September 14, 2001, after graduating from college, busy for nearly a decade, Meng turn, tended to their submerged in the vast utilitarian materialism among distinguish which is my. Several rounds of struggle, and finally one day my colleagues surprise and regret of the eyes, the left has provided me a comfortable life position.
Shangri-La, a charming word, I only know that it was a legendary Shangri-la. After several days and nights of online surf, Shangri-La is no doubt become my long absence, the first leg of a pilgrimage. When I travel to tell the students in Shenzhen, he was unprepared circumstances, we decided to go with me, an appointment to join in Kunming.
September 14, 2001 morning, I back luggage, and bid farewell to his wife and lovely daughter, foot away from the hustle and bustle city, mountain journey.
Everybody says that Kunming is a city of four seasons are spring, but when I was traveling on his way from the airport to the hotel and did not feel like spring, this city as beautiful. In the gray skies, the streets, chaotic traffic flow, the same crowded high-rise buildings there is One after another, the cold. Fortunately, the city is only a transit point for travel, this is not right what she expected.
6 pm, as scheduled with the Shenzhen students to join in the Courtyard by Marriott. Just met for the National Book Fair in Kunming in organizing activities, beds very tight, the hotel is only single, but unfortunately had to be the two rooms. We have no right to leave any impression of Kunming, but left many of our silver.
Evening, Kunming, alumni took us to a rather unique restaurant dining. Nothing huge restaurant seats, we sat on the second floor of the corridor on the side of the bridge to enjoy expensive rice noodle packages, while watching ethnic dances on stage, and finally gives us the feeling of a foreign country. Especially in the end of the program, the stage on the table next to actor and waiter upstairs downstairs was unknown chorus sang folk songs, it seems that our journey began to sing a prelude.
Back to the hotel, We Three Xueyou far apart to talk to God late at night.
A man lying in bed, and my heart filled with a pre-trip excitement, a long time could not sleep soundly.
September 15, 2001 am 7:20 took off from Kunming, less than an hour flight, they arrive at Lijiang airport. Drove to the Old Town of Lijiang, about 40 minutes away. We took a taxi driver was a fellow of Naxi, hospitable and very talkative and told us about the way a lot of the local customs, see his share of pride expression, causing a greater our curiosity Lijiang. Approaching the ancient city of the former, the driver told us that the entire city to prohibit vehicular traffic, including bicycles included, such strict measures to protect the ancient city, we have to sincerely appreciate.
Less than 9:00, we came to the ancient city of mouth, the car is simply a sight that fascinated. But see rows of ancient style of the old house, a stone-paved stone of streaky road, as well as the roadside Qingqing under the weeping willow creek. In the blue sky, the spotless air, and Lijiang in the morning was actually so fresh, beautiful and simple, unsophisticated. Of tourists on the streets in twos and threes, and some leisurely and carefree sitting the banks of streams, and some walked slowly, each leisurely, leisurely and carefree mood, in our hearts left an unforgettable first impression.
Into the city, I bought a hand-drawn maps, produced a very fine, very unique. However, the map came with the road, but it is very difficult, and perhaps do not have both artistic and accurate. Holding a map, we would like to first go to the city contacted in advance of International Youth Hostel, the map can not find, ask pedestrians seemed not quite clear. However, after a while chaos walk Several turnings later, actually in an alley soon found it.
International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF) under the youth hostels all over the world, has always been the ideal end-result of backpackers. Old Town International Youth Hostel is also a member of IYHF small, half is a typical Naxi courtyard-style house flat wooden structure, and the other half is a two-storey Concrete building. Although it is low season for tourism, but the people who live here are quite a few standard rooms have all been filled, leaving only historic houses in the room. Room very small, very simple, only just placement supports two small beds, Lin Chuang there is a stream, clear and heard the constant sound of gurgling water, the room Misan Zhao Yi Gu strange odor, but it is pungent unpleasant. I do not know how many years have never actually lived in this room has.
