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刚进入总统府映入眼帘的就是满眼的绿色总统府大楼充满热带风情的乌敏岛 到新加坡旅行,如果时间合适,一定要去总统府参观了。到新加坡容易,恰巧遇到总统府开放却很难了。 我在新加坡时,正好遇到就立即赶往参观。 新加坡总统府(Istana),在马来语中是皇宫的之意,迄今已有140年历史,其前身曾经是英殖民期间修建的一座白色三层官邸。戒备森严的新加坡总统府汇集了多种建筑风格,四周有雕刻精美的珠子,极富古典韵味。 从1995年1月2日起,它成为定期向大众开放的自然观赏区(每年4-5次),一般在农历新年、劳动节、新加坡国庆节、马来开斋节、印度圣火节才会开放。进门1新元(相当于人民币约5元),进入礼宾厅2新元。如果运气好的话,有可能见到新加坡总统和总理,甚至可以和他们亲切握手。 入门要安检,很简单,过门之后一眼望去就是高尔夫球场了,走了半天没有看到什么建筑还以为是在植物园。其实总统府所在地之前就是个肉豆蔻种植园,昔日是英国皇室代表的官邸。礼宾厅是总统会见各国宾客的地方,里面展览了各国赠送的银器,珠宝,有超大的象牙,镶宝石的地毯,各种雕像。里面不可以拍照,警卫戒备森严。 去乌敏岛需在樟宜角渡轮码头(ChangiPointFerryTerminal)通过安检(相当于出国了),搭乘约10-15分钟渡船,渡船费用单程2.5新元,上岛免费。 乌敏岛(PulauUbin)是新加坡第三大外岛,乌敏岛位于新加坡本岛东北部,其东面与德光岛相望,北面有柔佛海峡。乌敏岛东西长约8公里,南北宽1.3至1.7公里,地形有如腰果,全岛面积10.2平方公里。乌敏岛的中部是自然次生林。此外,一些橡胶园和椰树林也零星散布在岛的各处。 岛上住的居民不到50人,主要是上了年纪舍而不得离开的老居民。这些居民,喜欢在上午时分到咖啡店叙家常。这里的生活步调,比起过于城市化的本岛,明显慢了许多。乌敏岛的东部是新加坡重要的一个湿地自然保护区:ChekJawa(仄爪哇)。这个面积约100公顷的海边湿地是最后的岩石海滩之一。这里的生态环境相当独特,包括了沙滩、岩滩、海草泻湖、珊瑚碎片、红树林和滨海森林等。 岛上可骑脚踏车或徒步漫游整个岛屿,岛上有很多脚踏车租车店,也可以在此露营,岛上设有度假村,还提供各种水上活动。感受新加坡之一——漫步岛国看狮城 干净清新亦繁华(概述篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2172957-1-1.html感受新加坡之二——休闲小岛走不停 亚洲最南寻风情(圣淘沙篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2172957-1-1.html感受新加坡之三——参天巨树生满园热带风情绿无限(植物园篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2231866-1-1.html感受新加坡之五——海风轻拂鱼尾狮 流光溢彩夜迟迟(滨海湾篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2255988-1-1.html感受新加坡之六——狮城国花胡姬花千姿百态芬芳开(胡姬花篇)https//bbs.8264.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2299743&page=1&extra=#pid58352540感受新加坡之七——小印度里寻缩影甘榜格南回族情(新加坡河等篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2322447-1-1.html 感受新加坡之八——立体交通路纵横街道小区绿充盈(交通和街道篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2326625-1-1.html 感受新加坡之九——狮城春节气息浓牛车水里最喜庆(春节和牛车水篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2330106-1-1.html感受新加坡之十——方式灵活有初院 环境优美好校园(南初篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2344728-1-1.html感受新加坡之十一——享誉全球名高校 环境优雅美校园(南大篇)https//bbs.8264.com/thread-2354269-1-1.html 总统府大门 进入总统府,迎面就是绿色。 茂盛的热带植物 绿草如茵且允许随意踩踏。 在总统府见到巡逻的警车。整个新加坡很难看到警车。 总统府大楼 乘船驶向乌敏岛 乌敏岛码头 乌敏岛上的湖泊 新加坡示意图 总统府和乌敏岛在新加坡的位置 进入总统府前,自觉排队等待进入的人们。 总统府内游人不少 热带参天巨树 树干上也生长着其他植物 这里的草坪很漂亮,可谓芳草萋萋。 盛开的热带花卉 置身总统府院内,仿佛置身绿色和鲜花丛中。 妖艳的热带花卉 总统府大楼有人很多,也许大家都盼着能巧遇总统呢。 花卉的海洋 热带花卉红的艳丽 总统府内的热带花园 巨树苍天 总统府内摆放的很有些历史的大炮 在总统府远眺滨海湾大楼 游人可以再草坪上随意的散步 巨树随处可见 正在自拍的游人([]
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十一假期选择越南是因为越南离生活所在地近,国庆期间估计不会像国内那样人山人海(尤其近期越南f*an*hu*a事件影响去的人更少),费用低,今年独自出行过于密集费用支撑不起奢侈行~哎,现实啊。10月1日上午出发,10月13日上午到家,历时12天,完成越南出行计划。这次行程超出我的预期略多,我很享受这次旅程,即使大部分都是孤单寂寞冷的苦逼时刻,即使手机遗失,即使语言不通,即使几乎不能遇到中国人,然而,越南这个国家带给我的感受远超我对它的期待,这一次的越南,是一场精彩纷呈的旅程。这是我第一次出国,也是我第一次独自出国,嗯,这两句话有区别么?自己一个人默默计划、一个人默默出行,偶尔搭上伙伴,避开众多人群,拒绝大众化,会找攻略上没有或者是资料极其匮乏的地方探索,嗯,这就是我要的,这是我的行程。旅程关键词句:孤独、文化、追寻、世界、迷失、享受、餐饮、情调,南中国海,安静海边城市头顿的艳遇,黑夜无人森林骑行20公里到屁股肿、饥寒交迫之际巧遇仅有的德国大使馆人的BBQ邀请、原始森林里和越南人民现抓现吃原始森林里的野蛇,中国边检温暖大哥请早餐请车,无手机无电子设备无时间的异乡生活,偶遇河内解放60周年庆还剑湖畔的烟火,西贡圣母教堂圣洁醉人的唱诗歌声,友好的各国人民,英法中三语混合混乱的交流...2014.12.30补充:文章很长很长很长,请给耐心,请给耐心,谢谢。文字和逻辑还会再整理,以后有时间再修改。 河内Ha noi:历史博物馆,约瑟夫教堂,骑行徒步于户外天堂菊芳国家公园CUC phuong national park&stilt house,路过越南最早道观(寺庙)西贡Saigon:情调城市之寻感受圣母院Notre Dame CAThedral做礼拜,中央邮局center post office寄明信片,千里寻找唐人街Chinatown,Duras <the lover>痕迹头顿Vung tau:避开熙攘,南中国海著名后海back beach,免费爬耶稣山(小山) moutain nui ho,环头顿海岸一圈,美味海鲜seafood大叻Da lat:清新休闲体验国王女儿的疯狂屋crazyhouse,漂亮的遗留别墅群Tran Hung Dao,童话般的安娜曼德拉法式古老别墅住宿和spa享受-ana mandara villas & spa,乘车四处寻找蓝花楹jacaranda,清新浪漫安静的小城,巧遇好吃的军区饭店米粉&海鲜小店会安Hoi an:古镇韵味著名的日本廊桥Japanese covered bridge,简约不凡的museum of trading ceramics,此行必去的占婆文化美山遗址my son sanctuary岘港Da nang:远离人群,南中国海,世界最美沙滩行走于世界最美沙滩美溪海滩my khe beach,如梦如幻的山海交接的海云岭hai van pass,美丽的山茶半岛nui son tra和它著名的观音像,隔海看岘港城,看南中国海。 实用信息汇总:行程:上次从沙漠回来我就在想国庆长假怎么花,灵光一闪想去越南,真正体验一把穷游异国,认认真真地到外面走一走。关于这个国家的信息,我主要是通过lonely planet&蚂蜂窝获得,8264相关详细信息实在略少(这也是我想在这发越南行程详细帖子的原因)。蚂蜂窝都是小资晒攻略,原本我可是想穷游,加点户外自虐活动的;lonely planet确实比较背包客,只选择我认为有意思的,最期待的是它介绍的菊芳国家公园里的徒步。交通:国内可以从南宁出发,南宁-越南可以选择大巴/火车,在凭祥过关;火车一天一列,汽车一天几班。越南境内主要交通方式:飞机、火车、汽车;速度:飞机>汽车>火车1)飞机在大城市间航班数量不少,都是越南国内的航空公司,有越南航空,越捷航空,捷星航空,喷射航空;可在国内网站“去哪儿网”购买,也可在航空公司官网购买(VISA卡可支付),或找当地旅行社代买。票价不会太高,航空公司常有优惠,部分机票在去哪儿网买不到,那就需要到官网购买或找当地旅行社/你住的旅馆代买,他们会收一定的手续费,或多或少看你运气了。2)汽车open bus我也不知道是啥意思,我只知道对向日葵色板官方这些“外国人”来说,Sinh Cafe(现在改名为sinh tourist)是最有名的,车票可在官网购买,车次多覆盖广购票便捷(百度就能找到官网,英文的);除了Sinh Cafe,还有FUTA,这家bus公司经营范围主要在越南南部,给我的感觉是:四通八达,车子干净,车次丰富,向日葵视频色板APP官网质完善。据说价格和sinh tourist差不多,不同的是futa还没有英文网站,越南语官网可预定车票和接送点,他们的接送向日葵视频色板APP官网是免费的,接送小车车是奔驰品牌的(一开始看到奔驰志的时候我还以为是哪个傻逼贴上去的,结果居然是货真价实的大奔,我蹲墙角去)...货币:在越南通用货币应该是越南盾和美元,我准备了520美元带过去用于支付房费和防身,在凭祥车站跟私人兑换了200人民币的越南盾,大约是1比3400的汇率(我没数钱,也不知道那人钱给够没,越南盾大数额我会脑乱的,当然也可能是我没认真做货币汇率的攻略的缘故),其余的全是在ATM机器上取现,显示是人民币,取出来就是越南盾,汇率银行自动计算,单笔取现费用貌似是14元,双向收费,我愿意让银行赚我手续费,因为它是机器不会太坑我或者说要坑的话也不只坑我一个人,嗯哼。证:我在淘宝上找旅行社办理,350元,当天办理隔天拿到,速度快,出率高。语言:越南语,英语,大的地方景点服务人员和酒店会点英文,还有不少同志会讲法语,所以准备好英语就够用了,我全程英语,偶尔用法语,急的时候飚中文(当然基本上只有我自己听得懂),也有过画图或者show手机图片的时候~餐饮:清新无油的菜式为主,该国乙肝病毒肆虐,据说乙肝在该国超过50%是病毒携带者,建议出发前一两周在国内医院验自己的乙肝抗体,如果没有乙肝抗体,就在医院注射乙肝疫苗再去,如果已经有很强的乙肝抗体,那你再放心出行吧!以免出国一趟把乙肝病毒给带回来,那就亏大了呀。环境:很多人跟我描述越南的落后,河内多烂,去过之后我倒觉得这些观点有点以偏概全了。每个城市都有繁华整洁的地方也有破破烂烂的地方,即使是上海这样的大城市,在地铁站宝山站(好像是)附近,一样有几十年前破旧无比的烂房子,南宁火车站周边也是残破混乱的样子。河内法国区还是蛮干净整洁漂亮的,繁华高档的样子是出来了的,街边的高大梧桐树形成林荫大道,36街区本来就是老街,破破烂烂的肯定的,我就不说了。但貌似人们就爱看人家的破破烂烂,总觉得那才是人家的本色(抠鼻)然后到处说这就是哪个哪个城市,哎;西贡中央邮局圣母院附近的环境都还不错,正对圣母院门口的那条路走过去,小资小资的,还有城市别墅,范五老街就有点小乱小杂但也还好;稍微小一些的城市,大叻、头顿给我感觉是舒适,干净,整洁,没有疯狂的摩托车,安静美好,岘港就有一丝工业城市的感觉,海边沙滩漂亮、自然。所以,我说咱就不要老去人家破破烂烂的地方然后回来说人家破烂,也看看人家进步的一面--真实存在的一面,当然也别就觉得人家就是天堂了,比起我大中国,肯定是没那么高大上了,不过向日葵色板官方大中国的土地是国有的,美好基本上也是通过拆迁得来了,越南土地属于个人,自家房子自家那块地,政府可是不能说动就动的呢。住宿:预定部分全通过booking,据说booking定比agenda便宜,我是看中booking不会在预定当天扣款,booking需要银行卡担保,在规定期限内可以修改或者取消订单,除了热门酒店例如安娜曼德拉外,普通酒店可在入住前三天修改或取消,agenda是立马扣款。花费:穷奢结合,12天大约4000元-6000元人民币(若为两人同行,那么按照我这路线人均约4000元人民币),费用大头集中在房费&机票&无奈的出租车费。 城市间交通&住宿费: 瞎扯几句,做攻略前的某晚,我一直在思考去越南旅行的意义,不断自我否定,最后差点就要放弃行程了!仅仅是为了出国,然后到越南各个著名地点走一遍表示本人已到此一游?岂不是跟在中国各个著名收费景点走一圈一个样,本来在国内就鄙视这种玩法,还到国外去玩这种,必须的纯属有病,那不去著名景点第一次出国的你要去哪里你能去哪里你懂去哪里?无聊地走在越南古老甚至破败的街道,感受所谓的本地的原始的气息?以前在在国内很多城市出差都已经做过这样的事情了,可是做过之后你能怎样别人又能怎样,街道还是那条街道,也许和国内的街道没有任何区别,甚至许多国人跟你一样都在这么做,回过后发图发感慨,真有那么多感慨?我估计我是没法再有的。到越南体验在国内做不到的土豪般的享受,海滩度假?即使在越南用自己愿意花得起的钱也能土豪到哪儿去呢,真土豪应该是要去迪拜之类的地方吧。如果花着确实并不算高的价钱去住越南的高级酒店海景房,在国内已经有过不少不错的五星级海景酒店体验了,按照国内的经济水平来看是绝对比越南的要优质的,所以感觉也没有必要。或者说只是单纯地在这个国家走过一圈,不停地走,走完了能走出什么呢?我说我大中国地大物博在哪儿走不是走,非要到外面走。或者说拍漂亮的照片,就我这破水平,能拍出多好的照片,若是拍自己岂不是换个背景拍照而已空洞乏味。在越南追寻美食吃上当地小吃?很多人都会这么说,可是真的很好吃么,可能不见得哦,寻找优质餐厅吃上色香味俱全的美食,也许就是你在国内吃的洋餐差不多吧,说实话在国内也吃过越南食物,也有好朋友是做越南餐厅的,食材简单各种拼凑,其实人们吃的只是新鲜感并非味道,对于金牛座美食主义者来说,可能还是比较不能满足的。寻找越南遗留的法式风情,追寻法国文化的遗迹?以前常常有这样的想法,即便我是学法语的,我对法国能懂得多少?这个小国家又能有多法式?应该先去法国再来这儿找才好吧!在越南寻找商机?以前在脑子里也YY过很多次,越南就是90年代的中国投资都能赚钱,也是传说,而且就这短短的几天自己瞎摸索过去还商机个毛线,坐车走路的时间都不够用。在越南,我可以做什么,我想做什么,我希望得到的效果是什么?成了亟待解决的问,不解决就没法继续了。最后我能想到突破口的是:文化。LA CULTURE, C'EST L'AME DU VOYAGE. 唯有文化,是唯一与众不同的东西,一千个人的眼中有一千个哈姆雷特,我能够解读的东西才是能够独特的属于自己的东西,所谓旅行若是没有目的没有意义没有解读,跟在家里有何分别?此刻恶补文化,才是至关重要的事情啊。纠结完毕,才能继续做攻略,说实话大部分攻略千篇一律这好那好,这美那美,或者这不那么好那不那么好,难啊。我还是没有办法走出自己的一条路线,那我应该如何选择呢?最后我把想要在越南做的事梳理,把每个城市想要完成的事情逐一记下,这才有安心感,先完成任务,其它的交给缘分吧!!详细计划&可能产生的费用:英文比较烂,凑合一下能看懂吧?话说为啥我的行程啥的都是英文为主呢?明明英文那么烂。答案是:5月,8月在越南都发生了较为严重的fa*nh*ua事件,因此我打算不在非必要时刻,尽量不要明显地显示出自己的华人身份,以免给自己带来不必要的麻烦,所以尽量避免满口普通话和随处可见的中文字体,要是因此客死他乡就太不划算了。有人鄙视我,说好好的中国人不做,非要去不欢迎你的国家还要伪装不是华人,丢人!这个问我思考了很久,可是我不觉得自己有哪里不对,但是我又没有办法说出来反驳,很难过,我想可能是大家的角度不同吧,我想我所偶选择的不是一个不欢迎我的国度,但是我愿意去看看他们的状况如何,事实证明他们是欢迎的,他们不欢迎的是部分华人,但是我很可能被他们误认是他们不欢迎的那种华人,而我想要在那个国家做的事情不是去让他们讨厌,而是去完成我的心愿我的目的,在此过程中为了避免误伤,因此适当不表露身份或者是伪装身份以保个人安全。 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国际往返陆路交通(我在车站直接要的最新版本):如何购买BUS票?只说琅东站的:带上你的护照,到琅东客运站任何窗口都能购买,而且可以提前购买,至于提前几天我没问。票价168元,保险10元,合计178元,时长6-8小时。除了直通车,其它都是在凭祥过海关之后换当地巴士,巴士乘务员会说点中文的。如何购买火车票?带上你的护照,到南宁火车站退票窗口购买(要不然就是国际售票窗口,我记不清了),可以提前购买,提前几天我不清楚,因为9月28日去买9月30日的票已经卖完了,票价貌似是220,河内到南宁貌似是要贵一点,时长大概是10小时左右。火车是咱中国的列车,乘务员都是中国人,听说边境检验的工作人员也跟在列车上的哦~到凭祥的时候他们也下车然后进行边检。 货币兑换:中国银行兑换美元,到越南兑换越南盾(银行、货币兑换点、酒店、珠宝店兑换)保险购买:https//www.mafengwo.cn/insure/chujing-1369981039396.html出租车:MaiLinh Taxi 38383838Vinasun Taxi 38272727据说这两家一定是正规的,选择他们就等于选择了一份安全保障哦 还有什么信息补充么?想不起来了,先上主要内容吧。河内 Ha noi--政治中心,城市景观我乘坐早上10点南宁琅东汽车站出发的国际巴士,下午6-7点到达河内(河内时间,比北京时间早1个小时),车子停在红河酒店门口,下车有许多人在那拉客。