Gannan, Lanzhou, Xining, Qinghai Lake on the 10th self-help Tour (2003/8/8-2003/8/17)
D1-2 (8/8-8/9): Shanghai - Lanzhou (T116 plays 15:40) Su, Lanzhou, Nanchang Lu Huayu Hotel
8 afternoon, we boarded the train line 7 from Shanghai to Lanzhou, in Suzhou, there are a User Station (satellite) and we are converging. We are 8 people in the car after the start Juqi divided into two groups play cards, a securities company in Shanghai, have brought 10 User Xiaohui paid card, the whole one ah, grip in the hand like a block of bricks, as a self-defense weapons are also good! To the dinner hours begin rest, bringing the eradication of food, reduce their burden. An up aunt (the mother of my colleagues) on the train eating dumplings, the youngest of the juju was eating a can of rice pudding, there are several eating hamburgers brought Shanghai. Zhengzhou and Xi'an, passing at midnight when the hard rain, awoke a while later it has been Shuidaotianliang awake. 9, the day on the train with a friend in Lanzhou confirmed Arima hotel accommodation, but also with the plane arrived in Lanzhou, netizens in advance to keep in touch. Lunch provided on the train is a poor, little fried cowpea and a box of rice is necessary to 10 yuan. We eat bring their own instant noodles, casual look to deal with in preparation for the evening to Lanzhou and then dinner. After a Xian later, the train tunnel drilled a lot of the surrounding terrain and the south is totally different from all the mountains.
At 19:00 on the 9th after the arrival in Lanzhou, bought 9 8 / 10 to Xining, the T653 sub-molecular warhead 8:18 train (33 yuan / person), fought to settle down hotels Nanchang Road, and finally converging to a friend . Jincheng hotels near the hotel for dinner, 8 dishes one soup, plus a 50-string lamb (San Mao, a bunch of money), 9 individuals spent a total of 108 yuan. Lanzhou City Taxi (green mulberry) usually starts at 7 yuan, face is 5 yuan.
After dinner, everyone walking slowly towards the direction of Yellow River, I bought on the roadside kiosks and Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, a map, we walked to see, some people bought some grapes and fresh walnuts. There are walks along the way for the locals keen to guide our way, stay with us far as the park entrance, on the way to see the famous "Reader" magazine publishers. We are a long time to walk along the Yellow River, not far away from the bridge where the road can not find the shore and can only sit earthmoving tractors, out of 5 dollars please send us back to the master. We all crowded in the truck, like sitting on a swaying boat moving forward in the Yellow River, has been laughing to the end came to a halt. Later went to Zhongshan Bridge (iron chain bridge) look at night, back to the hotel when the nearly 11 o'clock. Please attendant told us to get up at 6:30, but the next morning at 6 o'clock on the CALL us!
D3 (8 / 10): Lanzhou (T653 plays 8:18) - Xining (11:17) - Qinghai Lake 6:30 am to get up around 7 o'clock in the hotel's beef noodle shop to eat a bowl of beef noodles (4 yuan / people), lying on the table in front of a pile of disinfectant bowl, cover the outside of each bowl with a fresh bag. Also on the table stood a big tub of beef slices next to have a say. Ordinary 3 yuan a bowl of beef noodles, the surface only a small amount of beef crushed. The meat we buy is the increase of beef noodle soup, and then go to the door surface to add one or two of beef. On the train, we began to play cards, each hand carrying a channeling grapes to eat, shoot a few funny photos, take a look at 1 yuan Qian three copies of the newspaper. 11:30 noon, arrived in Xining, the first bought the first 2 days (8 / 11) Back to Maryland ticket, chartered Tour of Qinghai Lake, Tar (Toyota 12 800 / 2 days). Xining railway station square in front of a large taxi stopped, we looked for a better Toyota Driving Status. Yi-min and then go to the famous snack Square (the driver Ma Hailin recommended) with lunch, went out it was designated tourist hotels, food prices more expensive than in Lanzhou, but the amount is enough, Xiao Pen's on it. Outer zone 10 hours away Nang cake and 1.5 kg lamb clutch, nine individuals spent a total of 180. Leave the city when the city of Xining, passing Square, where colorful flags fluttering, is the main venue of the International Cycling Race, the day was the opening ceremony. We give a lift to the supermarket to add supplies and bought a box of water, two watermelons and other food, and then embarked on the Qinghai Lake.