Compared with the shabby room, living room becomes warm and more comfortable. In the 30-40 square meters of space, decorated with several rows of tables and chairs made of logs, giving a rough sense of the original; surrounded by a number of books and magazines in Chinese and English and some crafts, the corner is a bar, next to the stood a few computers, we can offer Internet access. Living well with the legacy of the ancient and modern comfort of a double charm, apparently the owner here, spent a lot of thoughts.
Our point of eating breakfast at the hotel, did not think my classmates actually right here, noodles praise mouth without a break. Out of the hotel, Woliang aimless wandering in the streets, came voices of the Square Street, went to the visitors of the original rare ancient alleys, but also climb the hillside downstairs vancomycin. There are no magnificent ancient buildings, there is no spread of the cultural heritage for thousands of years, but large tracts of the Ming and Qing historic houses, streaky Stone Road, Juanjuan streams, arched stone bridge and the willow Cecil, people feel very close to the civilian population, great comfort and harmony.
In the ancient city in turn for a long time, familiar with the city's streets, when the share of the fresh sense of early but slowly faded. Square Street around the shops there are numerous, there are selling crafts, selling groceries, as well as restaurants, bars and cafes in the bustling streets of modern cities the same Misan Zhao temptation. Bustling crowd, one after another pitch to the sound of flowing water of the ancient city of bridges was more like a big market business opportunities. White walls of the courtyard has been unable to find Daiwa and building the same ancient Naxi people, when you looked at the door, met with suspicion is not strange, that is, like the shrewd businessman, frankly ask for lens costs.
Travel Trends in the ancient city of Lijiang has begun to stir, slowly becoming impetuous.
Noon am, Wolia with an indescribable feeling, back to the Inn. Sitting in a bright living room, quietly reading, listening to music, but also back a leisurely mood. At this time, a woman wearing a dress like a boy walked over, told us: "I am here for the full amount of investment, because there are contradictions with the present managers, we are prepared to close down or reorganize, you have the best immediate alternative Inn to find out. "
"Why do we live in. This morning, no one told us?" We are very surprised.
She explained: "You came the morning early, I do not. In fact, I do not want things got to this point, but now I have not received a penny had to first close down."
To listen to her that said, the previous share of comfort suddenly disappeared without a trace. Later, the hotel when the waiter told us that the little girl, where the bosses are men, where the girl had been downtown for several days, even people who have come to the local police station several times, but also tell us not to ignore her, even though that is Zhuxia Qu a.
Although not eager to move, but still puzzled over the brain. When we came to the famous snack bar for lunch Dashiqiao the time, I heard the other side of the story. The girl and the hotel owner was originally a pair of lovers together to do this from a very good inn. But the Inn does not maintain a good reputation, and to live a romantic love, is said to a girl from Beijing They became the third party between. Love the cause of the collapse led to the split, eventually tearing the face, inside of us living in the Inn has become the innocent victims.
I do not know that this story is true or false, it seems no matter who, once the fiscal situation encountered the word, which will be trapped, unable to extricate themselves people inside the city is no exception.
In the eat lunch, just the sky is still blue skies and suddenly it began to rain heavily. Lijiang weather gone, as a child's face, saying that as they please. We had to return to youth hostels, but also ran into who "investors" girls. She repeatedly reminds us that evening, hotels will be power outages and closing the door and suggested we should still find another place for good. And this time the hotel entrance sat a few icy cold young man, turned down anyone who wants to lodging of visitors. Circumstances in mind, we have no choice but to find another lodging places. Fortunately, this time low season, stay within the city is not nervous, just as we find one just near the opening of "Snow Inn", although there is no youth hostels are a specialty, there is taste, but it is very clean and tidy, as well as a 24-hour hot water supply.
When we left the youth hostel, the man of the house are also hotels, told us: "I am here, the legal representative, if you believe me, right here Zhuxia Qu, no one can rid of you." But we do not understand, girl close, but as a stranger, why he could not discuss it directly with her? Will lead us in the middle. Several flight attendants were reluctant to part time girl said: "Brother, you really gone?" I thought to myself, innocent little girl, appreciate that we are merely just passerby, the concern is that they themselves had A few days will have to leave out?
