Tonight is the return to Shanghai, the third night, the morning to the office at 8:30, 11:30 noon dinner, 17:00 pm from work, everything has returned into the original law of the state. 11-day trip in what episode did not affect the main theme. 've Always wanted to write something brewing down, the feelings of fear of travel as time goes by, the trivial in life has been obliterated in unconsciously, and then chew the absence of any flavor in addition pictures, text can be retain feelings. Knew his pen not to the number of profound, just a true record of the scene at that time, when the impulse, when fresh, then open, and even immature at that time.
The afternoon of December 17 is the SAKURA CAFé territorial waters of the table before the tide, and a glass of 6 yuan Yunnan arabica coffee, a pen, a notebook in leisurely spend in the sun's brilliant four and a half hours.
In the evening, they ran a large stone bridge, the old seat, would like to eat rice, pickled cabbage on the point of a potato, a vegetable pot on the Lijiang white rice, eat very fragrant. Checkout, 11 yuan, leave.
Huang slowly back to youth hostel, the "slow" is the rhythm of Lijiang is also the characteristics of Lijiang. Over there should be more accurately referred to as "relaxed", that is Naxi Ren approach to life.
Back to the old wooden huts of the A-16, addition of two new roommates, Beijing, and Guangzhou, is to discuss the arrangement of the Jinsha River Tiger Leaping Gorge, asked me to go with, multiple heads, multiple copies of excitement, but also more than cost-sharing. Jump on the tiger did not know much, sounds quite dangerous, and directed at large group of new Mix, and on foot two days, once tried six and a half-hour cycling trip to Zhouzhuang, Daoting there want to try the idea. As a result, a moment decided to join the ranks of backpackers on foot. I packed my things, reduce the backpack load, toss into the middle of the night under the Cai Shui.
7:45 the morning alarm clock rang, Lijiang and Shanghai, there is a natural time lag of about two hours, that time to Lijiang, the fairly early, days, no light. I drowsily in bed, wash. A total of seven peer who has a small surface package, on the bus all 11 self-introduction: Li Ji Xiang in Beijing, Guangzhou, Yan Kang, Mei Zheng Hangzhou, Zhuhai, old Joe, Guangzhou little Hsu, everyone alone come to Lijiang strangers, Cou together. On the age of one rankings, I also have families. Take Our local Naxi Ren Qiu Lin, Lijiang tour fee self-help guide. The CTRIP see him a lot of Promotion of the post, the original of this approach is not a very good impression, the whole of the people, the feeling is different, and holding a small flag, pulling tourists go shopping guides should not be part of the business similar.
Small plane out of the ancient city, along the winding road to open to our point of departure. Because turning out, I was transferred had to start dizziness, nausea, but also thought it was altitude sickness, and later Qiu Lin SHOW his new weapons GPS argued "It's altitude is lower than in Lijiang."
Two hours later, we went to the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge ---- charging port. Looked for a restaurant, ordering dinner, buying mineral water, chocolate, buy 15 yuan a backpack to prepare for the following on foot.
In order to escape the ticket 30 yuan, the driver specifically looked for local friends to make the driver pretended to drive to work. Over Toll Gate, we were asked to not sound like, we all screen with gas silent, feeling like the war period, like barriers to Japanese soldiers. Smooth and successful transition, and fled the country 30 far tax benefit the driver 10 yuan / person.
Car stopped at an intersection, as well as our starting point on foot, looking up at the mountain road, we settled down to get bones to start Sheung. Hillside of a family, surrounded by a gang of men to kill a pig in the ground is strewn with blood. In the log cabin, the elderly, women and children are eating, very friendly to greet us. We are a small team behind to keep up to three foreigners, two Germans and a Sydney girl, to see a feminist scene, the girl screaming "OH, My God, they're killing the pig!"
Along the way, we can see the previous backpacker who walked in stone left by the yellow or red arrows mark the direction of pointing to the tiger jump. Many foreign tourists in the absence of any guide, under the leadership of the foot along the direction of the arrow to the tiger jump.
Qiu Lin Dai Lege tape recorder, so when we climbed, but also listening to Cui Jian's song.