This time we did not go to Bird Island, because now is not looking bird season, I heard that in mid-May is the best season to Bird Island. We are along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway to the Qinghai Lake starting, full of 150 roads, means of the first attractions sun and the moon pass (elevation 3,500 meters). Where flocks of sheep, we looked incredibly happy, and quickly get off photographed This found that cold ah, with temperatures around zero. A good road along the way, are highways, elevation rising road extending to the horizon, do not see down at the end, the driver said that this is leading to Lhasa, Tibet's Tin Road. Areas near the Qinghai Lake, there are large areas of rape, the street around the walls, it is spectacular. We also get off a few pictures from different angles.
Four in the afternoon to arrive at Qinghai Lake, first went to New Prairie Hotel stay there, then go to visit Qinghai Lake. At the gate just a temporary post office, in the selling of the International Cycling Race of first day covers and commemorative issues in Qinghai Lake, you can cover the spot, sent home after the postmark, I felt a great collection meaningful and immediately bought two sets, but also bought the Qinghai Lake and the Tibetan antelope postcards.
Into the area, the Qinghai Lake to see the White Tower and the streamer with a Tibetan lake through their pictures, as well as people swimming in the Qinghai lake. The lake, the tree with a small house, a former torpedo testing base in China, now estimated to have no need, but this facility was still in there, very unpleasant. Further scale development projects made lake pier. Here yacht Tour of Qinghai Lake in particular expensive, 52 RMB / person, about 20 minutes. We are free to walk along the pier, Chuichui Feng, around the Qinghai Lake to enjoy the scenery. After the tour, we came to the driver described in Heyuan Jiang Hotel for dinner, the boss of the private rooms of our Come to the Qinghai Lake Huangzhong we recommend the fish, saying that there are four eat, hoping that we will try. Had heard that the hotel is still secretly sold here Huangzhong fish, really so. We reject the recommendation of the boss, point of two simple dishes, eat a point to bring the clutch Xining lamb. Qinghai Lake, accommodation and meals are high, and if in the morning arrived in Xining, the proposed package one day car tour of Qinghai Lake and the Tar, do not live in the Qinghai Lake. We live in grasslands hotels, three standard room 250 yuan / rooms, are all dead flies on the windowsill, is said to spray insecticide over syrup. Is not cold at night, you can bathe. Conditions look better than the tents, hotels, tents, hotels are bungalows, some wet, some more expensive, standard room 200 yuan one.
Su Qinghai Lake Prairie Hotel
D4 (8 / 11): Qinghai Lake - Xining T654 times 19:00 - 22:10 Lanzhou
Get up at 6:30 the morning to watch the sunrise, I stood in the corridor by the window reading a long time, which is very spectacular and feel that here Zhuyi Ye is still worthwhile. We have not eaten breakfast more than 7:00 left to go the Tar Monastery in Qinghai Lake, in the car eating biscuits. Along the way the early morning air especially fresh, white clouds in the distance, like the hillside where hanging down like a waterfall Unfortunately, shooting light is not ideal. 9:00 around 15 km away from Xining, and we stopped the car in front of closed road by now. Road cycling are watching the masses, we have also joined in. The police remind us from time to time, after standing in isolation belt afraid we were quickly knocked down by a passing bicycle. We chatted roadside old police to understand the cycling team from our distance and time. And so on for about half an hour after the police clear the way, several cars passed the equipment, followed by a motorcycle team, cycling team quickly passing from us, and finally the Santana fleet, each vehicle is a top spare bike. 11:00 We are on the roadside near a small restaurant to eat something. Afternoon we toured the Tar and found a tour guide explaining to wear Tibetan clothes. Tar-ri tourists many are tourist bus parking lot. I saw some devout believers in the temple find a place to knock long head, I heard that generally knock 100,000 long head. They use hand counting beads, a few lap is a knock of 108 long head, and others in Si Wai side of the Temple of kowtowing side of the switch.