琅东汽车站有国际候车室,环境不错,国庆第一天琅东站里人山人海站都不够站的,国际候车室的优势就体现出来了,有座位还是软座还有动画片看。到达河内有个约好的,之前见过一面的学生妹妹来接我。见面后相互确认然后离开下车的区域,向前走了一段路才蓝了出租车先去酒店,酒店位于教堂附近。话说这个妹子是个广西民族学院的学生,申请到河内某知名大学学习,也是刚到河内不久,越南话还说不顺溜,向日葵色板官方彼此不熟,是朋友的朋友的朋友,知道我要来河内就给向日葵色板官方介绍了,然后妹子热情地来接我准备趁着她的周末带我逛逛河内。见面不多客套,直奔主:酒店。哈哈。在酒店办理入住后放好行李便出门寻找食物,路过教堂时月正悬挂在教堂之上,让我想起了吸血鬼日记,氛围诡异,听说这个教堂平时阴森,出过很多灵异的故事。 著名的还剑湖距离教堂和酒店仅数百米。还剑湖确实十分迷你,或许和国内一所大学里的小湖差不多大甚至没那么大,而比起南宁的南湖公园,十分之一不到吧。红色小桥位于湖上,桥的另一面是一个小小的景点,收费,没进去,目测是道观寺庙祭司一类地。 街道,冒着被突如其来的小车车撞死的危险站在路中央拍的,还好车不多。路旁是生长了多年的法国梧桐,形成林荫大道。 教堂附近某个地方,这大哥的手势真逗~我总觉得哪里不对劲,看着看着我就乐了... 越南春卷,spring rolls,店家这英文翻译得实在是简单明了啊。越南春卷大致分为炸春卷和春卷两种,普通春卷里面会有虾仁或者牛肉,加点黄瓜之类的生蔬卷起来吃,旁边给你配上一碗鱼露沾着吃,通常大家还会再点一杯冰茶或者柠檬冰茶搭配一下,我这点的是柠檬汁lemon juice 25千越南盾。图一这家店就在教堂侧面的一条小街道上,这里聚集着许多外国人,各种旅馆、餐馆、咖啡吧、酒吧、旅行社,热闹非凡。我没记下店名,味道还可以,价格偏高,西方人吃的多。还有一家是越南本地人很爱的一家店,小摊铺在路边,正面对着教堂门口,右手边九十度那条街走进去,大约50米,左边,你会看见有很多人的一家店,那里的春卷是炸的,炸春卷,价格实惠味道很好,估计只有第一家店铺的一半不到价格,冰茶大约3元人民币(越南盾10千盾),春卷1份25千盾,一个人一炸春卷一冰茶就够了,一般他们都送一盘杂蔬,有生菜、薄荷叶,还有不知道名字的,胃大的嘴巴馋的除外~可以随便点,花不了多少钱,老板会说一点点英文的,她懂的。不过,听说这些蔬菜-----是重复利用的,明白不?可能每一家都这样吧。 河内的法国区环境还不错,建议各位除了迷失在36街,也到法国区迷失一下,会有不同感受的。在一家看起来很像卖古董表老店看到两个手表很可爱,那朵花的是120美元一个,看牌子是欧米茄的,老板说可以便宜点100美元,我估摸着欧米茄不能这么便宜吧就没下手,虽然样子我蛮喜欢的。后来听朋友说越南仿古手表很出名,我就庆幸自己没有冲动。 河内历史博物馆,里面有许多珍贵的占婆遗址带回来的藏品,值得一去,票价好像是40千盾,十几块人民币。 镇馆之宝:木雕,数百数千年不坏 占婆国,赤裸裸的XX器崇拜的国家,不解释。知识普及:公元初的几百年,在越南中部某个区域生活着一个名为占婆的民族,正是他们创造了显赫一时的占婆文化。千年之后,这种文化依然能够通过尚存的占婆庙塔建筑艺术呈现于世人面前。据以往一些专家研究并公布的资料表明,占婆庙塔的建造始于7世纪末并延续到17世纪初。占婆人在9世纪时创造了大量的庙塔建筑、城堡建筑和雕刻作品,观留存至今的庙塔建筑遗迹群有20余处,是越南传统文化的重要组成部分。由于占婆庙塔建筑在各方面的杰出成就和特殊意义,位于越南广南省维川县维富乡的美山(My son)地区的占婆庙塔建筑遗迹已被列入《世界遗产名录》。1868年,法国人发现了柬埔寨建筑群,随后在1898年他们又发现了越南占婆民族的美山遗迹区。美山的占婆庙塔精美绝伦,建筑中还包含有极具艺术价值的石雕作品。占婆(champa),东南亚的古国之一,与扶南(funan,今柬埔寨)一样是最早有史可考的国家。领土的范围大概在越南的中南部,也就是汉朝所建的日南郡的大部。 其居民主体是源自印度族的占族人(至今尚未完全被越人同化,是越南和柬埔寨的一个少数民族),所以受印度文化的影响极深,一度信仰婆罗门教。考古资料显示,湿婆神(婆罗门教的主神之一)在那里受到了广泛的崇拜。占婆国公元一世纪末从东汉政权治下独立后,北与中国各王朝,南与柬埔寨各王国长期交战,没有落什么大下风。但是安南人兴起之后,占婆人却在和他们胶着几百年后逐渐被蚕食,出了几个想振作的国君,也只是输得更惨。最终在安南后黎朝黎圣宗亲征下彻底瓦解,沦为安南的属国,并最终悄无声息的被越南人同化。这个古国的存在时间,几乎有一千五百年,其情形和拜占庭帝国颇为类似。冯承钧先生说,一部越南史,实一部越占交争史。随后我还要到岘港去一趟占婆文化遗址--美山 越南著名的"客先死",嘿嘿,我看了看,没敢坐,怕一个不小心自己先给挂了~~~“客先死”现在不是特别多,我在河内兜过好几圈,这是我见到的“客先死”最集中的地方,大部分乘客是金发碧眼的西方人。 位于法国区的河内剧院,OPERA,里面好像还有不错的酒吧(餐厅),旁边是一家占地面积较广的咖啡屋,露天的,很多西方人坐在这里喝咖啡晒太阳。在这一带,可以看到Longchamp,Prada,lv等品牌专卖店。 还剑湖边街景,冰茶随处可见,人们就在马路边席地而坐喝起冰茶,随心随意。卖花,果然有点儿传统 说说河内这家酒店吧。酒店感觉十分出色,booking上我预定的是splendid star,到酒店后,打开手机booking软件,将预定信息和护照交给前台,他们确认过后不是先说房间入住,而是用用不算特别准的英文亲切地询问向日葵色板官方要喝冰茶还是咖啡,跟向日葵色板官方聊天,然后才开始说他们已经给向日葵色板官方预留了房间,不需要担心,由于那间房有点味道,所以打算给我调整到另外一个店,splendid ora,今天新开张的分店,房间是比我原来定的小一点,但依然很漂亮,问我愿意不愿意。房间小点是没关系的,不计较那么多就同意了。随后工作人员继续跟向日葵色板官方聊向日葵色板官方的行程,并且赠送地图,给出许多实用建议。随后向日葵色板官方去看房间,splendid ora距离splendid star不远,转了个弯就到了,新开张的祝贺花篮还在呢!前台同样善,同样跟我了解我有没有出行计划然后给建议,热情而且亲切。酒店前台,房间确实不错,我只拍了照片在手机里,所以现在没有图片了。(我手机丢了哇!)房间两张大床,床品ok,洗澡室空间宽裕,房间里还配备了一台崭新的华硕笔记本电脑供顾客使用,白色钢琴烤漆的款式,越南版本的看不出型号,说实话,在异地看到曾经是自己家的向日葵视频色版下载,觉得很温馨。房间价格合计人民币180左右,booking上显示这个价格他们是给了一定优惠的,看看房间看看价格超值! 在法国区,随便找了家看着还不错的餐厅吃午餐,点了套冰淇淋,主食,汤,结算150元人民币左右。这个环境这个地段是可以接受的,味道不觉得出众。据说是起源于米国的一家餐厅,这我就不好追本溯源了,然后我也忘记自己点的叫什么名字了,全是越南文和英文,这是我第一次出国第一次看纯外文菜单,不知道那些单词和哪些食材哪些烹饪方法挂钩,看着大概能看懂的,偶尔拿手机出来谷歌翻译一下,就那样搞定了,小慌慌张张的也不好意思一个个问向日葵视频色板APP官网员,就算问服务员估计也要问半天,词汇量不足他说了我也不能懂啊~这牙两头一样 2号下午五点多我从河内到胡志明市,机票349元人民币含税,去哪儿网上购买的,河内市中心到机场距离比较远,酒店前台可以帮忙叫车,价格是15美元/车,可坐四人,略不便宜。出门时偶然发现隔壁一家专门租车的小店发现去机场的车是11美元/车,四座,通过聊天判断这个店是正规的,跟老板定下来了,交钱后他会认真地给我开一张明细单,3点出发。(后来我从岘港飞河内,从机场打车到附近,合计人民币120左右,这么一算,我那11美元也就是70人民币左右,便宜了很多。)因为只有我一个人去机场安全问还是要操心一下,为了让自己在遇害情况下能得到最快速度的解救或者说能在遇到啥事情后还能给家人留个线索留个念想,我在上车前把汽车车牌、联系车的店面信息、联系方式发给朋友,并告诉朋友如果半个小时发现我和他们完全没有联系就替我报警。事实证明,这家公司真的靠谱,一路上一辆小汽车一个本地男司机和一个外国女乘客在40分钟的路程中,没有发生任何意外状况,顺利到达机场,心安啊,要知道,国内最近妹子坐黑车失联事件频发,找到的结果没一个是好的,像我这样只身在外难免不担忧。本帖末尾我贴了租车公司名片,供参考哈。 我走到相应换登机牌处排队,到我的时候我跟妹子说英文,好像大家都说的不是很好,不过后来还是顺利拿到了登机牌,不知道是不是因为廉价航空,所以登机牌就是两片小纸条,亮瞎我双眼了...真的要这么...随意么?为了避免丢三落四,我的行李简单分成2部分,1个小拉杆箱,1个轻便的防水手提包,以前大包小包的老是搞丢东西或者找不到,这次就好很多了,单反不用时放在防水手提包里,低调。 他们都说,路上我会捡到小伙伴同行的,但是我想说,知道现在,过去将近36小时了,我还没找到小伙伴,所以我估计是因为我人丑嘴不甜,没人搭理我我也不主动寻找搭理人家~终于等到登机时间了,我一看航班号,最后一个数字不对,目的地和其它数字都对,我开始怀疑是不是办登机牌的美女给我搞错了,或者是说我因为在中国代购的所以航班号不一样,心理暗骂:靠!坑爹啊!我拿着机票去问登机口的美女,由于双方英文都不利索,所以她只是说这不是你这航班登机,你要等。妈蛋,这明明就是我登机牌上写的登机时间和登机口啊和目的地啊,我了个去啊,要是搞错了我去不了胡志明市就囧了。我再次重复我的疑惑,她还是说了同样的话,能咋样呢?回去坐等呗。还是不安啊,我就主动跟旁边的小哥哥搭话了,我说你也是去胡志明的?他说是,然后我说我也是,然后我要求看看他的机票,我就是想看看他的航班号是不是跟我的一样,拖个人垫背的总好过自己一个人嘛。他给看了,尼玛,果然他的航班号是对的,就是他登机,我慌张了,我问他为什么我的不一样,交流了一会儿,我知道了,他的预计登机时间是3点半滴,航班延误鸟~~这么看来我的航班应该也是延误了。跑到信息栏一看,果然delayed,但是没有预计出发时间,哎,延误也不广播通知一下,吓死我了,国内一般都会中英双语大声广播的,习惯了。斜对面的出家人,Ta们到底是男僧还是女僧呢?这个问困扰了我很久。我在垃圾桶旁边找到了一个插座,就蹲坐在垃圾桶旁边的柱子旁给快没电了的手机充会儿电,有时候累的不行就坐到远一点的座位上死死盯着手机,幻想手机被拿走的各种可能性。夕阳已下,一抹橘红的光打在垃圾桶和柱子上,居然有了一点神圣的感觉。 百无聊赖地在机场不知道干嘛,手机网络用不起,机场WiFi连不上,我在河内小妹妹带我在小商店办了一张越南电话卡,100千买卡,100千充话费,送300兆3G流量,2G流量免费无限量使用,但这卡在我手机上经常读不出信号,通话和网络信号都非常不理想,后来我听说,在越南三星手机的网络信号比较好,可惜我的是ASUS。磨蹭半天终于到登机时间了,我特么才想起我今天是提前到胡志明的,还没定房。次噢~~booking刷半天上不去,于是我急急忙忙给朋友发短信,让完全没经验的一个好朋友帮忙上booking定,也不知道能不能成功预定上,住哪里,我就登机了,关机了。JETSTAR是廉价航空座位比较拥挤,前后左右距离都很近很近,我好像是坐在中间位置,坐在我右边的是一个系着古琦皮带的微胖越南壮年男士,不知从哪开始向日葵色板官方搭上话的,他说法语比说英语还要好,听说我会法语,他讲起自己在法国住过四年,主要是在那边工作的,然后就一直跟我说法语聊天,那小语速跟法国人一样一样的,我有时候还真的是跟不上了!心情还是小雀跃的,能随便遇到跟你讲法语的人可不容易啊。我俩一会儿法语一会儿英语,有一搭没一搭地聊天,他还问我到胡志明以后乘坐什 么交通工具,我说我还不确定,我在想他只是随口问问咩?还是他以为我在勾搭他然后他在测试我?~想多了~哈哈坐在我左边的是个身材不胖不瘦个子不高的越南本地大叔,他看我和另外一个大叔聊得不错,笑盈盈问向日葵色板官方是一对吗?当然他是用越南语隔着我和另外壮年问的。他看着我就笑,他说的我也不懂,然后我就觉得他一定是想邪恶了~~哼哼。右边的壮年给我翻译,然后向日葵色板官方俩说出向日葵色板官方也才认识的实情,完事,但大叔还是不时地冲着我笑,用着我听不懂的越南话和和热络的表情与右边的壮年聊天,我总感觉不能是特别好的事儿~我一度以为他们是不是在商量着咋把我给卖了~~最近工作量大天天加班或者乱七八糟事情,都来不及更新,再等我几天哈,我会慢慢写完的。 捷星JETSTAR不提供免费航空餐食,仅提供收费餐食,我在机场看到晚点的时候就已经到机场的餐厅吃了,饿不起啊~要了一碗面条,instant noodles,英文不好只知道rice noodle是米粉,所以我以为只要不是rice noodle就一定是面条了,上来以后果然是面条,只不过是方便面,直接用热水给你现泡的方便面。呃~貌似扯远了~嘿嘿。壮年独自要了一杯咖啡喝着,我补眠。将近10点到达西贡,手机信号几乎为0,那张在河内办的还冲了100千盾话费进去的越南的vinafone卡也是一样的!后来我才知道原来在越南三星手机对vinafone卡的匹配度是最高的,其它的都有各种信号问。下了飞机我没跟着他们走,而且先去机场问讯处有没有大巴之类的车子去市区,他们说没有了,只能打车。出租车很多,但是没有看到明显的英文或者中文提示,我一个人不敢独自打车,手机也没信号啊,我就四处搜寻中国人,不久被我听到了几句熟悉的乡音,立马一改之前的苦瓜脸转而嬉皮笑脸地腆上去求一起打车,好在他们不加犹豫善良地同意了,是3个女孩子和1个男孩子,外加1个女孩子1个米国男孩子,还有我,大家的目的地都是范五老街,刚刚好,我也不知道朋友能不能定上酒店,所以我先跟他们到他们的酒店连酒店WiFi看朋友消息,如果没订上我就跟他们一起住同一家店。 车子来了,是一辆可以坐7-8人的小车车。到酒店才知道原来这车是酒店安排来接他们的,收费22美元,还蛮便宜的,向日葵色板官方7人分下来也没多少钱。蹭了一会儿酒店网络才知道朋友已经成功在附近帮忙定好了酒店,150元人民币左右,安泰酒店,离这几百米距离,一对一起打车的小情侣,代号小猴子美女和米国小帅哥吧,他们也没预定,打算直接到了再找,那4个新朋友互留联系方式,道别,小情侣陪我一起找我的酒店,顺便看看我那酒店怎么样。路程不远,几次问路看地图,向日葵色板官方也找到了地点。一栋小楼,普普通通的酒店,老式装修,就一晚我就将就住了,他们到处继续看看。顺便说一下,酒店路上经常有向日葵视频色板APP官网员在门口拉客,我把手机拿在手上,就像平时那样举着看地址啥的,他们还是会好心地提醒,take care your phone!说了好多次我都没注意,后来他说了好几次我才明白过来,一开始还以为是说其它地方没住的了让我住他们那呢。咋那么热情捏!差不多一个小时之后我想下楼买水,碰到他们回来了,他们到处看看还是觉得这家性价比高一些,一开始老板是说给他们的价格可以比booking上低的,可是那间房他死活要收人家180,都这个点了,我就帮着讲价,说到12点啦给便宜点啦啥的,那小哥说他们的房间要大些价格是要贵些的,我说你看都12点过了,这个时候还应该半价的,咱都不要半价了啥啥的,最后他给了他们和我房间一样的价格,达成一致。当然这些砍价都是用的英文,我觉得吧~我也是够能说的了,超常发挥啊,来之前我可没做过语言功课也几乎不用英文的啊。酒店位置就在范五老街附近,中间隔着一个教堂似的建筑物,街上很多各种各样的酒店,地理位置是比较方便的,旁边有个全家便利店(family mart),也不知道是不是台湾的那家全家,看着蛮像的。范五老街到安泰酒店之间看到的建筑物,近月圆之夜,月格外明亮,向日葵色板官方在找酒店的路上看到觉得不错就停下来拍照了,半夜拿出相机还是有点心惊胆战。 第二天早上起来,准备转移到预定好的住宿townhouse50,townhouse50居然就在安泰酒店斜对面,需要通过一条5-10米长的小巷子进去,不是特别好找。townhouse跟YHA类似,简洁明亮,我定的是女子6人间,前台都会说英文,很明显这里大部分住客都是西方人。办理入住的时候我问他有中国人吗,他说没有,在我中国国庆节期间居然没有中国人在这里住,好失望。房间和洗手间分开,灯光和设计都是比较亲切温馨的,booking上预定12美元/人,含早餐。床都有厚厚的床垫,有集中的比较大的个人储物间,每个人都有自己的钥匙,不过来这的人我能感觉到都是比较nice而且温和的,所以向日葵色板官方贵重物品都没有特别保护起来,虽然来自不同国家不同地方不问文化,但是彼此间的信任度很高,我觉得和银川一路向北的感觉有点像。房间图:性感滴小内内~~嘿嘿 放好东西我找到前台,他们会热心的问我有什么计划,然后给予指点,并赠送一张应该是他们自己设计的地图复印版,上面会记处该城市主要景点、地例如市场等。而且他们可以提供订票服务,机票、汽车票、火车票,我需要提前买次日去vung tau的船票,想请他们帮忙,不过他们说,现在去vung tau已经没有船了。我不信,发短信给飞机上的那位壮年,叫nha的壮年,用英文短信问他哪里可以买那船票,他回了句法文,让我告诉他我的酒店地址,他过来找我让我指给我到哪买,这句话我小捉摸了一小会,地址不就完事了,干嘛还要到我酒店找我再指给我看呢?他到底是想要哪样?嗯哼,我又往邪恶了处想了~~后来我还是尝试着说了townhouse的地址,townhouse50的客厅是可以聊天的,而且肯定是安全的,然后~~然后~~他居然没回复我了...我也没催,就算了,难道他真的是有想法滴么!1天2天3天都木有回复我,(艹皿艹 )西贡我最想去的就是寻找杜拉斯小说改编的电影《情人》,听说拍摄地点有在唐人街,也就是Chinatown取景,我打算去看看,前台告诉我可以坐1路车前往,并把1路车的乘车地点告诉我。@townhouse50开放式的客厅兼餐厅,安全的会话场所~([]
