IQue Phoenix (1)
Bumps on the train in 23 hours, crossing numerous mountain tunnel, we finally set foot on land in western Hunan. Strictly speaking, yes Huaihua land. Western Hunan is still, after two hours. 23 hours of the journey, so that we have the first harvest - the harvest friendship: the train to get to know the same to any of the Phoenix became a big brother to travel our fifth member of western Hunan. Humorous, prudent and thoughtful.
Huaihua to Phoenix is not the car next to the station are required to walk a quarter of an hour, or beaten to get to the bus stop. Because it is Golden Week, Quwang Phoenix people are more trips also increased, people will at least open, while they kick in the 1. I had thought of Huaihua of us is to go after lunch, can only hungry on the train. Remind myself how lucky we all brought a lot of snacks.
Car walking in the mountains, fields and towns, the occasional carrying a basket carried on to see out the window, wearing the hijab miaojia villagers. Watch phone shows on weekdays where hate "is not in service area" sign, surprisingly there is a ray happily, as if swore off the shackles that layers Ruoyouruowu.
Two in the afternoon, the driver pointed at a distant Hill meandering river, surrounded by houses clean water, said Phoenix is up.
Phoenix to it? We stood along the road traversed seemingly ordinary town with no difference of the Hill side of the premises before the ask myself, this is Phoenix? So ordinary, so plain?
Finishing a moment luggage, we walked down the Hill, sneaking into the narrow alley. Suddenly, both sides of the sudden disappearance of the side of buildings, Wang has displayed a clear water emerged in the clean water side of the vertical stone pagodas, and the clean water side of the vertical lift feet Mulou, also emerged in the distance of the Castle Peak Hongqiao. This is meant to be a stagnation of the ink Danqing a quiet, yet it flowing; it meant to be a party to the quiet mountain town border, but it is noisy with. Mountain static and dynamic water, and the town of Ning and visitors downtown but discord to harmony mixed. Although be warned, but still could not imagine that even this small mountain town there are so many tourists! Could there quiet of my journey will also become smoke?
Across the Hongqiao, found a good donkey to help reservations a good inn, and rest, in order to we have already hungry belly, in order to taste the legendary phoenix earlier food, we got into the Hongqiao side "Louwai Lou" to seize the a seat by the window, waiting for the food and serve. Perhaps the reason many people difficult to anaphoric it, will point the blood DCB duck, pickled fish, fried bacon, etc. bracken is not as undesirable as delicious. While serving speed because it has not used a whole table full of traditional Miao dishes on the table felt intolerably slow. Phoenix he give us the bother of its foreign visitors and a clean mountain Xiama Wei. As a result, has always been to eat lunch almost 5 o'clock!
After dinner, walks away in the busy city streets, numerous batik tie-dye shop, numerous workshops silverware shops, numerous Jiang Tang production shops, numerous inns and hotels are telling us that this is an ancient city, which is an old Street. But now, she was there not only for their own sake, and she is more tourists there. Hongqiao, wins Tsui House, East House, North tower, Yang shrine, Shen Cong-wen's house ... ... shops and organically integrated with the cultural attractions together, do not let us think that glare or discomfort. Inn tend to have a shop or chic or alternative name, just to think highly of signs in the form of the name of its own: the ancient city of Rye, Rangers bar, artillery dye shop, Nie beard paper models ... ...
As night had fallen, it may not have a trace of silence down the old street signs. Gejiafanzhuang restaurant during the lunch rush right again after a rest for a moment busily working to open a supper. Street lights.
What's amazing is that turn the wins Tsui House, forming the Street suddenly took as a change of world: very few pedestrians, shop Fanzhuang was almost non-slate on both sides of the street is a family-style hotel Gejia converted. Faint mist of light Zhuzhao being wet stone, the light and dark intervals, patchwork.
Because eating lunch late, lattice, circles of two MM mood for dinner. I would with any big brother, ANDY went to "Pan Changjiang restaurant" to eat supper - black-bone chicken broth. Delicious!
In the cramped narrow train swing for the whole day, can be stained the blanket is really soft and clean fragrance of a great enjoyment! Inability to appreciate the beauty of the ancient city of Silent Night, I Hunhun sleep ... ...
PS (both golden week prices):
1. Shanghai - Huaihua, K79 times, fares (including agency fees) is about 380 / person;
2. Huaihua - Phoenix, CMB, fare 21 / person;
3. Louwai Lou: It seems that eating more than 160, but the dish does not seem to craft spirits, and sometimes years in a chicken will find two heads! Waiter was kind enough to visitors that this is something the kitchen, so that visitors go directly to the kitchen, things to do with her! ;
4. Pan Changjiang Restaurant: It is said the boss looks very like the Pan Changjiang, but also so do get autographed Pan Changjiang store signs! I saw that one side is indeed a lot like! 120 or so;
5. Expo Floor: two brothers, both open-Inn. The Linjiang brother brother family street. 60 / person.
Author: windicky