Dongguan Great Mosque in Xining, Xining area, inside the square huge circle around the house, and several of them is the classroom, Muslims from across the country could come here to learn scripture, tuition is not to the. Ms. mosques generally not open to visitors buy a ticket, they could be into the visit, but can not enter the chapel. Five times daily prayer time, every Friday is Sunday. Muslims, a sign of a man wearing a small white hat, married women Phi scarf, the local Muslim women are not allowed to enter the mosque. The door in the mosque there are many vendors selling a small white cap, our party have bought several of companions, two men on the spot, wearing a small white hat tour the mosque, were people inside were wearing a small white cap pointing of the rules, that is, to cover the forehead, does not reveal the amount of pre-hair. They also remind them to halal restaurant dining does not matter, if wearing a small white hat into the other hotels, as reflected by other Muslims might be playing. 5 o'clock in the mosque near the well-known small round door restaurant for dinner and bumped into a Muslim wedding where, we wish to congratulate the bride and with her photo. Muslim wedding a lot of rules, we feel that the wedding did not Han lively, everything is quiet. The bride told me that Muslims are not smoking, drinking, so there is no wedding toast offering each other cigarettes scenes. After dinner, we walk to the train station. 7:00 to board a train to Lanzhou, Lanzhou, arrived at 10:10.
Su, Lanzhou Huayu Hotel
D5 (8 / 12): Lanzhou (8:30) - Xiahe (2:00 pm) places Xiahe Droma hotel the night before due to return to Lanzhou, too late to go to Xiahe bought the bus ticket in advance, we can only go directly to the morning Small West Lake Bus Station (Qichexizhan) buy a ticket. To leave the hotel before booking on the 15th to the front of the room, but the hotel was a few days had been booked three teams, only to re-contact 14. In addition, like booking a train ticket back to Shanghai, but there are people going to Xi'an tourism, the number had not been finalized. Lanzhou train ticket reservation is 3 days in advance, plus a handling fee for each sleeper to 20 yuan. To the bus stop know of that class 8:30 express train only one seat, but happen to have a car to work overtime to cooperation at the same time to open the station to sell tickets to our destination was Xiahe, we had to sit retro with pedestal A total of 22 of Iveco trucks, the best front row seat reserved for the final two ladies on the train, and later had been waiting for tickets, but later the two foreigners on the train a while, sell tickets to their own seat arena also give artists themselves and their little boy sitting stool, 8:30 start time at last. That is precisely the opening ceremony of Hong wave festival, and our car was also put two boxes of seafood, the driver also helped the villagers brought a boy to co-operation. Can not put luggage on board is very crowded, we had to spend 40 yuan to buy a special seat luggage. On the bus later, we began to play killing games, one with long hair sitting in the front row arena artists dressed to sleep for an hour, she began performing magic tricks to attract everyone's attention, but what he is to co-Xiang waves wherever he goes, the pendulum's Day artists from the rivers and lakes in Inner Mongolia. Then he would use cards count talking about gossip, several Ms are lining up to invite him count. Ms. Yang received the first ticket operator asked him, saying it was quite the Spirit. Then two female doctors in Lanzhou fortune-teller asked him to ask the marriage. Later to do evil character count, 180-240 dollars will, and no one asked him to do. We take into account wave incense tourists during the festival on a reservation in advance Miss Xiang Yang co-operation in Lanzhou train back seat, pre-paid deposit 100 yuan. Xiahe 30 kilometers away from the fork in the road, we made a car, Ms. Yang stopped to help me Xiahe shuttle, and she out of the fare. Two foreigners, together with us go the same way to Xiahe on the car. Ms. Yang also told me that cooperation has two bus stations, one is public station, a private station. Booking train station next to the public sector window, where you can buy a ticket. In the other car to see 10-member cycling team at the roadside to eat ice cream Erie, sounded down know that they are Hangzhou people, out on the 8th day, and had been riding around the Qinghai Lake, and we admire them, and at night Zhuo Mary hotel again to see them in meetings.