Did not expect the journey has just begun, we encountered the helplessness of youth hostels, and I feel very natural to suppress. Fortunately, the evening in a bar while watching a match, the Chinese team live up to expectations, home 2-0 win over Uzbekistan, finally get it back a little joy. After match and then to other places do not want to return to Inn quietly read more books.
September 16, 2001 due to the relationship between the time zone, Lijiang late in the morning dawn. When we get up at 7:00, the sky still dark. Students will have to get up early exercise habits, obstinately Tuoqi my night owl from his bed, to walk together to the black in Longtan Park.
Heilongtan also known as Jade Spring Park, is said to be a result of the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong's inscription, "Yuquan Dragon" and famous for the ancient city came from within the stream of the Black Dragon Pool. Therefore, we, after a city, you walk up along the creek, all the way is very quiet, and occasionally encountered Lijiang old morning exercises. Inn of the attendants of the original hearing, said no Mai Menpiao before 8 am can be when we arrived, we found that before 6:00 in order to Free (or a black one now days, who would come here?) We bought expensive tickets enters and is disappointed in any of the surrounding West Lake in Hangzhou in a park to be ten times better than it. Fortunately, we are not directed at the scene from, but hikers only. While we would like to climb the lake of Elephant, it was originally contacted by phone from Shanghai travelers who said they had come to Lijiang, and therefore rushed back to the old city.
Back to the Inn, we met. They are also the two, the boy surnamed Li, the girl surnamed Wang, we just had a few pre-trip contact with each other, everyone's journey is similar to Meet with the tour on the Lijiang. Despite last night, a night of rain the next morning the sky was overcast, but the vagaries of weather in Lijiang, who can not tell after a few hours or a few kilometers away, the weather will be. Therefore, everyone decided to meet again to go after the Yulong Snow Mountain.
There are drivers Inn just touting, it's easy to negotiate a price. Lijiang, the driver is still relatively simple, the price the same route very similar, and rarely come across a malicious cheating. At this point the tourist off-season, package fares relatively low, to the Yulong Snow Mountain (including the Maoniuping, baishuihe) Jetta as long as 100 yuan a day is really a bit hard to believe.
Out of the inn, walking in the East Main Street and saw the Dayan Naxi Ancient Music will be. Wanted to buy tickets for the evening, listening to a renowned at home and abroad that Naxi ancient music, and Lost Horizon, humor big, can perform this would be a hot, early in the morning on the left end of such tickets. Into a look, Auditorium little more like an opera singing the ancient theater on three sides corridors, on the second floor is a room. Listening to music, which was supposed to a very sacred thing, how can the inn with the messy linked. Circumstances in mind, listen to the sudden disappearance of interest in ancient music.
To the ancient port Zuoshang Ju, through the Metro, the world began to rain heavily. Let's Talk topics can not be separated along the way was the weather, the driver and the chef joked that, if we are sincere that will certainly be able to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Sure enough, leave the toll station, the rain slowly stopped, and distant mountains are also dispersed a lot of clouds, the sun occasionally through the clouds, according to in the mountains. Refreshing air, flowing clouds, there are green hills, so that first arrived in Lijiang We are very excited.
In order to stagger the regular tour routes, and the teacher suggested that we first Maoniuping, come back again on the Yulong Snow Mountain. MAONIUPING an altitude of about 3600 meters, you can take the ropeway, or ride up, the price, like all 60. Riding the peso Road To stimulate, we naturally chose to ride. Can be a ride on horseback, walking in the narrow muddy steep mountain, I almost can not bear the excitement whole body muscle stiffness, crumbling. If it fell off, if not injured, it will certainly become a clay figurine. For the next not, want the fear, had desperately clutching the saddle, bite the bullet and up. Groom kept correcting my sitting position, asked me to sit still body, feet clamping horses belly, look up front, please do not bow their heads to see the sinister way. According to his tips, the body slowly relax down, fear has disappeared. At this point in right away, one hand holding the reins, the other has been free activity. When we go down the mountain, has been able to run a little flat road rode up. The feeling of riding was actually the original so wonderful.