飞越黔东南之 岜沙——最后的枪手部落(诗歌) 作者:FREELAND88 听说居然用镰刀来剃头,黔东南大山里的部落枪手!那是2008年的金秋,我慕名来到岜沙行走! 寨子里的阳光无限美好,空气中的负离子随处漂流!那高举在山顶的一排排晒谷架,如同远古巨人的一双双擎天的大手! 四千多年前,你们的领袖是蚩尤——驱赶着牛头的神兽来战斗,直到蚩尤被黄帝——斩首! 你们来到岜沙是什么时候?你们是否忘记了那淡淡的乡愁?你们当年离开黄河离开长江,是否也一步一回头? 几千年来你们以狩猎畜牧为生,千百年来你们又开垦了梯田!直到弓箭手变成了火枪手,直到火枪也用来表演以促进文化交流! 不得不承认岜沙的森林保护得很好,不像沿海地区为了钱什么都可以搞!当贪婪的现代人在审判日被大自然惩罚,我真的希望我的归宿在——黔东南大山里的岜沙! 后记:在岜沙的传统里,因为贪婪而砍一棵树都是不可饶恕的!我一直偏好的是博大精深的中华文明史和欧洲古典音乐的美妙乐章。在飞翔的路上,我一直在奋力飞翔,我拼命扇动思想的翅膀——试图冲破东西方文明之间的哲学层面上的障碍。直到我有幸在黔东南的大山里体验到这种发自内心的又源于自然的热泪盈眶的感动!我的思想和感情终于水乳交融!我终于知道什么是大历史的角度,什么是古典音乐的内在精神!对于大多数人来说,人生不过几十年;虽然向日葵色板官方的筋骨没有房地产商人的钢筋坚硬,但向日葵色板官方的思想不应被他们的贪婪所禁锢,被这些伊甸园里的蛇引诱!没有自由的思想,何来自由的诗篇和人生?你不受贪婪引诱,方能有自由的人生!大多数贪官正是因为被贪婪引诱而失去自由的人生,注定在监狱里消磨余生!你为什么要砍掉大自然里的一棵树?你为什么要拆掉别人的房子?你为什么要掠夺属于全体人民的财富?因为,你贪婪,你不懂得敬畏自然,不懂得敬畏民众!你该下地狱!伟大的但丁,在神曲中已经描述过了,你将受到什么样的惩罚!而我,在黔东南的仙境中,对你受到的地狱审判付之一笑!2009年6月初,从广东飞向黔东南。由于2008年的摩托单骑走贵州结束的时候在川黔交界处卖掉了那台9年车龄的太子款豪爵,所以这趟旅行只能以穷酸秀才骑蹇驴的面目继续流浪!目,大山纵横的黔东南!从321国道梧州段开始,我骑摩托车,偶遇东莞哥们去西藏太平天国时代的大炮 差点要了我命的这辆廉价摩托车黔东南大山里正在建设的夏蓉高速,侗族山民。正在爬坡,我停下摩托,拍了一张只带了一个12倍的长焦,小学的退休老师们。2008年秋季我曾在这所黔东南的小学做自愿者三个月。一个多月后回到桂林,遇龙桥。阳光灿烂。此前差点在龙胜的大山里出车祸回望贵州(一) 江湖寄意遁孤舟,20年来好飘游。若问风景何处觅?此中最爱是贵州。 (二) 此中最爱是贵州,青山秀水如画轴。苗侗风情使人醉,胜作天地一沙鸥。 (三) 胜作天地一沙鸥,吹却千年万古愁。娄山关前曾驻马,舞阳河上尽逍遥。 (四) 舞阳河上尽逍遥,青龙洞里再问道。记得当年林则徐,云南路上叹山高。 注:当年林则徐去云南监考途中,曾经过镇远,写下了﹤镇远道中﹥一诗。后记:2008年7、8月,我摩托单骑从广东经广西湖南到贵州北部与四川交界处,途经当年红军长征中经过的雄关险隘——娄山关和乌江峡谷,斜穿贵州,此行甚壮,也遭遇暴雨、烂路,狼狈不堪,但风景惊人的美,行程2560公里!飞越黔东南之西江千户苗寨(诗歌)作者:FREELAND88上雷公山之前,我慕名来到这个苗族的寨子游览。站在入口的山坡上,眼前的情景令人惊叹!吊脚楼从小河边一直绵延上山,的确是气势非凡!她的历史非常久远,据说已经有两千年!两千年的雨雪风霜,不朽的是执着的精神!房子已经不是以前的房子,主人早已换了百十代子孙!人生就是一趟无悔的旅行,你们的历史证明苗人精神的顽强!从黄河到长江再到雷公山——你们的祖先曾经备尝艰辛!但你们的文明依然完好无损——如同姑娘们的银饰一样灿烂!再一次向你们致敬——伟大的蚩尤的伟大子孙!(2012-12-31 广州)雷公山飞歌(我的黔东南情结)大山横亘黔东南,车行半空天地宽。深沟巨谷稠人烟,苗民自古开梯田。夏无酷暑春有情,晨歌一曲放苗岭。涿鹿之战五千年,蚩尤子孙满山间。注:1苗族是蚩尤部落的后人,黔东南的雷公山(苗岭主峰,2178米)是他们的聚居地之一。2 有一首名曲:苗岭的早晨。(2010年3月31日于雷公山)广西 蒙山。梁羽生原来是蒙山人。我看过的唯一一部武侠小说是雪山飞狐。忘记是谁写的。历史和古典音乐才是我的最爱。还有到处流浪和诗歌!上帝,快了拯救我吧!2014年打算重走川藏线。得找个女伴。正在努力找!1700张顺手拍下的照片,发到什么时候?我又不会挑照片。这两天有机会上网,很多时候很多地方没有这种无线网络。哥们我又不上网吧。处女座的我有洁癖,对网吧里那些脏兮兮的环境敬而远之。即便在黔东南的大山里也要天天洗澡。侗族人都觉得好笑!!明天又要换地方。就是一条流浪狗!每天都毛色光鲜!喜欢人少的地方。贵州,平日里空荡荡的,都到沿海打工去了,我这个沿海人却迷上了大山!哪个城市里的姑娘喜欢大山?好笑,连大山里的姑娘都恨爹娘少生两只腿,一有机会就逃出大山。([]
Northern Wilderness, Solo Traverse of the Great Chang TangMr YANG Liusong, a Chinese who just finished the first solo traverse over Chang Tang by cycling from west to east in recorded human history, shared his stunning Expedition with all of us through the forum 8264 https//bbs.8264.com/thread-512349-1-1.html . In order to share his legendary journey with those who cannot read Chinese, I translate his story to English here, which has been approved by Mr YANG Liusong. Hope you guys enjoy it.为了让杨同学的传奇能让全世界的驴友分享,俺决定把杨同学的帖子翻译成英文。为了避免麻烦,俺先来个免责声明:1。杨同学不认识俺,也没有授权俺,如果他说不要翻译了那俺就随时终止;2。俺没有商业目的,译版版权归杨同学,俺啥也不要,也不承担法律责任;3。没有杨同学授权,不敢擅自发在国外网站,发在原帖处,荣誉归8264;4。俺英语水平有限,欢迎指正,欢迎转贴。 Northern Wilderness, Solo Traverse of the Great Chang TangBy Yang LiusongIt has been three months since I traversed the unpopulated region in the Great Chang Tang. There are many like-minded asking me about it. I now present this thread to briefly tell everybody about my journey.The starting point of this traverse was from the highest peak of the western part of the Tibetan plateau, Jieshan Daban, and the day was April 20, 2010.I was heading eastward passing Bungdag Co, Yanghu Co, Rola Co, and Kangzhagri Mountain, which crossed over the desolate region from west to east. The journey continued northward to enter the unpopulated area of Altun Mountains, through Hoh Xil Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Whale lake, ..., finally met some people by the Aqqikkol Hu and then arrived in Huatugou by vehicle three days later and that day was July 5. It had been 77 days in total. I had been all alone 74 days after leaving Jieshan Daban until arriving inAqqikkol Hu, which was about 1400km and about four months.[The Great Chang Tang] In Tibetan, "Chang Tang" means northern empty wilderness while narrowly, means unpopulated region in northern part of Tibet. However, it actually indiCATes all of the no man's land in northern. The great Chang Tang includes desolate places in Northern Tibet, Hoh Xil, Alun Mountains, and Kunlun Mountains, which are interconnected to form the unique and super empty wilderness in the world. Only because Hoh Xil is the most known name, most people just think this vast land is equivalent to Hoh Xil. In reality, Hoh Xil is only a small piece of the Great Chang Tang both administratively and geologically. The Great Chang Tang, the last land to chase your freedom and dream.The route that I traversed ForeplayI arrived in Tibet in the early March, a couple of troubles bothered me. The brand new plug got its positive and negative wrongly connected; the rivets of my rucksack eASIly got broken from now and again; and a multi-functional charger got damaged and so on. Riding my bike to Ngari for warming up of this journey, lost my rucksack but later got it back; lost my camera bag and got it back later again, and finally lost a big bicycle pannier in the street of Gyangze town under the eyes of police, including clothes, solar panel and so on.Without much choice, I returned to Lhasa to adjust all the stuff I would need in the wilderness. Then I begged some luck by going to Nyingchi to enjoy the blossoms of peach trees and to take a hot spring bath. I even had the privilege to enjoy time with ten girls in the hot spring. I felt my bad luck had all gone and then returned to Lhasa again to prepare going to Ngari. I did not expect that I was cheated on by some hustler and lost some money and delayed my schedule for a week. I had to find a car myself quickly to Nagri. However, I lost the tool for fast-parting my rear wheel on my way to Nagri, where was a remote area in Tibet and nowhere to buy the tool. Even if there was one in Lhasa it would take at least ten days for a special delivery service. I was lucky that my mate Duola asked a driver to bring the tool for me from Lhasa. I thought there should be no more nightmare like this but the nozzle of my brand new multi-fuel stove was broken. The next day I tried everywhere to weld them back together. The first three shops could not do the welding for copper. The fourth one said they could do it but could not guarantee a sUCCess. The engineer said it would be ten Chinese yuans if it was a success. I agreed. Just in seconds, my nozzle became crap in a flash of lightening. I was so upset. Again, Duola helped me by bringing her own MSR oil stove and Dingding's sleeping bag to Nagri. That was already April 16 and I did not have much time to waste. The following day I found a vehicle heading to Jieshan Daban.The sand storm over Yarlung Zangbo RiverA lonely peach tree blossoming in Yarlung Zangbo Grand CanyonNatural hot spring in wild, me singing and drinking (photo by a friend of mine) Day 1(April 20), 16km, Camping 5192mIt was a truck with a full load of iron wastes, arriving in Jieshan Daban at 6'o clock in the morning. It was still night and extremely cold and dark. Driver was not bothered to pop his head out of the driving cab. I climbed up on the top of the iron wastes, taking my bicycle down. In a hurry, I punched my old water bag. Fortunately I had another MSR water bag given by a friend of mine otherwise I would definitely fail without even starting my journey. For the first time for me to set up the brand new tent in strong, cold winds. It would be impossible to do so if the tent was not a whole piece. Extremely cold outside, about -15C, might be lower than that, I put my head into the sleeping bag but was nearly suffocated to death, honestly. The smell of Dingding's sleeping bag was, lol, so extraordinary. I woke up around 11 o'clock. There were still strong winds outside so that I had to use my bodyweight to keep the tent in place. At the time when I just started to cook and eat, four patrolling soldiers approached me. To their surprise someone, in this season, camped in Jieshan Daban. I was so nervous and afraid they were the people to block my journey because I was caught and deported from the desolate land last year. Luckily the four soldiers did not know my destination and were very kind to me. After they left, I immediately packed my stuff and pushed my bike into the depths of the unpopulated area just in case anything unexpected happened.The bike was very heavy due to the provisions and hard to control. There was even a