Xiahe arrived at 1.30 pm after the "famous" Dolma hotel to settle down, triple per night 45. In addition to the room of three beds, that is, a desk, there is a lamp on the roof, open shut out, no charging plug, and certainly no TV. On the first floor there are two public bathrooms, each with three small rooms shower room. The hotel people said he could introduce the car to take us to the Sangkecaoyuan, 350 round-trip fare does not include horse riding fee. I think that more expensive than the online presentation, and suddenly this hotel has a bad impression. Then we went to the opposite side Szechuan Restaurant for lunch, the boss is very warm, give us each a bowl of yogurt on the taste was really good. Previously sent us to the hotel's three three-wheeled motorcycle has always been at the hotel entrance waiting for us, we will pack their cars to the grasslands (180 million) to Sangkecaoyuan deep riding, home visits. Right-hand side on the way there is a beautiful lake, blessed with beautiful scenery. Through several resorts along the way also, which take a lot of yurt-style tents, special accommodation for visitors to experience grassland life. Sangkecaoyuan commercially embodied in the resort and horse riding on the charges. We opened the car left, turn right into a hill to stop, came to the door of a herdsman. Since the host was said to us here Sangkecaoyuan winter pasture, his family's cattle and sheep are all here, 60 kilometers away from the summer pastures. The Tibetans are the household responsibility system, farm, each family has a ranch, surrounded by barbed wire, of course, there are large areas of grassland around the public pasture. Fewer cattle and sheep herders can borrow to cattle and sheep ranch more than pastoralists, charged 20 yuan per head of sheep forage, there are some income. The shepherd his family to see we are not called, very docile. But the Tibetans a horse next door to his house than on the bark. The owner said that Shepherd is wary of the Tibetans fear that someone stole his family's sheep and cattle. Because of his family engaged in tourism, summer, pull horses over to his house to tourists or near the resort offers horse riding services. To us because many people in two groups, horse riding, there are generally 1-2 hours. I am a later installment, on the house sitting on the kang advanced drink tea, try his home made Tibetan food, and host chat. The owner is very funny, probably more tourists come to his house, bar, what people have seen, but also learn two in Shanghai dialect. About 2 hours later, the first horse to come back, our Suzhou, a handsome guy a slight knock and was kicked feet of the horses. The original owner to the neighbor borrowed a horse, along the way with the host family on the neighbor's horse a horse squeeze each other to Jiqu careless, neighbor of the horses kicked him. Then finally my turn to riding. Riding in the vast grasslands of the feeling of really great, grasslands full of colorful wild flowers, my headband purple Gesang Hua ring, brushing a horse to take me to climb a hill, across a creek Road, Feng ER want to kick into gear for the ears, on horseback on the ups and downs, so I feel the horse's strength and speed. Over the next few days do not have the opportunity to ride, everyone remembered the scene in the Sangkecaoyuan riding, want to ride there again.
The evening returned to the hotel, there are companions to reflect the room smell to require attendants for bed quilt, waiter reluctantly changed. Away from home, we ask that the requirements of clean room quilt can not be excessive it, think about their attitude and decided the next day from another hotel. That night we went to hotel, ready to do tomorrow, a long past. In fact, there are many hotels in Xiahe county, we first went to Golden Dragon Hotel (People's Bank of subordinates), unfortunately only two 3 standard rooms, 150 yuan / rooms. Later still chose the hotel next door to the Overseas Chinese Hotel, Dolma, Double standard room 120. Downstairs is a western-style restaurants, there are Nepalese fried rice (India curry chicken / vegetable fried rice), Western-style breakfast in the morning. Hotel owner is a Nepali, had previously studied in the United States and Japan, and later to Xiahe who runs a hotel. The restaurant's chef is also a Nepalese, to Xiahe last five years. Many foreigners also live here, front next to Internet cafes, there is no Chinese system, the lobby of the various types of information (meals, transportation, chartered) are in English, even the laundry a single receipt are in English. The hotel is also recommended to us who chartered the driver, and soon called to a large bearded driver. His van is also very clean and relatively new, we have a good talk with him the next day to the Ganga grasslands and octagonal City, bag day, 150 vehicles, called him to contact a car on time to meet us at eight o'clock.