Because it is uphill on the road a bit steep, but not there is any risk, we all complain a little bit not to provoke. Qiu guide told us that as long as before dark arrived at Half Way (HALFWAY) and they can, so plenty of time for a bit, we can see good scenery, pictured on each photograph. Stone, blue sky, dried tree in winter, and sometimes also a very good combination.
Load is not large, so while walking, while still chatting. Humming all the way old Joe, "Romance in the rain Meng Meng," nagging us his identity and fairly prosperous guides the beauty salon business. So I changed to call him Joe lords. Mei Zheng traveled almost the whole of China to exchange her attitude towards life. Sisiwenwen, grown very Guangzhou cub's Yankang told me about his voyage in Xinjiang and Kazakhstan that l. trip. New to buy a small home-made Jiefang Xie Xu kinda useful, solid, non-slip. A back found that Li Ji Xiang from time to time to another organization. Qiu Lin Tao Gu his GPS, to find that satellite.
Unexpectedly, the forest has cropped up a pair of young foreigners, SAY HELLO. Then quickly than us. If you want to practice English, to have many opportunities to jump tiger. Locals that this foreigner tourists, so advertising signs and inns are all written in English. If you ask the villagers, "HALFWAY", some wood may be satisfied, but a mention "HALFWAY", seventy to eighty of the Granny will give you a guiding.
It's that walk take a rest, Shuishuoxiaoxiao, the evening we came to the famous "HALFWAY Guest House".
Inn has a roof, erected opposite the mountain, blue sky for the lining, the bottom is the valley, open immense, we enjoyed sitting or leaning against the encircling mountains.
Von Inn boss say that the Inn has hosted 46 nations and countries. In general the ratio of residents per night is definitely more to foreign tourists, the day is the exception: 9 Chinese people two Britons.
Half Way there is an old notebook, recording the various countries on foot tiger jumped tourists staying HALF WAY feelings. English, French, Japanese, Korean, also hand painted flags of different countries.
That night power outage, we have seven people to enjoy a meal around the brazier candlelight dinner. In the flicker of candlelight, it is also played a game to kill.
Out of the room, inadvertently looked up and could not help but "wow" out loud, a sky full of the stars, we took to the rooftop and began the stars, find constellations, in the dense among hemp surprise, we also see a mobile with a satellite. I think I was all of 10 years of reading the stars. Qiu Lin and Ji Xiang chatting religion and war, I do not really understand them, listen.
Roof following is known as "the best in the world toilet" and TOILET, exactly say that pit-latrines, semi-open air. I foot the Yellow River side while looking at the beautiful Star, a scene that admirable!
I Mei Zheng rely on women's Power to seize the most favorable terrain, adjacent rooftop room. The room is very simple, two beds, two windows, the other nothing. Sheets is white, and looked very clean, the quilt is warm. Asleep, feeling ears the wind, and a side head and found that the corner is not tight, there is a medium-intensity of the slit. With ears blowing from the valley of the bitter wind is blowing wind, I slowly fall asleep. In retrospect, I slept in that sense the highest level of a perception, elevation 2345M.
8:30 am to start on the plain porridge to eat a steamed bun. Photo of the guys who get up early went to shoot some of the early morning of the valley. Only Joe lords uphold sleep last one. Funny kitten playing with the Inn for a while, thinking that the cat can be considered to cats in the well-informed, with 46 countries were dealt with. Still a lot of travels were raised, well-known are not low. Cuihua remembered youth hostel called the Dalmatians and the monks black dog, grown very COOL, this way, they discover that a lot of Inn has a unique pet.
Inn of the proprietress also do PISA and PIE, she said that foreign tourists are taught, as well as share of bamboo series of menus, elegant, chic.
Co-owner with Feng Guo Ying, 10 o'clock we Sheung. The sun is out, it was hot, and put SEMIR off the blue jacket tied around his waist, with a cap, a very travelers look.
Interval is not long, it will hear the sound of water is the water flow down from the hills, more water, they form a small waterfall, under the refraction of the sun, but also saw the colorful arc. HALFWAY bought from a hot apple, 1 yuan 1, all the way walking to eat, quite moisture.