quite small hill that I had to remove my bike panniers to get over it. This really struck me because this happened even the path was still the hardship one at the moment and I could not imagine what I would do once I entered the uncertain, endless wilderness. Until now I had not met anyone, even the nomadic pastoralists. I remembered there were quite a few of them roaming at the edge of the northern Tibetan plateau last year. All of these indicated it was not the good pasture season in such low temperature and strong winds. Around 16km there was a sheep cote, where I passed it last year, east of Lungmu Co. I was exhausted at this point so that I decided to camp in here and to rest my head. After arranging tent everything I went out to look for the wetland discovered by Duola and Liumeng last year. I was determined to find it.There were many hot springs in the wetland which were underground water with a constant temperature. The wetland therefore became an ideal habitat for some fishes and weeds under such harsh weather, which was the very unique land feature of terrain in this over 5200m highland.Perpetual snow in the valley blown to corn shape by strong windsThis wetland was discovered by Duola and Liumeng. The workers at a nearby mine did not know it and I too missed it last yearUnderground water with a constant temperature, an ideal habitat for some fishes and weeds under such icy weather 感谢大伙儿支持和加分,不一一回复了。特别感谢多啦,希望能有机会一起喝酒吃肉。 Day 2 (April 21), 0km, Camping5192mBlustering gale all night, up and down like ocean waves. The next day rather than continuing to travel, I stayed inside the sheep cote, hesitating and pondering over. Indeed, there were so many problems before this journey;I did not have sufficient physical preparation;the load had already reached its limitation; I still coughed a lot;the weather was so extreme and cold. All in all, I did not think this journey was well prepared and I did not have confidence in completing this journey mentally and physically. To do, or not to do, it was the question. Similarly I did not have confidence in my facilities, not knowing whether all of them would work functionally or not. The fact was one of the rivets got broken again and the front rack came loose. In the afternoon, I replaced all the rivets of the panniers with screws I had prepared before. This was an excellent job I had done which gave me no further troubles throughout my whole journey. I also re-adjusted the front rack. However I did not think it would definitely all right because I did not have a tool to do it. When the darkness descended,I made up my mind to continue my journey, which, of course, was not beyond any imagination. Orchid-like weedsSmall springs everywhere, clear and chillyA thin layer of ice covering the fresh spring water The sheep cote, it was the door under the sleeping bag, which was in the same place as last year, everything looked like yesterdayThe wetland at duskLungmu Co at dusk. You could hear the gigantic sound of wind if the picture had a sound Day 3 (April 22), 52.4km, Camping 5145mGot up in the morning, could not put everything into the bags. Without much choice I had to throw away three portions of tsampa, elbow pads, and crampons. Following the road of the lead-zinicmine I found the side path to enter the wilderness, which was on the riverbed and very hard to see. I missed this side path last year so that I had to take a short cut into the wilderness directly then. That was why I had taken extra care to find the side path. The following journey was to get over a big hill, which lay 5275m above sea level and was the highest point of my whole journey. Around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I passed the side path leading to Orba Co and started a journey which was complete strange to me. I ate a piece of pilot breads, which was frozen like rocks so that I had to use my spade to crush it. At 6 o'clock in the evening, I had pushed plus rode my bicycle for about 32 km. I reckoned I should have been able to double this if I did no carry such heavy load. The wind became stronger and stronger. I opened the parasail kits and tested it. The result was far beyond what I expected. With the aid of the strong wind I was just like flying over the wilderness. After 8 o'clock in the evening, I started to observe the water Source and to get ready to camp. Map showed there were successive springs along the path and assembled to puddles. But I had overestimated the water source here in this land and in this season there were endless wilderness inside the valley, where I could not see a single drop of water. As it became darker and darker, I felt a little bit nervous which resulted in three spokes of the parasail broken and became a useless rubbish. Anyway, it helped me to move forward 20km more which benefited me a lot later on. When time approached 9.30 pm, it was almost completely dark. I had to lie my bike on the ground and went on to try to find water on the north side of the valley. This was a wide and flat sandy land, where I could not see any ditches there and further was complete darkness. I returned to get my GPS to look up the contours and found the south part of the valley was closer to a hill so I took the way. Finally I found a piece of ice in a ditch. I smashed about 20litre of ice. The ice was quite shallow scattered with sheep poo. On my way back, my eyes were hurt by strong winds, which got me a couple of days to recover. It was nearly 23 o'clock after I set up the tent. It also took about 40 mins to melt the ice. I was so tired and my appetite was completely spoiled. I then had a little bit of milk. I had never expected thing would go like this, it was so distressing. Streams along the path, ice everywhereThe river flew into Matou Hu, in whose north part there was a satellite lake, a wonderful ice-skating court It took 40mins to melt the ice in midnight Day 4 (April 23), 31km, Camping 5028mA cloudy day with gusts. From now and again, hails chased me from behind. Sunny spell. Heavy sandy land made me have to push my bike. At 3pm, I arrived at Luxing Hu, where there was a house made of clay. This was the last permanent building of my journey. Last year, Duola and Liumeng once lived in this house for three days without meeting anybody. It seemed it was the same but the truck parking in front of the house made me worry about. I went to the sheep cote first to check over, where there were only a few lambs following me everywhere I went later on. This made me feel warm in my heart. I observed farther places using my binoculars but could not see any people or sheeps. After making sure there were no people around I opened the locked door using a screwdriver. The living room was very clean. There were two boxes of beverages on the ground and a string of cured lamb legs hanging over in the interior room. A pot of water was on the top of the stove, lukewarm, which indicated the host must be not far away from his home. I filled up my water bag and left the house. I also put the screws back to the door in order not to leave any trace of my visiting. I then took a spanner from the toolbox of the truck, which gave me great help for the rest of the journey.I left the house as quickly as possible. After last year's experience, the nomadic pastoralists were the last people I wanted to meet. A few hundred meters away from the house, the vehicle traces were fading fast. Even downhill, I had to push rather than to ride because of the heavy loose sand. From the route point of view, only after Luxing Hu it was the real unpopulated land. After many days, I thought of the lamb legs from time to time. It was pity that I then had plenty of provisions and the bike was too heavy to carry anything more. Continue to melt the ice under the morning sunshine, all of the sheep poo had been removed carefullyCamping site, the little hill over there was the place where I got the ice last