D6 (8 / 13): Ganga grassland, white cliffs, star anise day city tour places Xiahe Overseas Chinese Hotel, 7:30 am We went to Chinese restaurant downstairs restaurant to eat hearty Western-style breakfast, eight less than two cars side had been stopped on the outside of the. 9 o'clock before we leave for prairie Ganga Tour Whitehead Hongyadong and octagonal town. I am on the car that Yang master open, good scenery along the way to see a good view of the park at any time. The road to the white cliffs as part of and to the colleagues in the same way, we go on the road to see the shuttle colleagues. Our car climbed over two big mountains, and comes on a high hill overlooking the distant towns and temples. Then continue to go down to come to Whitehead Hongyadong. After buying tickets, there is a lama holding a flashlight in front leading the way and lead us in, Young Master is also accompanied us to the hole. One into the hole, you have to bend over and climb, slope is very steep, but fortunately, there are steel cables can be pulled alongside. A few more steps, that is, not see five fingers reaching the ground is wet and slippery, and we had to go to the cave completely different from the real sense of the extreme sports. Since no prior thought to make full preparations, we brought flashlights enough, no one wearing a head lamp, but also naked anti-slip shoes, first entered the hole soon, most people decided to withdraw. Because I stand in the end, had the first one came out. Front of the two ladies decided to hole adventure, and we really admire them. Young Master in bringing us pulled out one by one hole after the hole they find them. We are a small stream in the hole to rest with the mineral water bottles grasp tadpoles to play, lying on the grass to lure the sky eagle. Guolehaojiu only to see them come out, we the youngest companion juju side rubbing his eyes, the side toward us. Under the old juju hole shortly after consuming a lot of physical strength, not strength, and walk a few steps inside slip fell over, afraid not to go out of their own, thinking about thinking about started to cry up. Fortunately, Master Yang came in time to his feet to the juju when the stairs, step by step, take her out.
Simply eating solid food in the car, we went to the octagonal town. We climbed the wall and saw there are several villages in the Octagon in the city are doing soil walls and houses, it is some of northwest desolate feeling. Turn full circle into the city, it was sold to us a very rough working postcard. The way back to Xiahe, we went to a large bearded driver Ga Tibet Tashi Jia Zuozuo masters. Tibetan herdsmen Garbo home is the master account, divided a grassland, the center of the stove at home put away a few pieces of butter ready to sell his timber business in previous years, so the conditions at home better than the Young chef at home. His house, the door is a stove, next to the kang, kang has a rectangular table, and the north kang a sample. Room, there is a circle and a row of glass bowl kitchen sofa, very clean and tidy. But his daughter, read a three-year primary school do not read at home helped Ganhuo.
After dinner, colleagues and relatives in Lanzhou, the bad news came, on the 16th the train back to Shanghai to buy even the hard-sat less than tickets very tight. I hasten to contact Shanghai Railway Station, a friend and asked him to think of ways to help. We also discuss the step in the itinerary, in view of that period of cooperation to Langmusi roads in repair, as early as a few days to go Langmusi netizens that we send text messages to me along the way, providing a lot of information, from the co-operation to take the shuttle bus to the Langmusi 12 hours, pack off-road vehicles in the past have 9 hours, poor road conditions. While everyone would like to Langmusi, but taking into account such factors as the timing of the decision to give up. Finally, we divided into two groups, four individuals on the 14th early in the morning back to Lanzhou, and then go to visit Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, I and several others to stay in Xiahe, Labrang Monastery tour and co-operation, 15 early in the morning return to Lanzhou. Fortunately, a friend contacted the Railway Administration on the 15th night, the train conductor, so he reserved a few sleeper, but this train is bound for Urumqi, Jinan, Xuzhou, we have to change to get off the train bound for Shanghai. By this time, I have do not care to stay two nights on the train as well as the intermediate transfer back to Shanghai, but they did not expect tickets to be so nervous. Tianshui friends to play constantly contact me over phone, but also want to ride that train to Xi'an to play.
D7 (8 / 14): Labrang Monastery, cooperation section of the closing ceremony of places fragrant waves Overseas Chinese Hotel, Xiahe, Lanzhou 7 am back to a friend by a large bearded teacher's car starting, and I wait until the Young Master, about 13 o'clock he minutes to take us to co-fragrant waves to see the closing ceremony of the festival. These days people travel to the co-operation particularly large, about 15 million people. The local government that can be lived in hotels and tents are down and hospitality packages to join the trade fair guests, ordinary tourists go there simply can not stay there but to promising programs then came back to live in Xiahe county seat. Co-operation outside of a small prairie town is a fragrant wave section of the main venue, where a number of tents erected, and only can be assigned to exhibitors, visitors were only able to watch the hillside below shows on the stage without the telescope is to look unclear.
