Early summer of 2001, attracted, but also not open to push the warm friends, traveling northwest Yunnan hurried visit to the Shangri-La. Travels in the following written at the end, casually tell you a heart of desire: for a season, revisit Shangri-La. This aspiration is not only echoing the enthusiasm of local friends and like-minded, but also to the other seasons more Shangri-La style of Chi Mei Qi Ji. Autumn, especially Muqiu, when is the best imagination. Despite this, I did not expect, in mid-October after more than three months, I really had take place.
This is really not easy. In this three-month intervals, I have a full lap around the earth. First traveled in several countries in Europe, but also to stay in the tropical jungles of South America, self-cultivation, and do a little business, in late September, I was returning via the United States, while the U.S. has just been 911 incidents destroyed scared before, I even went to the George W. Bush hometown of Houston, organized a point of official business. Also as far away as South America, when once again put tour of Yunnan set down.
Of course I love nature and travel, but it was so fast so rush forward again on the Yunnan-Tibet Plateau, the real motivation is commercial reasons. Have failed the local industrial investment projects, some of my work exactly, and the relationship between the last contacted through friends, and this will be doing the look to strive for a happy ending.
Zhongdian is like living in the city, particularly around the snow-capped mountains are, grasslands, lakes and villages surrounded by, you have absolutely can not feel too strong business climate. My current business travel, the practical effect of the schedule, or the significance of tourism bigger. Not so much business travel, true as it is and Shangri-La beautiful nature, in particular, is almost astonishing glimpse of the autumn, there is a lingering surprise appointments.
From Kunming to Zhongdian, this ride is that the aircraft, despite the car want to send a friend in Kunming. Ride hard or while on the road certainly is not any good scenery, but more importantly, the calculation down the plane can save a lot of time out in Zhongdian, among the mountains. According to plan the whole trip to Yunnan, only 4 days time, the first day to Kunming, to wait until the next morning only to Zhongdian aircraft.
40-minute flight, aircraft have been flying above the clouds. Zhongdian until the sky, although they are still gloomy weather, the aircraft can turn around Shique Zhongdian city as a whole, as well as the surrounding mountains seen very clearly. Striking off the plane feeling cold, and good clothes and above there is sufficient preparation. From the tourist point of view, set foot on the land of Shangri-La encountered this wet and rainy weather will certainly be more depressed. I do, after all, is the second time, the addition would also like to, which the climate changes on the Yunnan-Tibet plateau endless, where a full 48 hours to be spent, and perhaps meet a variety of weather, so we go about it.
Shangri-La Airport (this is the official name of the airport I heard the name of Zhongdian, the city was in the process changed to Shangri-La) in relation to built in Zhongdian valley west of the city, be it Pahai (ie, wetlands, grasslands) as part of higher-lying areas in the south. Far west, is going up in a big mountain, slightly higher peaks of the bee sharp dressed Silver Art. Pick up the Chief Zhang, Miss Yang told me that to this season, mountain rain, the Peak on the snow, but This rain, to the summit has brought the first snow today. That is to say, for the immediate wet rain what is there to complain about?
Is the local County Tourism Bureau Chief Zhang, Miss Yang is a local general manager of a small travel agency. Both are then related to that project personnel, but also my last to know when a friend, in public and in private that they come to pick me very fit. Toyota car is majestic cruisers, up from a friend's Jetta Kunming Shangri-La more he wanders the dark wilderness.
They naturally know the cloud flights of the "Black Heart" and the stingy. 40-minute flight, 560 yuan prices have not hit 1:00 Zhetou not say (and the Mainland, two hours off the route after the price almost!), Decent breakfast time, without any food hospitality! So, originally I plan straight out of the airport, 100 km of the project site (in fact, to save time left picture), but the owner took me two without any explanation of the city hotels, resettlement pack and eat breakfast!
Hotel is the last time I stayed in Zhongdian only a quasi-four-star hotel, comfortable room goes without saying, more importantly, the hotel is almost Zhongdian's tallest building, from the roof overlooking the mountains of the town. In the following two nights and two mornings, I have climbed to the roof of farewell and welcome glow of the sunset.
Because a year to lead the industrial projects, it is now deputy director of the Autonomous Region of the People's Congress leaders would also like to accompany me to see the project and dragged more than 10 before starting. I do not have shows that they already know I have a travel photography hobby, I sat doing my co-pilot position. Arms holding my camera bag.
Zhongdian Zhongdian to small (located at 30 kilometers south of a Tibetan town) the road has been repaired, cruisers can drive a very fun at all. I told the Chief Zhang driving prodded, said it might sometimes need to stop pictures. In fact, far out of line south is the hilly area on the slopes of a piece of red grass weeds, it is eye-catching. Chief Zhang big plus to this recommendation, several asked whether or not to stop shooting. But I know that this red grass of course good-looking, but in this gloomy weather, they will not be too much, as is, and he wanted to shoot the best results, be sure to wait for sunshine, especially when the sun might come back there opportunities, it is not, come back tomorrow. From Zhongdian Zhongdian dozens of kilometers to a small, picturesque way, this is my last time through when it left the impression, though, no one out here to do the scenic spot. Now, with the sky red grass everywhere, if in the sun is even more icing on the cake of the visual effects.
I was so patient and did not stop to walk this piece of scenery, and then tens of kilometers across the Milky Way Chong Valley, went to the edge of the Jinsha River. Tiger Leaping Gorge is certainly not into the over, losing no time, the official After this, perhaps under the afternoon sun waiting for a small Zhongdian me.
First, a shop in the riverside eating lunch rather flavor, and then more than an hour of time put the finished project inspection. More than three in the afternoon will go to, not some subtle strands of rain drift Shihai falling down. Know the valley section of the end of a few scattered clouds, exposing a few pieces of blue sky white clouds. I also intend to stop making some of the early advent of Autumn valley, can be considered some time delay, because out of valley, follow the same track a few kilometers of the mountain, that is a small area of Zhongdian.