nightThe house by the Luxing Hu, empty, the last permanent building I saw throughout my journeyDay 5 (April 24), 19.8km, Camping 4951mSet off at 10.30 in the morning, the weather was similar to yesterday. Probably this road was the high plain or somewhere the wind passed so that it was so windy. The average wind speed was degree 6 but could reach degree 9 in the blick of an eye. The road was still full of sand and very heavy to walk on it. My eyes became worse under such harsh weather. About three o'clock in the afternoon, I saw something in my right, looked like antenna. I went closer to see what it was and found out it was an iron tower (the triangulation station). In 1970s, a joint team from Chinese three military regiments entered this area doing research. They have left a lot of triangulation stations and benchmarks, which I had the priviledge to see them today.At dusk, I approached to a spring by the Bungdag Co, which flew into the frozon lake. The sand and soil, brought by the strong wind, scattered on the surface of the ice all over the lake. There were so many cracks around the icey surface of the lake. I geussed it must be caused by the springs under the water rather than by melted ice. In the west of the Bungdag Co was the side path leading to Keriya Pass, where a SUV could reach directly. I had looked out any vehicle Tracks but failed. The cloudy sky started to snow. I set up the tent comfortably because I knew that I was safe having such a sweet spring beside me.Triangulation station erected by scientists from the joint research team on Chang Tang of three military regiments in 1971[size=+0]The gap between water and ice in Bungdag Co, I guessed there must be some springs under the lakeThe storm just above the ground, a chaotic darkness[size=+0]Icy Bungdag Co,one of the four biggest lakes in Northern Tibet, wild ducks flying over this vastness and lonenessSnowing at any time, should not happen so frequently like this in this seasonDay 6 (April 25), 4.3km, Camping 5002mWeathering landforms everywhere around this area. Spongy volcanic rocks could be found easily. I pushed my bike turning around a small hill, seeing a big river, the Yinshui He, flowing from Orba Co into Bungdag Co, which I had been to its upstream last year. It was also a passage for animal migration. The downstream of the river was extremely wide and broad. The thickess of the ice layer could reach one meter with the main stem in the middle course of the river, very deep. There were a few springs along the river, sweet and clear.I only went forward a little bit more than 4km but I had walked more than 20km for finding my way. It was not possible to cross the main stem, let alone the north bank of Bungdad Co. What I could only do was to try to find a shallow place to cross. But the southern area was a even larger piece of wetland and forced the road turn towards west. I spent a couple of hours but failed to find a good point to cross the river. In the afternoon, I decided to follow the edge of the wetland. When I reached the hill foot, the wetland finally disappeared. Around this area, there were clearly volcanic feature of terrain and I even found traces of pasturing and cairns made from volcanic rock.Here was the last pasturing trace I found throughout my journey, I guessed it was a summer pasture area. After this, there was no clear sign of human activities in this vast wilderness. I had been looking for my ways until it was dark. I made up my mind where to go TOMOrrow. The terrain here looked like Yardang landforms, as well as volcanic landforms The Yinshui He river from Orba CoSprings scattered all over the river bank, painted green by lovely algaeThe river was very deep. The mixture of green and amber colour showed the sand and mud carried by the melted iceThick layer of ice, sunken surface caused by strong gustsThe south course of the Yinshui He, countless small streams. To the right was the wetlandLooking for ways in the east, a trace of pasturing and the cairn made from spongy volcanic rocksMy camp, opposite to the hillDay 7 (April 26), 11km, Camping 5009mI moved forward to the direction I found yesterday, turning around the wetland and walking toward east. At 2pm, I was blocked by the zigzag Yinshui He again and I had no choice but to cross it. The river was about 700m wide, covered by ice which appeared very different. The hanging ice, the folding ice, the piling-up ice, the icy puddle, and the sleet were everywhere along the river bank. Having noticed all of these, I reckoned the river would be receding at dusk, which was why there were so many different shapes and forms of ice. I put my slipper on, going into the main stream of the river. I found there were at least three different courses of the river, the thickness of the surface ice varied and the river water reached above my knees. I sighed there would be no way back once I crossed this river. There are many ways in one's life too, you can only take it once and you will no long have the courage to repeat it.I pushed the bike crossing the river. Some of the ice was a bit soft, jamming the tyres so that I had to use my feet to break them first. Some of the ice was a bit thick but with half-melted underneath, sticking the the bike completely, some of the ice was half-water half-ice with a sandy riverbed, which was really hard to pass. I had to remove all of the panniers at the last stage of the crossing. I spent the whole four hours to cross the river, my legs got many bloody cuts. At 6pm, the surface ice was almost disappeared completely, the river level rapidly rising to a chaotic status. I thought if I hesitated a little bit at that time, I could not have the courage to cross this river under such circumstances. The river bank was unimaginably sandy and was quite steep. I had to unloaded the panniers again to reach the top of the bank. By the time of sunset, the weather became exceptionally good. The sunlight from the descending sun, the blue sky, the faint moon, .... I liked such a colorful and peaceful Chang Tang and very much enjoyed my camp and myself bathed in such beautiful colour.The ice like this was very thin and suspended, far away from the main stemHard surface with half-melted underneath, the soft sand at the botton was most scaryThe ice like this could easily jam the wheels, hard to get it outI had to unload the panniersChaotic water and terrible hails turned up in no timeThe Chang Tang at the moment liked it used to be,a mixture of cold and warm tones under the golden setting sun Day 8 (April 27), 14.6km, Camping 5112mLast night, I forgot to bring in the odometer, which was out of order due to the coldness in midnight. Since then I used GPS to check the mileage. The digital thermometer was no longer working. I had to use mercury thermometer to collect data. Night temperatures were basically between –15℃—–20℃ while the temperature inside my tent was about –10℃. The advantage of the integrated tent was that it limited the ventilation so to keep warm inside. However, it got clearly disadvantage of heavy condensation and dew. Every morning, there was plenty of frost inside the tent so that I had to put my hood on First Before fully getting dressed. The winds in Chang Tang finally became consistent with the pattern I had researched the other day no or very tiny wind in the morning, strong wind started after 2pm, and then at around 8pm its strength was reduced again. The accuracy of this prediction was about 80%.The road was very bad today. I walked whole afternoon in an ancient riverbed and it was so difficult that I had to use all of my strengths to move a small step forward and then to stop to breath, slower than a snail. After five hours' struggling, my eyes got wet when I saw the grassy river bank. Finally! The nightmare was over.Cold and clear morningHeavy morning condensation in the interior, a lot of frost to clearSuch dawning sunlight indicated