We went sightseeing in the morning as "Little Potala Palace," said the Labrang Monastery. Here's Gansu Province and Tibetan Buddhist College Hospital, which has more than 30 temples, six colleges, each temple has a Buddha. The external walls of the temple there are gallery, stood rows of turn by the cylinder. There are many temples around the yard, I heard a lama of private property. We bought tickets after waiting a moment, there is a guide to take us into the Akkadian clockwise direction visiting foreigners English-speaking guide services. Labrang Monastery is open 8 am -12 points, 2 pm to 6 pm. We just visited one more well-known temples or six colleges, also went to see the artifacts and the Butter Sculpture Exhibition Hall, where the souvenirs and Tibetan medicine, spreading white pill (stomach) sold. Inexpensive souvenirs, you can quietly counter-offer (to play discount for each purchase). Labrang Monastery is a self-sufficiency, there is no higher level funding, the temple is the main source of revenue tickets (21 yuan / person), the sale income of Tibetan medicine, as well as medical treatment, there is a sale set off a souvenir. Received our guide was very young, probably early 20s bar, but come to temple to study has been 11 years, and they want to study 13 courses, study time in 15-20 years in order to obtain the title of lama (equivalent to university graduate) . By then, he would have some free time, you can do in a temple where a teacher, or go out further studies. Now they get up at 5:00 every day, time is very strict. 11:30 every day, aka they will go to large gatherings after church, listening to words of hearing presided over the temple. We are very interested to watch the gate in the Great Hall through. Sure enough, when the time comes, large hall inside was fully occupied by the Acre, in the solemn chanting voices (as the awe-inspiring sound Shengtang li Yamen), a chair wearing a robe, the Supreme Court wearing a yellow hat, hand-held method crutches, walking in their midst. One acre, kneeling on a mat near the door constantly kowtow, went up to him from time to time who presided over reprimanded him a few words, more and more intense tone, although we did not understand his words, but his hard-line attitude feel very deeply. There are other believers door kowtow, and to contribute to charity on the ground, sitting outside by the Aga responsible for collecting money to pass to the middle in front of people. After a child, who was reprimanded and the Aga returned to his seat. After this big hall used to be able to sit at the same time 3600 individuals, you can resemble the look of past glory.
Afternoon we drove to the co-operation on time and wave incense the main venue of the festival. Got there a look at the venue where a messy, the original closing ceremony has ended, many people evacuated the horses to catch up with a truck ready to be shipped back, but fortunately, there are many tents on the hillside, we are far away to hear the songs inside. We walked along singing a big tent, and hospitable welcome our Tibetan friends at once entered, there are four or five table tents, lawn capped with a few blankets. We sat down, some people have given us milk tea and bottled on the side of the Sprite, as well as snacks, meat on the table there is the broader market.
This tent is a bend Maqu County, Race Course to participate in Hong wave section is erected, they opened the three cars, the one car is a staff, a vehicle of food supplies, as well as a car is used to build tents and bedding and other equipment. A week ago they came here to camp, they participate in a horse racecourse horse race, access to a good several trophies, including ten thousand meter championship. They also participate in other commercial activities, with friends around the country to discuss business, to attract investment. In recent years the racecourse grassland degradation, and degradation of the horse population genetic and other reasons, a steady decline in the quality of the horse would like to have the strength of the businesses to invest in capital and technology to improve the quality of the horse. Living in the tents were Lanzhou Song and Dance Ensemble of singing actors and students of the Dance Department of the Northwest Institute for Nationalities, Race Course where the Tibetan friends everybody sing and dance, show us a lot of programs to welcome friends from afar, and to our pure-white hada, should we also sing and dance with them, we were touched by their sincere blessing, which is not in the form of stage performances, but the songs from the heart.
They have to stay here for a week. Every year at this time, bring sufficient food to take the tents on the prairie, over half of the incense on the waves Festival (Shambhala Day), every day, entertain themselves, singing and dancing, with friends freely Carnival to celebrate the harvest. Maqu County, you can put in up to 20 days of vacation. 16:00, we are reluctant to part with them farewell, set foot on the road back. Orchards are on the road to see the booth, bought two bags of Bartlett, very cheap only 4 pound of hair.