About half an hour, we ride to the Maoniuping. Are surrounded by vast coniferous forest in the mountains, the sudden appearance of a few square kilometers of the original grass slopes, really makes people have to admire the magic of heaven and earth luck. In the lines of undulating lawn, especially fresh after the rain in the mountains in the distance a few leisurely eating yak in the grass, coming from a small wooden house high-pitched Tibetan folk songs, flew through the clouds and mist, pierced the sky, it feels really want to running up the lawn. But when I just stepped on the grass when he heard voices behind a vicious like: "come back! Not allowed to walk on the lawn." Originally only allowed here, visitors walk in the wood made of Plank Road. Plank Road a boundless the end of the edge of a blocks of cabins are sold Tibetan food shops, selling voice and singing mixed one, it is in a very interesting. Yulong Snow Mountain in the vicinity of cloud cover may be the Yanyanshishi do not see a little snow-capped mountains. We walked along the Plank Road a few hundred meters, but it began to rain days, and time is no longer allowed to go forward, we will be sitting in a small shop, taste the beef string, yak milk, as well as butter tea, as if to a Tibet.
Leave MAONIUPING, car back, via baishuihe. The water flow down from the Yulong Snow Mountain here build into small lakes, clear water flowing through the artificial ladder dam, forming a waterfall-like. Most of the tourists riding dress Huazhizhaozhan the yak, walked dam take pictures. Suddenly heard a burst of laughter, the original tourists fell into the water has become a La Tangji. We walked to the upper reaches of the small lake backed by mountains, clear blue green lake bottom, the mountain spruce forest was thick and dense cloud of vague and winding. If there is no noisy crowd, here it is also quiet picturesque place.
We continue to drive to the Yulong Snow Mountain, just a place not far from the cableway, mountain clouds began to disperse, exposing the outline of the Yulong Snow Mountain. Lingering cloud of the Peak, the white glaciers has been clearly visible on the hillside blowing spruce Lin Yuyu gray, mountain at the foot of the lawn covered with yellow wildflowers. Fresh air in a transparent, yellow, green, white from near and far, margin, such as a landscape painting, the United States to make people breathe. We quickly called and the master parking, go to the lawn pranced, at different angles, constantly pressed the shutter. Bangbian walked a few seemingly local visitors, told us: "You are so lucky, this beauty several times a month do not see." Yes, ah, today we are really lucky, in the rain leave the Lijiang dream of, yet we see is both varied and ever-changing scenery of the Highlands. Here we will want to return a long time refused to leave until it and the master urged us to get on the train, saying that we do not go on the delay on the rope, and we reluctantly got on sat.
When we arrived cableway ticket is already in 15:30. Heard here, the original line up to wait for at least an hour, visitors can be scarce at this time, a ropeway shuttle bus was waiting at the door, we quickly bought a ticket, boarded buses. Drive more than 10 minutes on to the cableway station. Ropeway mouth few tourists queuing to see people holding colorful feather clothing, and asked the staff there, to rent, they told we are now the weather is not too cold on the snow-capped mountains, young people do not need to bring down clothes. When he casually goes, they harm us in the mountains a large frozen.
Paqu slowly to the Peak Tram, the foot across the layers of spruce trees and rocks, getting higher and higher above sea level and reached the finish line cableway, up to 4501 meters above sea level. Top of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Cableway exports are still far away from the vicinity and no trace of a little snow, built up leading to a glacier at large in a straight line about 200 meters above sea level. Down the rope, we have no clear reaction to high altitudes, there is no oxygen tank rental, direct climb to go along the Plank Road.