Qin wet in the rain and fog of the mountain in autumn, feeling more and more bright light, the process is a very sensitive and happy, even though can see that row of trees do not yet fully come autumn-dyed, but patches of color from time to time in the jump from the humid greenwood come out, people began to think of little but vivid watercolor at home a few pens. The days of color is also indisputable now the screen, blue sky has become a great one.
Mountains on the west, or a thick cloud, the whole western sky, or only along the sunny day, but the sun appears to be right through this zone to be sunny, Saxiang road on both sides of gentle hills, with the light, only a area, just near the road, while the distance, or the mountains covered with clouds, shadow, and the color gray mountain.
With the street is a red grass, and only in this oblique backlighting, the red weed was into this burning feeling, and a deep background in the distance, even more amazing gorgeous! A jump with a passion!
Red's world, this is a strange vision! Though, a group of exotic beauties Allure pour country, suddenly alive Jingxian in front! Concentrate one's attention a little further observation, these beauties are in phase contrast in how the environment - it is hilly staggered round after round of random lines, it is scattered a few leisurely in the open pasture Black Bull, which is set off the smoke curl tree Tibetan villages, it is smooth and mellow with brocade-like rolling hills ... ...
I get off, no longer stagnant, indicating the car slowly forward, my own along the road, always reach for the camera, that is, a beautiful painting ... ...
God really will be arranged, and so I spent almost half an hour took ten to twenty photos, the light changed again, then put away weeds share of bright red and into the dark background, such as Shen. The sky is also late, we should also pay close attention to return to the city of. That bright red image of the wilderness, went so far as to see these at a glance like to stay in my lens, and memory. Indeed, although growing up in this piece of open land, unusual plants, but you really want to show the face of its most beautiful, you may really want to like just as light, angle, and the environment combinations we go. I was lucky enough to encounter, and I really want to join me in the morning and set foot in the rain in the Shangri-la land, visitors can, like me, enjoy the beautiful scenery that normally the most beautiful moments, so that even the day's gloomy weather, all can be seen as a prelude to the scene with it.
The evening is a dinner of several masters, staying in my hotel restaurant. Missed only heard the last to taste the local astronomical Game - pine mushroom, and now because the Japanese economy so that it does not shock the price drop, the main people would not deliberately point to, I finally tasted. Seems to have no particular taste, at least, it is better to see the scenery during the day, so I am even more grateful for this mission opportunity. During the banquet, and the main people to go back also discussed how to cooperate on this project, from my faith in the business, but also for such a good atmosphere, I table a very real attitude, here's leadership is also expressed satisfaction with it.
The next day, 6 o'clock, when I am on the roof, or sky glow, and so on at 8 o'clock, when Chief Zhang to pick me up, but it is Mancheng thick fog, tens of meters outside the building would be impossible of, let alone the distant peaks. Chief Zhang also public, so that a Tibetan young man opened his cruiser, with me where to go. Look at me worried about the weather, he says, but today, a rare good weather. It reminds me of last time, in Deqin of that, did not see the whole afternoon Meili Snow Mountain, but to so the next morning, at night the Chief Zhang invited us to dinner when he glanced a moment at random out of the window of the weather, said sentence tomorrow, should be able to see, and indeed we have seen the cloud exposed Meri Xuefeng, and very spectacular.
Bita is not missed the last tour, but also remember that in the same direction on the roadside scenery good, I have proposed to Bita Lake. Chief Zhang and Tibetan boys do not seem to agree with my choice, but one day back and forth where little choice indeed, and I imagine that even if it was common plateau lakes in this beautiful autumn season, should exercise more. Thus was the road.
Sure enough, the car just out of the city began to climb mountains, and fog would dissipate very quickly, and parted and allowed the scene was very clear, photographed images of half of the visibility can be a few dozen meters of the mist, half of the high blue sky and distant snow peak.
In fact, the scenery along the way Autumn better than the last impression, but the contrast with the broad and fiery red yesterday to see the grasslands, but significant number of the usual. The blue sky white clouds floating soft, tender and beautiful in the sun a lot of rich earth colors, or a higher elevation in this region, a Road mountain is gorgeous in color.
Bita Lake is indeed a very common, but some of the nearby mountains is only slightly yellow, pretty far from the mountains on the road. However, this peculiar high altitude lake, there should be more than 4000 meters, scenic area of the entrance is actually on top of a mountain, although the scenery on the lake is very general, but stood outside the entrance to see, in this fine weather, just Haba snow-capped mountains overlooking the peaks, peak body towering stands side by side, but very different posture. The colorful front of the valley, but also bring out the body of the white bee. Way this magnificent and bright and the picture, so I think that dozens of kilometers to run around without the line.
Way back again lake Guairu to Shuo are forks in the road, the one to eat lunch, and secondly, yes I remember last time when you go to Shuo Du Lake Special lush forest along the valley, and now coupled with the fall colors, it should be even more wonderful, and, during the last years have been almost no pictures of altitude sickness, that this time, just a leisurely drive roaming throughout the valley ... ...
Is that the valley even more beautiful, but also "murder" a lot of my films, but I know that from being a photographer on the harvest run, no longer compare it even had the chance yesterday, which fell no regrets, and can only I am even more fortunate for having experienced such an opportunity.
The last day at 8 o'clock plane back to Kunming. The way to the airport, the whole floating in open valleys along the white fog hanging scroll, wrapped with this magical land. In a hurry date, and gave me an unforgettable surprise, I do not know that there is no chance, once again dating, but do not know what will surprise?
Author: jimyuan