Xiahe on the road in bound to see many police cars are also bound for Xiahe, Yang master wrote August 16 11 Panchen Lama in the future Xiahe's Labrang Monastery, the above were a number of police officers to maintain order, and now estimated to be sent an advance force . Unfortunately, we must return to Lanzhou on the 15th, no chance to see the little Panchen Lama. We went to see Young master at home to see his wife and son (13 years old) and daughter (10 years). Young Master 41-year-old, is not Xiahe County town accounts, there is no source of income for pastoral areas and fields, the family depends mainly on a person to support his family, his wife go to the site and doing odd jobs and sometimes supplement the family income, two children are in school, the burden of ting heavy.
Back to the town, we went to a halal restaurant. Upon joining the other tables of guests to see opinions on the food ready to go back and listen to them talk accent a southerner, asked how the food this hotel, they say food is not good, ready to resort to eat lamb Sangkecaoyuan legs, to participate in bonfire party. We asked him if he has no spare seats on board, he said that could squeeze a squeeze. A while, we went to their car. They were originally stationed in Lanzhou, Ningbo, Zhejiang SHUAIKANG division of two managers of their summer vacation with his wife, children to visit relatives, travel agents on the package car to Xiahe Tourism, as well as peer guides. If we just went with them Sangkecaoyuan resort, in the yurt-style dinner room dinner together, eating tasty roast leg of lamb and mutton clutch, drinking fruit beer. After dark outside of the sensational pyrotechnics, open space lit a blazing bonfire. Bonfire party started, young men and women dressed in Tibetan clothing and form a circle hand in hand with tourists, with the music, danced a different dance. Finally put the disco, tourists are around in small groups to get together heartily writhing body, the Tibetan friends, dancing is also very natural and flowing.
Back at the hotel later, Lanzhou context also good news, you can ensure that on the 16th back to Shanghai, Lanzhou, 2 berth, when the time took us a direct replacement ticket on the train again. So that I and the juju will spend the night in Lanzhou, the next morning by train. On the evening of 15 friends will be held on the 16th train arrived in Xi'an early in the morning playing in the evening then take along my train back to Shanghai.
D8 (8 / 15): Xiahe - Togo Mountain - Lanzhou, Lanzhou Huayu Hotel Su 7:00 am We are chartered to leave Xiahe return to Lanzhou, Young chefs do not take the shuttle bus route, but to go this route Dongxiang Hill is a winding route. He told us the geometric Togo mountains are the geographical center of China, good scenery. Along the way we see is the magnificent mountains, peaks sharply angled features, like the painting of the same. But the mountains have no trees, surrounded by mountains get together like the feeling of entering the Grand Canyon, we have several parking camera. Dongxiang mountain really very big, on the way passing through the East Valley township, and the streets are white hat walked up and down, I think one day happened Friday Sunday. In the street bought a few fruits, but also buy two steamed buns to a Young Master to eat her surprise, Young Master went back and bought 8. 13:00 arrive in Lanzhou, and Yang Master, respectively, asked him when the Panchen Lama arrived in Xiahe Labrang Monastery to help us send a postcard Zhang. We are chartered five individuals will be as long as 300 yuan, Lanzhou, Yang master people are very simple and will not open at high prices.
Let's return to Arima hotels, opened the room, and then to "Lele Yue" restaurant for lunch. After lunch, tour to Zhongshan Bridge Pier Yellow River, the first sitting boats (40 yuan a), boat's crew was seriously explain to us the landscape on both sides of the Yellow River, the sculpture name a few. Then we get on sheepskin rafts, listening to the loud and clear singing boatmen's chant, feeling the ancient look of the Yellow River civilization. We took a sheepskin raft, but a "star" had been floating from Lanzhou to Baotou. Ashore before the boatman also came in for our group photo, the tree also sheepskin rafts together, let us one by one with his favorite baby photo. Then we went to Europe and Asia Shopping Center, not far from the supermarket to buy local products, and then back to hotel rest. Night train to Xi'an, the three friends quickly washed a cold, take a break. Friends and relatives also came to hotel to see her, ready to send with them on the train. Me and juju Jincheng hotel for dinner at night, point the Yellow River carp, fried lily and so on, also went to a nearby supermarket to buy food on the train, and fruits.