a cloudy day ahead Day 9 (April 28), 18km, 5072mIn the morning I entered a range of sandy roads which were so terrible. The solar panel specially designed for GPS got short circuited. After checking it was found to be the diode got damaged. Luckily I got a replacement. Because the GPS was exclusively supplied by a solar panel so that it was no longer a problem for the power supplement of GPS. In a period of 70 days, I did replace the battery once, which saved me a lot of alkaline batteries. I did have another solar panel of 5.4 W which was used specifically for 7.5V Camera, DV and other digital facilities. Unlike water, I had never been short of power.At 7pm in the evening, I arrived at Pur Co. The surface of this lake was very odd the ice by the river bank rose and the river bank was broken, I reckoned that was due to the strong winds. The ice there was mingled with something yellow, could be the stain of alkali. There were many wild yaks on the other side of the lake. There could be two brown bears but I could not be for certain. On the east side of the lake, there was a peninsula leading to the centre of the lake. I camped just opposite to the peninsula. At night , I smashed the ice to get drinking water, which tasted alkali. For the first time I cooked the cereals, which was brought completely by accident. This was just because I found there was a little bit of extra space when I was in Nagri packing the stuff for this journey so that I bought two packs of cereals. It tasted disgusting, probably there was too much alkali in the water. I threw away half of it. Later I realised that probably I subconsciously felt that the provisions was so heavy. I would rather make it lighter at any cost.Dry all my stuff in the morning sun, a routine matterA faint dusk in Pur CoThe river bank pushed up by ice and opened like zipper by gustsThe pushed up surface of the iceThe place where I got my drinking water, a thin layer of ice behind the ablation corns The moment just before sun set, glittering Pur Co, nothing was the same差点儿没找到俺自己的帖子,原来变色了。多谢各位鼓励。 Day 10 (April 29), 16km, Camping 5141mIn the morning, I walked around the north bank of the Pur Co, where it were continuous ups and downs sprinkled with light yellow sprouts across the sparse grassland. The wild yaks clustered into small groups. All of a sudden, there was a group of five of them running towards me, blowing a huge cloud of dust with the power of thunderbolts,I believed that anyone who did not know the characters of the wild yaks must be frightened to death under such circumstances. The fact was the wild yaks in groups never injured people. Rushing to you just to show you its territory. When they approached people at certain distance, they would turn sharply and run away, and then stopped somewhere high to stare at you. You can not imagine that the wild yaks were very cautious animals compared with its almost one ton of weight. Their first reaction, when meeting people, was to raise their tails, the front hooves rubbing against the ground, the horns pointing forward, the eyes redden, and the long body hair shaking, all of which showed their determination to fight.This was the warning sign that you should retreat. However, you should realise that this was only a gesture that they were afraid of you and wanted to scare you away. The thing was that if you were not afraid of them and moved forward, they would run away in no time. There were only some mad yaks attacking people, which was really rare to happen. In Chang Tang, an experienced driver know that it is very dangerous to pass directly from two or three lonely wild yaks. They always tried to avoid confronting them directly. If this was not possible, they would lit a cigarette, smoking, to wait until the yaks walked away themselves. This was because the wild yaks really could attack vehicles, which was not completely rumors. I once asked them why I had not been attacked. They told me that because my bike was so small they would not be bothered to attack it. My own experience was that approaching a wild yak very slowly, do not look into its eyes, and ignored what it was doing. As long as it moved forward a little bit, just stop and give the yaks a little bit of time to think. Because if you forced the yak, it could be themost dangerous animal in the world and nothing could stop them killing. Even a gunshot could not kill it but only left a small hole in its skin. In the past, the nomads living near this land would use yaks' skin as chopping board which was very much endurable. At noon, I lost my balacLAVA, which was brand new and I had never used it once. I could not be bothered to go back tofind it. This resulted in that I had to have my fleece hat day and night in the rest of my journey, which did not provide fully protection from the sun in the plateau. But somehow I was all right, perhaps because my skin is similar to those of yaks, lol. At around half past one, I found a deserted Jeep, upside down. I felt it could be there for years and it could be the vehicle of someillegal HUNTERs. Nowadays, we have wildlife conservation reserves in Chang Tang and the animals here are well protected. However, some people kills the wild yaks to sell them as the domestic yak's meat. In general, it is worth 10,000 Chinese yuans for a single wild yak. Therefore many people take the risk to make money. They often enter the unpopulated areas to hunt and their activities can reach 200 km in diameter. This is why the wild yaks in the deep wilderness are less afraid of people than thoseat the boundaries of the Chang Tang region.There once happened that a wild yak mother revenged its baby's murder in the Altun mountains. Its horns pierced the killer's chest and held his body over its head for more than ten days, which was very touching.Around 3pm, I walked out of the Pur basin. The next point was Hong Shan Daban and then it was the Yueya Hu by the Toze Gangri. At this time I found a vehicle track from south to north. I checked over but could not find the way where they had gone. I took my map, GPS, and compass, climbing up a small hill to estimate the location of Hong Shan Daban. The mountain was very round and it was hard to find the mountain pass. After determining the location of the Daban, I moved straightforward. When I passed a messy grassland, I saw something that I was reluctant to see more than hundreds of wild yaks' head scattered all over, which was definitely the scene of the illegal hunting. After that it was a very long ancient river bed with soft sand slowly rising until the foot of the mountain.There are some spines on the surface of the tongues of wild yaks, which are used by nomads in this area as combs. They use them from their teens to the time when their hair becomes silver.The deserted Jeep, could be left by illegal hunters years agoThe slaughtered wild yaks with the wheel size heads. Some of the skulls were chopped into half. Why was that? Could be taken away for making combs?My camp at the foot of the Daban underthe lingering golden rays of the setting sun. Tomorrow's weather must be wonderful, I reckoned Day 11(April 30), 20.4km, Camping 5120mThe surface of the road leading to Hong Shan Daban was very hard, most of them were small rocks, sort of gravels, plus a quite long downhill slope, I pushed my bike more than 20km for the first time after Luxing Hu. The mountain pass was quite flat, just like a broad ridge, it was 5256m above the sea level. Upon arriving at the pass, Toze Gangri of 6356m was in my sight clearly, very much round and there was no back bone like normal snow covered mountains. Most of the snow mountains in Chang Tang looked like this probably it was due to the geological movements. There were quite a few chirus or Tibetan antelopes in the valley but I was not interested in this kind of animals anymore after I witnessed a large scale of migration of such animals last year elsewhere.The