Plank Road upstream of people crowded, diverse, there is wearing a trim business suit, but also shoed Kogan shoes lady, but most of them holding a jar of oxygen, from time to time to look at the mouth spray. We climb a short, but also tired whole body fatigue, everybody breathless, after all, there is a high-altitude areas, the human carrying capacity has become very fragile. We set teeth, moved up step by step, I finally boarded at large in the first end of the platform, here is 4680 meters above sea level. I was standing platform, see Li and Xiao Wang is still far behind, stop-go, is very difficult to climb. So they climbed the platform, I realized that Xiao Wang in the way of severe stomach pain and obstinately insisted on climbing the ranks. At this time sitting on stools, pale, but fortunately my classmates wearing a Jackets, hurriedly put on her. After a while, Xiao Wang felt much better, we also felt relieved.
Standing on the platform, this time the entire Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, clouds filled the air, the sky darkened, a few dozen meters line of sight. In addition to be able to see Bangbian not clean bright cove on the glacier, the mountain top always be cloud cover, I wonder how Zunrong look like. Listen to local people said that since the construction of ropeway has been a large number of tourists flocked in recent years fewer and fewer mountain of ice and snow. Perhaps in another few years, the Yulong Snow Mountain could become one of the seasonal snow-capped mountains.
In the back go on the road, more and more dark days, it began to rain, and mixed with small hail. The few of us wearing a thin, wind and rain, the frozen and trembling. I am also wearing only a T-shirt and anti-rain coat, rain pants were soaked, and pasted them in the legs, very bad. But compared to Li and Xiao Wang were lucky, their pants and shoes all wet.
We are like a flight back to the cableway station Side, limbs stiff, who talk a shiver. Rushed to buy the cups of hot coffee, drinking coffee flavor that is absolutely no hot water, the body only a trace of the heat. At this time the mountain tourists have little Plank Road on the deserted, I suddenly saw a cloud had been carried down, taken to the emergency room, I do not know, or a fall in reaction to high altitudes.
When we, under the cable car ropeway, has been the last batch of tourists. Sitting in the warm car, just like back in heaven. Take a look at the sky late, coupled with everyone soaked to the skin, we did not go Dongba cultural centers, direct way and the master returned to the ancient city. Back to the Inn, and quickly took a bath, drank a bowl Inn to our raw ginger burn, the body slowly got it back.
Surprise, stimulate and cold times of our four people with the first day with the tour. We are very happy mood, eating dinner drink a lot of wine, but also a bottle when the real estate highland barley wine. After dinner to the Inn of the folks asked for a heater units, we take turns baking the wet of the package, as well as shoes, until more than 12 points only go to bed.
September 17, 2001 get up at 7:30 am when the sky is still dark Meng Meng, still under the damn rain. Today, I had wanted to Lugu Lake, but travel companion tight, do not intend to go, so decided to accompany them to the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Contact our side of the car yesterday while looking for a place to eat breakfast. Students also are missed due to the ancient city of the International Youth Hostel's noodles, when we went to the hotel, found to have closed on. Student quipped: "or a woman of interest, be properly an Inn was finally closing the door of her."
We ate a little indiscriminately after breakfast, and so on, and master's car on the left Lijiang was during a 9-point more. According to tentative itinerary prepared to spend two days time to take the Lijiang - bridge - on the tiger jumped - the tiger jumped - jumped the next Tiger - baishuitai - Bita - Zhongdian line, today, must race to the tiger jump, and then along the trail down to the bottom of Teacher Chang. Such a situation will miss the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge on foot high line, and only directly lower road. And the master gave us a hand-painted in English and Chinese Tiger Leaping Gorge walking guide map, if they had looked at a half-day, we can not see it herself, simply contact us so, and the master to help in the tiger jumped the inn and wizards. As the tiger jump tiger jumped in the way to landslides, and our cars can not the past, and the master also be linked to each other then look over the car.