D9-10 (8/16-8/17): Lanzhou - Shanghai (T118 plays 9:22 - next day 13:00)
Morning, the last time we ate Lanzhou Ramen, but also outer zone of 2 2 of beef. Vendors at the hotel entrance, where to buy a few fresh tomatoes, well above the thin hair. 8:30 relatives who had time to pick me and juju hotel, take us on the train. To the train station, under the leadership of our friends from the waiting room where leisure directly to the site. Prodded with the conductor, we will on the No. 9 car, in the aisle side of the mouth of the first car waiting. Train opened for more than an hour later, only people to greet us to the dining car replacement ticket, we take the upper berth and the No. 17 cars in the shop. We mention the heavy baggage from the No. 9 car has been reached on the 17th car back and forth two or three before they settle down. The original No. 17 car is a camping cars, specifically to the rest of the train conductor, in front of six shops reserved for some urgent business, or rail counterparts. Shops are hung behind the curtains, which has a conductor in turn rest, we can only talk softly. Here we must especially quiet, no radio, no other cars as noisy. But I am still worried and afraid of Xi'an up friends do not shop the. One older woman because they have bought is the upper berth, they found a conductor change come to us, of course, she also has the relationship between the police car. Her husband sent her to Ningbo to see her daughter, she would help her daughter with children in Ningbo. The remaining two shops here has long been reserved for the Zhengzhou passenger on the train in front had been empty, I guess they are always running a frequent visitor to this route, and the staff familiar with the car. When the car had Baoji late, and hard to sit inside a serious overload, jammed with people. Xian approaching, I went to see people on the train, care to help arrange her two sleeper, she said that today's sleeper are full, I would like to hasten to inform the car the next person. So I returned to my compartment, our sleeper compartment door is closed, Xi'an up. The following car jammed with passengers, I just saw them and told them to think of ways to say it first on the train. They finally break the siege on the No. 5 car, and then slowly moved to the dining car. I went to their soft sleeper passing when he suddenly remembered to ask if they are not empty shops, at first they said yes, before someone else at another time that has been sold! I had no choice but to look for people, and finally arranged a camping cars in the two upper berth.我们的朋友做好了在车上坐一晚的思想准备，在餐车与硬坐的走廊里待命等候通知。我和朱朱帮她们把行李先搬过去，穿过一节节车厢，累得连晚饭都吃不下。
最后我们在列车员的命令下回自己的铺位休息，不许乱动。后来陆陆续续有列车员把人带进我们的车厢，我们的朋友后来也进来了，我才安心睡下。列车员都是睡中铺和下铺，上铺就在晚上10点后卖给经常乘车的乘客。半夜到了郑州后，列车员又带来两个乘客，但其中一个中铺已经被其他列车员占了。于是他们又吵起架来了，把我吵醒了。躺着的列车员怪同事把他吵醒了，带乘客来的列车员说他怎么不睡自己的铺位，那两个乘客是一起的，最后其中一位乘客只能到里面的上铺睡了。我们的朋友因为在里面的车厢没有听到外面的吵架，再加上这几天的旅途劳累，一直睡到第二天早上9点钟才起来，这时已到南京了！下午1点我们抵达上海，晚点半个小时，家人已经在站台上等我们了。这次旅行最后圆满结束，大家都平平安安回到温暖的家。从天水上车的小顾和阿姨也在徐州顺利转车，上车找了事先联系的列车长乘卧铺回家，早晨7点抵达上海西站。小慧和苏州的卫星则在西安多玩了一天，小慧乘飞机返沪。卫星则独自乘比我们晚一天的那班火车，在餐车里看了一晚上的VCD，早上才溜进卧铺车厢，随便找了个地方睡了2个小时，看到列车员整理床铺了，就赶紧下来。
后记：回上海后，大家赶紧去冲印照片，我的同事小顾负责整理三架数码相机的照片，把它们刻录在光盘里，每人准备了一套。一周后我们在定西路上的88港澳茶餐厅开批斗大会，卫星也从苏州赶来了，我还特邀上海铁路局的“大块头”李先生，一起与我们分享这次旅行的快乐。他本来也要和我们一起去的，但领导不放他出来。在我们碰到困难时，他鼎立相助，使我们能顺利返回。不久，我们将应苏州朋友卫星的邀请，再次组织去苏州一日游。 . . . . .
费用2000-2300元交通1200元
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