Even though I was traveling like a donkey, this seven-day Lunar New Year's leave this did not intend to go out.
But that day 29 years, ICEY give me a phone call and invited me to join go to Phoenix. Phoenix? Two years ago, I had intended to go but did not go into place. The call will then clear Tuo, Zonghei the Diaojiaolou, ancient quartzite, and Hmong children, the temptation of the Tujia again placed in front of me, my heart hopeless excited, though to my zz from sina ICEY too simple the point. I immediately called for leave to be granted no permission to ICEY back after the euphoria of the phone, saying OK, these days let you have arranged.
We are two days of night train to walk in, 20 hours of bumps to the mountain Huaihua, but also a car for three hours into the mountains. The weather was not very good shade, and in Hangzhou, and even snow when the weather forecast. Train in the Jiangxi Province for a moment when the sun exposed face, the train dressed in the sun on the Mercedes-Benz in the wilderness feel good. But the weather was finally getting gloomy, while the journey too long, and we are a bit boring up.
Car on a winding mountain road circle turn full circle. That edge of the baby cute couple holding a tight grip, sparkling eyes, has always been curious to visit me, play into his innocent little face a face a few very interesting. Finally turn a mountain, road side there was a clear stream, the man of the Tao which is Tuojiang.
Has experienced a long wait we have come to the spirit of craned to explore the really right in front of the Phoenix. Gap in the mountains and the Tuo River at the junction of two shore neat places along the river next to thick Diaojiaolou, antique, perhaps because the Spring Festival is also hung with red lanterns. In the bleak winter, relieved against the sombre colors appear even more of these light-colored eye-catching look of their precious, the atmosphere inside the car suddenly become active again.
Car through the South Gate of the castle straight Chiru city, streets are not wide, on both sides of the building also tends to be some older,. Like most of the town's bus station, as the Phoenix station is not very clean, so when we get off when a woman attracted our attention. The Sister Chan dressed, and looked a little further points shy, not like other soliciting person, as chatter, three of the representations made by second language later, we decided to go to accommodation to her there. Took us through the busy streets, after Hongqiao, Chen older sister's family hotel tower next to the 10000 in Sandy Bay, the environment it is to our own satisfaction, put aside his pack we teach you the ancient city of hurried out.
City is very lively, four are dressed in colorful ethnic costumes Miaonv them the stalls, while dressed in Jackets carrying a gun like the lens in which sight-seeing people walk through the so-called here, are filled with the best explanation. Amy is a girl's nature, ICEY silverware shop in the streets suddenly saw his eyes glow, an inattentive to flee without a shadow. I do blame the one called the Himalayas are very interested in the outdoor shop, surprise, surprise here, there will be outdoor gear shop and ran into the slip of the lap, come out when we got to risk losing themselves. Although is filled with human beings, but I do not know where to go to his companions ran, and had a person walks by a stroll to the streets.
The initial impression is that the Phoenix apart from a few more characteristics of ethnic minorities, some similarities with other town. Similarly, quartzite has paved streets, ancient Mulou, hanging red lanterns, and those that exist because of tourists shops. Had been to a few southern town, compared with more changes in the Phoenix, bars, Internet cafes, youth hostels, and even outdoor stores, and make adding some modern atmosphere.
It made me certain amount of frustration, which have been read over Chenlao's "Bordertown," Phoenix in my mind should be a handsome ancient beautiful town, but did not expect it from afar came to a familiar town. Before I give dozens of rechargeable battery is fully charged, with the 512M of the CF card, as I intend to make good use cameras to record Nazhi beautiful Phoenix, but the viewfinder is hard to find dash of a complete picture. Gary is always crowded old house stood next to 12 modern buildings, a completely different building materials to both potential, such as fire and water, while the Hongqiao after the repair has become of reinforced concrete skeleton. Only in the Hongqiao was less than 100 meters below the river side, breathing like a border town retains the last of the old Yan. There are dozens of buildings where the sheer Xiangxi Diaojiaolou, Weiweiququ to provide the final evidence of the ancient once.
Online there is a comment on the Phoenix, "Phoenix general is a famous article where the article are not familiar with the person Shen Cong-wen no need to go, people familiar with Shen Cong-wen there is no need to go."
Phoenix is such a people to expect people to guess, but disappointing place?
Street not long, round-trip stroll of the two circles meet unexpectedly after the negligent several companions, free to buy some kind of silverware taste not fresh Jiang Tang, when everybody was determined to go to big chop bait over the pages quickly. Find more of a style of shops, fleet has its name for the Louwai Lou, I do not know Louwai Lou What is their relationship with the Hangzhou. Going House to sit Ping Chuang, wood Lou's window is Tuo, call shops to two-color local specialties. The red fern is indeed refreshing, but the smoked rabbit meat but it is biting immobile, it is tough for some time finally gave up and decided to stay Tutu a whole corpse.
Back to the hotel owner has come when we are much honored guest, not only had prepared a fire so that we Kaohuo Tang also wait on handing out fruit, which gives us the money which came from the city used to be the people some of favored access to services, such as shock . This evening we chatted like roasted on fire days.
Author: frank_chan