In the way to the bridge, and the master recommended detour to look at the Yangtze River First Beach. Originally thought that the Yangtze River famous First Beach is definitely Yourenruzhi. Did not expect a destination, visitors had a little. In fact, when you stand beside the road to see the Yangtze River First Beach, because the terrain is too low, coupled with the trees blocking the line of sight, there is simply not realize she was spectacular. Even if the Red Army crossing the year to climb the monument at Shek Kwu look down, it is hard to agree with her "first." In contrast to the Deqin in the way of Tai Guaiwan Jinsha River has really shocked people had to admire the magic of nature.
When the taxi companies to the bridge when it is a bit of the afternoon, and the master found a hotel close to the Jinsha River. The heard of the local stone fish and chicken is very well known, but one asked price, really shocked. Stone fish catty 100 yuan, 30 yuan per catty chicken, much higher than the level of consumption in large cities. If we say that the fish is a natural stone, Suddenly, high prices also forgiven. But the chicken was domesticated, cost and technology should not be a problem, let alone such a high price, even if prices fell by half, chickens are very good road to riches. May be surprising is that the locals have turned a blind eye, in Zhongdian and Deqin are also true, I have asked several local drivers, they are unable to speak a reasonable answer.
Eat lunch, I was preparing to hurry the car, but found that the coastal scenic spot is no longer a common scene, the hotel owner is being credited to our plates, it is clear that to give drivers a rebate. We all pretended not to see, perhaps under the impact of the tourist tide has been very difficult for anybody to resist the temptation of money.
At 2 pm, we went to jump on the tiger, the parking lot full of cars, tourists bustling. Due to an appointment with the tiger jumped the car at 2:30 in the collapse at waiting for us, and we quickly go along the Plank Road. As the trail is very narrow, a lot of tourists, along with everywhere up and down the bearers carrying a sedan chair, but also so that trails are crowded. When you finally reach the canyon bottom, we were a sight that shocked the original next to the clamor of the visitors seemed to have suddenly disappeared. I saw 10 meters wide river surface, usually very docile, like a mighty force of the river at once, overwhelming before, roaring so loud that it filled with cheap beads of water from the valley and tells the people not tell the rain or fog.
However, the same shocking is that close to the rocks on the riverside, actually sitting loose girl ages 5-6 months, the smallest less than school age. They wore a variety of national costumes in one hand and umbrellas, Juan Su a, face expressionless, ignoring the all around! I do not know the local government told them to sit decorating scene, or their family members so that they charge money for visitors to take photographs? But whether they are officials or parents, so they disregard life, is undoubtedly the cut at the end of distortions of human nature is a desecration of nature, as if the present turbulent Jinsha River in the roar for them.
Up from the canyon bottom, we immediately drove to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, can be car dealers soon, roads all blocked due to landslides. The other end of the cave, doing 3-4 local people, on the ground stood a few empty beer bottles, presumably they have been in such a long time. While we wonder how invisible car, they explained that the car was parked in front of the front because there are landslides. The original landslides here, as we have ever seen Lijiang weather - rain is a common thing. We bid farewell Lijiang and master, you follow them farther. Among them are a vulnerable point giving her a nondescript, thin young man introduced himself, said he first called Zhang Li, is the younger brother of Tiger Leaping Gorge Teacher Chang, this time from him as our guide. We are moving forward in a way, it was found in front of landslides, parked an old-fashioned old Beijing Jeep. We are 5 people with big bags, packed full of a car bumps forward to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, go through.