At noon am, we went to the TINA (the Gap Inn), is also the only way to jump tiger.
Joe master points, a lot of PIE, I see Yamaguchi pecking chickens, think a lot of User in the article described the flavor chicken extent of the road, so the proposal to only chicken lunch today. 15 yuan / jin, everyone agreed. PIE taste good, thick french fries very fragrant, with Mcdonald and KFC compared to a distinctive flavor. Chicken is now grasping is burned, boiled for two hours, delicious is not a detailed description of the degree.
In the TINA met an old lady came in Guangdong, two sons Xiangpei to mainland tourists in Lijiang, ranked first in Cantonese. Our team of three cubs with them in Guangdong, opened the native dialect. Between leisure time with them for advice of some, was praised as pronounced pure, satisfaction suddenly remember with affection.
December is the off-season, so do not encounter many tourists and residents, but also not intended. TINA's boss, said many people, when room, ground floor, kitchen, and even the masters of their own rooms are full of sleeping guests. Imagine the kind of scenario should be quite interesting. Confused with the similar flight, but the modern pursuit of hard-working money, after all a fashion!
From TINA, we started down the mountain, looking away at the end of Jinsha River. Xiajiang of this road is a local teacher named Zhang repair their own money, so the tiger jumped over the visitors, acting according to rules have to give him 10 yuan toll. After his house door, the door hanging "Teacher Chang Home" raft, which means the charges Koudao. Psychology in a friendly manner with our line of greeting Li Qiu Lin and our accounting in the past Jiaoqian.
Xiajiang roadside wire Shuanzhuo some baskets for the visitors put garbage. We are all consciously do not arbitrarily still refuse, pinch in their hands, put into the basket.
The more down the walk, water, sound more and more, Lu is also increasingly difficult to walk.
Finally to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, Jinsha river, a narrow section of the legendary tiger can leap off, hence the name. Because the gap between large, water Ji Chuan, the surging river, splash. In order from the river closer, and we follow Qiu Lin tummy big stones, the East channeling the best point of west-hop touch. Face feelings of the spill of water droplets, cool, but extremely fresh. Everyone found, an excuse to shoot the best point, and then exchange the camera to shoot or shoot each other. POSE most likely to swing the old Joe, from time to time to put the image of the Statue of Liberty. To get a photo, each person had to POSE6 times, the camera in a pile, then shot one by one.
Sitting on the edge of the stone, feet of natural droop, the following river flew, people feel a kind of rise.
15:30, the sun just over the hills, shone into the valley. In the tiger jumped the feeling of more than 1 hours, and then continue the road, in the dark must be preceded by the road, must pass through several "thin strip of sky."
After the road, it should be quite able to meet modern looking for mental stimulation. I walked in the first one, we saw in front of the narrow roads and were only at one foot, and were wet landscape, and significant slip, on the other side is a bottomless valley. Pulling the thin wire tied to the side, crept to her face close to the mountain, did not dare look at the following side faces on so many before. This left several times, a bit bold, and has been leading the team. I Yankang strength are good thrown behind them, so sat by the roadside stone upper organization. Was later told that we have had a "thin strip of sky." The most dangerous one, only saw the rise of a narrow little piece of heaven while the name "thin strip of sky." Unfortunately, that moment did not just rise and admire it.
18:00 and more, we go through a stockade to the highway, Woody and Sean Inn on it. A surname summer locals had a big tree by the roadside sign says in English, a thin strip of sky on foot tiger skip lines.
Our small surface due to the time difference, did not wait until we are back. Getting dark, and the temperature slowly dropped, the mountains there is no signal, cell phone with no law, that the village is not a phone, we immediately fall into the era of easy communication of the original era, modern man has become powerless. Can only walk along the winding mountain road back, looking forward to car longer to come back. We cold and tired, a little helpless, but did not walk a few hundred meters to see the warmth of our small side lights, everyone clapped and cheered. Drilling on the warm side, we turn to a joke, all the way happy to come back.
Days completely dark, and people began to warm, and cell phone have signal, and our foot tiger's occupation is also an end.
The next day, the team has disbanded, each return to the noisy cities, is still to resume regular life.
Author: bleumer
