 100 meters outside the exit of the highway, as usual, started the dusty loess. Bad roads, the road slowly, combined with days of hurry lack of people trapped car, another in the hanging in Romania's experience, we have lost about 4 kilometers courage to move on, according to the peak before the vision of a "photo tour this one" After the selection of the return. Sorry but no way, time is not sufficient to prepare inadequate.
Po back highway, abandoned the goal to disappear soon. Journey became lonely on the road is not a car, after not be able to see a place inhabited by point, lush vegetation Queyuanburu east, west in ancient times must have should be the development of Hainan, where the earlier, and now the decline. In fact, the whole western China, the situation is not it the same.
High-speed line in the West for the first time we saw a mirage - a Wang appeared in front of the water, well above the reflection of scene, and only two or three hundred meters away, but it's still how I increase the throttle, but were also not the total. I can imagine people walking in the desert to see this phantom, the touch to its desire to be how urgent, how will this desire to be physically exhausted.
City breaks to eat in the East en route refueling overhaul, continued on our way to the dusk Danzhou. Back to the highway is not far away, see a mountain fire raging, it was spectacular, I pulled out a cell phone should not hesitate to forward to the police, but here there is no signal. Move on to find the hills on fire is incessant, the night sky have been Yinghong - mountain farmers in the burning wasteland. Is not the stubborn wildfire burning bush and grass, but the civilization of the hands of the fire were.
Find the footprints of educated youth as a descendant of educated youth, I still remember the young boy to a farm in Hainan spent many happy days of the year, the exact know its name, is in my account records. State Farm is located west of Hainan Province Chengmai County, from the point of view from the western city map Danzhou should be less than 20 kilometers.
Danzhou starting from noon, on the way Romania's experience with the cranes of similar, but replaced at night during the day, rain forest, replaced by a rubber forest. Arriving at the farm field at dusk department. Field Department is an old four-story office building, there is a stone paved front of about 100 meters of the side streets, hospitals, post offices, kiosks, police stations, schools, markets, and so constitute the elements of society, all lined up in street either side.
With only remember the name, we have the Department field office inquiries, hoping to find a dead person. Contact name soon on the owner's youngest son - the year the total bully my "fourth eldest among" Lee is now a respected teacher. The teacher took us to re-visit childhood old haunt, those who long preserved in my memory scene is now familiar and unfamiliar broke ground in the eyes - twenty-five years does not change, even our lives in the house had , now also home to people.
Heard of "fat Zhu," the son back, a lot of people look at me, over the age of 50 who say hold me. In this jungle among the inaccessible habitat, I saw the pictures of that year his mother, the father's handwriting, his uncle made furniture.
Night, I called the Guangxi mother's phone, that I lie, she was a little excited. Asked her mother settle down when you first came to the feeling of that year, she said that the country mountainous and rural areas in response to the call, a very honorable thing to do before the "gnawing wild," "live in huts" in the ideological preparation of this struggle for life, never thought of ten years will be "big urban returns." Of course, there are not beat, such as an educated youth has fled to the mainland to survive the inventory, in a Yuemingxingxi night, actually succeeded in swimming across the Qiongzhou Strait.
The next day, when we walk, I still do not recognize the elders were already prepared would be a good coconut, jackfruit stuffed in our car trunk.
Island unforgettable setting foot on the mainland, is 1:00, is when we come to desolate described Leizhou Peninsula lights everywhere, smooth sailing on a steady stream of vehicles. Everything on the island, as if a dream last night, the road in front of a busy life.