Skip to the tiger in the tiger jumped on the way, visitors are not many, and occasionally encountered in almost all foreigners, many of them are on the older old man and woman, and the all-walking. Yulong Snow Mountain yesterday in a pair of Australia's top encounter an old couple, actually are three white-faced boss WOODY lead the way among a team of foreigners. According to locals, said a few years ago, the tiger on foot to the jump, especially the high road, 95% are foreigners, which in 2023, more than 20% of the people. Where citizens can feel the changes in the concept of tourism, more and more people are no longer satisfied with cursory, while the emphasis on spiritual journey to experience. In fact, as early as 1937, Lin Yutang published in English book 'THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING' in a chapter 'THE ENJOYMENT OF TRAVEL' used to say: 'IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE ART OF TRAVEL, ONE SHOULD FIRST OF ALL BEAWRE OF THE DIFFRERNT TYPES OF FALSE TRAVEL, WHICH IS NO TRAVEL AT ALL. 'he thought:' A TRUE TRAVELER IS ALWAYS A VAGABOND, WITH THE JOYS, TEMPTATIONS AND SENSE OF ADVENTURE OF THE VAGABOND;''A GOOD TRAVELER IS ONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING TO, AND A PERFECT TRAVELER DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE CAME FROM. 'it is hard to imagine a few years later, if the tiger jumped into the smooth flow of road construction, no more landslides, flood in a large number of tour tiger-hopping, it will evolve into what kind of picture? I do not know if they would be attract walk-off?
When we arrived in the tiger jumped three white face Division - beautiful Villa, has been nearly 4 o'clock. Inn appears to be very quiet, which only WOODY's wife JENNY, and his sworn brothers - a very delicate and pretty long Lijiang boy. Inn seems to have just opened in the near future, the main all is built of logs, there is no cold, steel and concrete. This is our night lodging Hetaoyuan three white-faced old Inn in stark contrast.
Due to time constraints, we are slightly at the inn in order, the availability of drinking water, let Zhang guide took us to the next valley along the trail Teacher Chang. Lijiang young man politely then wanted to take us a way, I did not expect a delivery and sent the bottom, but when we join up, he suddenly found forgotten in the canyon at the end of cap rocks, then turn back to fetch a result, they more than We walked half way over.
Inn to the canyon from the end of elevation less than 300 meters, due to steep terrain, rocks spread all over, we must rely on their own strength to build a road down the mountain, you can imagine how tough it is. When we way along the road, the trail can not help but command the respect of Teacher Chang. Although the travelers on the road had heard different teachers of Zhang's comments, but I think any people who have trod this path, you should feel a gratitude. Is this a path took us into a stunning world, so that we understood that to Mother Nature, so that we listen to the most vigorous natural chorus!
In the way down the mountain, just started road alright, but the more down the road is becoming increasingly difficult to walk, and sometimes not like rock climbing, your hands can grasp in only a thin wire. Especially along the bottom and leave, have almost no roads, and only in the huge rocks in the walk through. Then the weak Zhang guide reveal his nature, as we tread creep under the body row, he enticed the legislation the body, such as the line of flat road, jumping between the rocks to see our stunned. Because slightly lose one's footing, fall into the rapids, the consequences will be dreadful to contemplate. Compared with him, it is not difficult to see that city people are coming out the basic functions of the degree of degradation.
As we reach the end of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, a tiger jumped over the previous topography is more rugged, imposing a more majestic spectacle presented in front of us. In the wizard, with Rotary Belt Ye Xia Zhang, and we climbed on the first a large L-type rocks, we saw Hunhuang the Jinsha River water to the potential force of a thunderbolt, as we at the foot of rolling away, deafening roar of the tiger's roar sound as if we should isolated from the outside world. In both the steep cliffs surround the shore, the long canyon do not see a silhouette, a huge rock standing alone in our six individuals at once appear how small, how powerless! And when we climbed up the boulder to another on-line the river, when, what the river was surrounded by thunderous screams surrounded by thick dense mist with a hint of the smell of dirt rushing toward us, looking at the foot of the Pentium, but after the river Does not it make bone scared God frightened, felt a dizziness, went so far as in the above so that we can not re-Duo Dai for a while. In the canyon bottom, but half an hour before we could have a real insight of what is "Nature's power."