herbivorous animals here are very quick to reach its original size of the population, such as wild yaks, chirus, Tibetan gazelle, pika, and marmot. When you go into the depths of the Chang Tang, you could hardly be surpised by the sudden appearance of the chirus because they are so common in here. At this time of year, the chirus have already male-female parted. You could see many pregnant female chirus but hardly see any males. According to recent research, Zonag Co is not the only lake for breeding. There are at least four of them in the whole Chang Tang. Zonag Co, Tuzi Hu, Heishi Beihu, and another lake I can not remember. I think there must be more than four of them and most of the populations do not migrant long way like most people used to think. They generally migrant from south to north between Central Mountains and Kunlun Mountains.The chirus looks very timid but are very curious about outside world. They are not really afraid of people, particularly in the depth of the Chang Tang. The nearest distance we can approach is about 30m. They just stare at you calmly and think who you are and why you move so slow. They would run in front of you. Look like they are afraid of you but the fact is they are playing with you. A man's own character shapes his fortune. This is of course suit for animals too. The chirus are the typical one. They have a super speed and a pair of sharp antlers. If they are crazy, three of them work together could easily kill a wolf. But as you might have known, their antlers are just for fighting to mate with females.Down the Daban there was a very steep and straight road, I tried to ride the bicycle but ended up with falling over. The front rack came loose and one of the pannier flew into valley. The foot of the mountain was the Yueya Hu covered by ice, which was alake full of heavy metal elements. Along the lake bank there were many stark rocks very much weathered, lining up just like castles or houses. This made me stop to investigate what they were from time to time, I did understand they were just rocks though but they were so real like the figures of real people. On of them even made me hide in a ditch, observing them again and again using my binoculars. There were also many black volcanic rocks. All in all, the features of this area were really unusual.Passed over the Yueya Hu, it was an endless ancient lake bed. What my GPS showed was this area was a big lake like tentacles. I looked around, it was endless wilderness without a piece of ice and a drop of water. Roughly, I estimated this lake bed was about 1200 square meters. I had to tell you that Chang Tang was a place where there was no high-resolution map. The marks in the map often were some kind of memory. Just like this ancient lake bed under my feet, may be it was full of water a few years ago. Who knows. Pushing the bike in such an endless lake bed was very easy to get lost. My mind was in a chaotic status too.The migration of the animals, photo taken last year The road rising up to the Daban, full of gravels, very hard, ideal for pushing your bikeThe Yueya Hu gazed at by the round and smooth Toze Gangri. At a glimpse, could you tell which was mountain, which was cloud?Ancient lake bed. The white stains were the alkali, look like ice. About wildlife (part 1)Declaration Personal experience for reference onlyDangerous wild animals and their threats to human beings are a ever-LASTING subject for those backpackers travelling in the wild.In Chang Tang, for example, there are two kinds of deadly animals, one is wolves and the other is brawn bears. As substitutes, wild yaks and crows might be dangerous to you in some circumstances that I will come back to this a little bit later on. As for how to protect yourself against these dangerous animals, I think the primary point is you do not try to hurt them because the emotions of human and animals are same instinctively. [Wolves]Throughout my journey, I met wolves a total of seven times, in which I confronted them five times. As you might have known that wolves have become more and more solitary animals, it is very rare they live in a large group nowadays. Please allow me off the point a little bit and talk about the ecological problems in Chang Tang. The problem is now not the decrease of the number of the chirus but the imbalance of the whole food chain, more specifically, the number of the animals on the higher trophic levels of the food chain has not yet reached its ideal level which results in this kind of imbalance. Particularly, the pikas and the marmots who have lost their predators rapidly expanse which results in the desertification of Chang Tang. As early as the middle of last century, wolves were the dominant predators in the vast wilderness. They became a threat not only to other preys but also nomads pasturing in this land. Therefore, the then government called on people to cull back the population of the wolves in Chang Tang, which resulted in the current situation directly. The last official record about wolves attacking humans was around 1970s, which happened in Bamaoqiongzong. A team of secientists was surrounded by a group of wolves and they had to shoot them using guns. Of course, at present in Chang Tang, wolves are absolutely lonely.In this traverse, the first time I encountered a pair of wolves, one of them staying in front of me pretending to attack me while the other staying behind me. This is the standard attacking strategy of wolves. First, you should not be nervous which can be easily detected by the predators. Second, you should not retreat even an inch because this means you are the prey rather than the predator. Do not make any large movement, of course you could take a picture if you feel safe to do so. You must look into its eyes for a few minutes or even half an hour. When the wolves can not work out who you are and consider you are not posing any danger to them, then they will leave. You should remember that wolves in this land do not lack of food and it is much easy for them to catch a pika than a human. Even if being hungry, they would evaluate how easy to get you done, What you need to do is to show them that you are not interested in them and you are not afraid of them at all, let alone to show your ID card to them. As for the wolves family, really, I have not heard for ages. If you really have an encounter with them and they have no other choice, then it definitely depends on your forture. In fact, for so many year, it has been very rare to happen that wolves kill human. But the rumours are still there, in particular, the road connecting Xinjiang and Tibet.The nearest encounter with a wolf throughout my journey, no conflict at all[Brown Bears]Brown bears are real dangerous animals to human. Every year there are some accidents happened in some regions of Xinjiang on the north side of Kunkun Mountains and steppes in Northern Tibet. More than that the bears could attack your house, smash your windows, and eat your sheep. Therefore, in Northern Tibet some local councils give subsidies to the pastorarists for compensating the losses due to the bears because they are not allow to fight back and kill the bears except their lives are in great danger. Once there was a nomad taught me a method to protect yourself from bears. He told me to pick up a stick to feed the bear and the bear thinks the stick is your hand which tastes disgusting. So the bear would leave. It was so funny but the reality is to find a stick in this vast wilderness is just like you win the lottery.Bears are omonivorous animal who are generally not interested in human flesh. You can find that in most of accidents, the bears did not eat any of the human flesh rather they just smashed them for kind of fun that we could not understand. For the reason why bears kill human, one explanation is the conflict between human and wildlife in this extreme ecological environment. The nomads