We return to the top when the canyon was already 6:30, and two and a half hours to crawl, so that we four would each of asthma Shi Shi, tired of exhaustion. Zhang guide suddenly told us: "Teacher Chang there." I saw the distance stood a dumpy middle-aged man, wearing a hat, wearing a suit to reveal a bright red shirt. When we close to him, they discovered that actually still sported his face is not common in both local film mustache. On their appearance and dress, it is difficult to link his teaching career. Even Zhang guide is a joke, said: "Do you think the Teacher Chang, a lot like a bandit?", Amused everyone laugh. We quickly stepped forward to greet him, and to Ctrip online to see some of the online friends of the greetings brought him. Psychology tells us that he had recently changed schools, can not be Changhui Jia, with far fewer opportunities to meet visitors, it is a pity. Because we had to hurry, not with him in conversation, took a group photo after hurriedly left.
When we arrived in beautiful Villa, and the proprietor WOODY been waiting for us at the gate, the road, the group of foreigners were inside eating. WOODY suggested that we tonight places in the division, because the sky late, but there are several kilometers to the Hetaoyuan worse is that there is a large cave in the front, you must pass through before dark, or very dangerous. Taking into account tomorrow's trip, we decided to arrive overnight Hetaoyuan, Zhang guides and Lijiang guys are still keeping us going. Prior to departure, WOODY tells us that the car tomorrow to Zhongdian, he was contacted at will call to tell us.
Along the road you soon enough, we saw a little old cottage. Came closer, housing puisne hanging a small wood, hand-written a few crooked red "Zhang teacher's house," Teacher Chang seems to have become a scene of the tiger jumped. Far ahead of online prestigious GUEST HOUSE - TINAS of. About half an hour walk, we came to a big cave, this time in the dark days have been faster. Although the trip before the big landslides have been mentally prepared, but the sight that really shocked us. I saw more than 100 meters long cave section of road completely missing shadow, full of rocks and large mounds of earth. Cavity in the mountains, floods washed down from the hills had been completely submerged roads, has become a small stream. Even more frightening is that occasionally there are rocks roll down the hill, and when you walk through when you simply can not see the status of the mountains, and only bite the bullet and move forward. As we walk through the rapid spread when he suddenly heard a several more screaming, originally from the mountains rolled down a small stone in less than 1 meter away from our local Xiao Wang smashed before, scared of us face was blue. (Later heard people say that Tiger Leaping Gorge have occurred in previous years several cases of self-help tourists by a falling rock crushed to death in the incident, and now think is absolutely terrifying.) When we reached the ditch, when suddenly the local people waiting for us there is a In more than 10 meters long watercourse deepest hobble around a 3-meter long wooden, turned out he was waiting for it to tourists charge Na! Goodfellas, who really minds a little bit of making money. When we crossed the water after the guy has to go home, and can not find away to his board.
Through the large cave, the front is a smooth sailing, the rise to the sky looked, in some places there actually glittering star, everyone's mind at ease at once up swept a shadow of a major landslide. Of my classmates went so far as to sing a song, singing in the silence of the mountains between the responses, the original singing is not loud noise sounding disgruntled at this time. Night Tiger Leaping Gorge is so comfortable, not what we aspire to pursue travelers do? Unwittingly we have reached the three white face Inn. This is a stone, reinforced concrete and steel window built four-storey building, may be considered where the most impressive house, but it is with the surrounding environment is how discord, as compared with the magnificent Tiger Leaping Gorge, it is also how ugly, but fortunately did not WOODY beautiful Villa is also copied into the same, otherwise a big unpleasant.
We put down your luggage, Lijiang young man told us, the best point of good food to the kitchen after the first bath, because there is only one waiter and chef's little girl, cooking will be very slow. And he repeatedly asked, be sure to save water bath, where hot water is to use firewood, man against the system. As today is gone more than 5 hours of the mountain, each is one of the odor, I heard that there can bathe all of them have felt very unexpected. This is the most I've ever washed a bath in particular.
I wash my bath, we all feel a relaxed day, with the sweat and toil seems to have been washed away together. Although we really can not Kung dinner dishes only, we still drink a lot of wine. With a good dinner, had 11 points, and everyone seems to Henan still time to make preparation for Zaiqu the stars could be a kitchen and found that days have turned hostile, it began to drizzle, we all felt a wet blanket, the only thing to his room to rest .
Author: vianyang