invade the habitats of the bears, which results in these conflicts. On the other hand, it might be because bears have quite high IQ so that they think it is much easy to kill a sheep in the cote rather than to kill a pika in the wild.I have met bears five times in my traverse, in two cases we were very close to each other. I had even walked with one of them for quite a while, just like we had a date for a walk. The fact is it is not that terrible like you might imagine. The same rules for dealing with wolves apply to bears. Never provoke dangerous animals. A bear can run at a speed of 40km/h, do you think you can compete this in a highland 5,000m above sea level?However, there is a situation where it is really dangerous, that is the encounter. It is not easy to control your instinctive reaction to the external dangers. Last year once I turned around a hill, there was a bear just in front of me. The bear of course was frightened by me with its front legs holding up, waving in the air and roaring. At that time I sat on the ground, ignoring it. The bear then left in a few minutes. Chang Tang is a vast land so that this is not that easy to happen. But if it does happen, really only God can bless you.The nearest encounter with a bear throughout my journey. This bear disappeared in a herd of wild yaks, which I had tried hard to spot, really weird About wildlife (part 2)Declaration personal experience for reference only.[Wild Yaks]I have talked about quite a few, like in the post of Day10. I will no longer talk about it.This was the funniest encounter with a solitary wild yak, who did not warn me. If I sat down, it sat down too. If I moved forward, it stopped. Could not imagine what it was thinking about.[Crows]Crows are dangerous only when you fall unconscious in the wilderness. Of course they will be the first to taste your flesh in that case. Unlike their cousinsliving in urban areas, the crows in Chang Tang have a larger body like eagles. When they fly over your head, you could feel like it is a piece of cloud. They are scavengers but like fresh meat too. It once happened that a baby was killed by crows relentlessly, let alone the lambs got killed by them. Once a nomad asked me for fireworks to scare the crows away. (They are sacred birds not to be killed by human)It is easy to defend yourself against crows, that is to keep fighting, never fall in the wilderness.A short break attracted the crows. Of course, they were miscalculating this time, photo taken last year[Strategies Adopted]At the time when I met the four soldiers in Jieshan Daban, they said there were many dangerous animals in the Northern Tibet and asked me if I had brought a shotgun. I think if they knew that I would enter Chang Tang they would definitely check if I really have a shotgun. The so-called defence facilities I brought with me were the fireworks and pepper spray. I had never used them. The fireworks were ruined and thrown away when I crossed a river and I had never opened the pepper spray. I even had never thought about this when camping in the night. The reason was I did not feel the needs. During the day time whenever I met any animals I had never touched the knife I had brought. I did not have anything to defend myself when I walked out to investigate the route. The Chang Tang is really a vast area so as to be very easy to detect anything strange.By the way, you'd better to avoid mating season's animals because even tamed rabbits could be aggressive in mating season.The thing is even if you have a gun, it is not very much helpful when bears attack you. Therefore, your attitude is most important.I can tell you something. Dogs are more dangerous than these wild animals. I had been chased by Tibetan dogs, pounced on by dogs in mating season, also besieged by a group of dogs. I really feel it is more useful to know how to defend a dog.Declaration again The above experience is from Chang Tang only. Of course, the more you prepared, the better. Day 12 (May 1), 23.8km, Camping 5117mToday was May 1 -- the Labour Day, I had been walking in some lake area marked in the map but clearly dried up. The lake basin was flat and hard so that I even pushed my bike more than 20km. Let it be the special treat for my May Day. After midday it became cloudy with growing winds. Since the Yueya Hu that I passed yesterday, there were no big lakes until Yanghu Co (My route would be between Jianshui Hu and Bairab Co), there was even no light alkaline water to drink so I had to pay extra attention not to miss any possible drinking water supply to fill up my water bag. There were a few very small lakes but all were alkaline puddles which was very shallow, whose depth was no more than the length of a half-finger. These puddles were covered with a hard shell of the mixture of salt and ice which smelled stinking and decaying when getting closer, must be toxic water I supposed. On the shore of this type of small lakes it was muddy soil and very hard to get closer.There was no sign of tundra at all.It was almost half past six when I found some snow corns in a ditch, which was the only drinking water supply of the day. There was a thin layer of melted ice on the surface of the ground near the snow corn, which was very hard to collect and was contaminated by the alkali. The snow corn was the yet melted thick snow, which was shaped like a corn by wind. The snow was quite hard and dry,porous like ice. I crushed a few snow corns, putting them into the water bag.They would be my drinking water tonight. These snow corns were the only one in today's wilderness, I reckoned the reason why they were not melted like others was the soil underneath contained large amount of ice blocks which acted as a freezer.Very strong gale in the night, it was hard to bear the sound of the vibration of the tent. Small single tent was good in the sense that it would not be blown away as long as you stayed inside. But you had to be very careful to set up the tent. I once did not pay much attention when doing so, the tent was blown away by winds, and rolling over like a Giant lantern ... I ran after it, got it back, and was exhausted. In general, it is not possible to fix the tent completely using tent pegs because they were not very much effective like large tents. It was snowing around 23 o'clock, the winds were howling from north,then the falling snow flakes landed on my tent quietly, I finally felt at peace and fell asleep. The flat ancient lake basin, assisting me walking more than 20kmSmall lake en route, toxic waterSnow corns, the only drinking water supply today Day 13 (May 2), 0km, Camping 5117mWaking up in the morning and opening the tent, the heavy snow outside must be sent by the God to force me have a break for the May Day. After lying in for a while, getting up and walking on the snowy ground out I went to have a look around. As first sight there were a herd of chirus. They were plainly to be spotted because they looked like a clear black straight line in the while snow. I returned to get my camera and then followed them to take some pictures. But they were very much alert and kept a quite long distance from me. I felt they were a group of pregnant females, instinctively protecting themselves from any potential harm. I was no longer short of water, the snow gave me a precious supply of drinking water. The problem was that they were very petrol consuming. I tool 8.6 litre of petrol and the oil stove was Duola's MSR. The pot was of 1.5 litre, mainly for boiling water. After several days' experiments, I found that the liquid water needed 16mins and 14-15mins to boil in the morning and evening, respectively. For ice, it would take 35-40mins while for snow it took 45-50mins. Melting snow was a very time and petrol consuming process so if I had a choice between snow and light alkaline water, most of time I would go with the latter. Lying inside the tent, listening to musics,I smoked a cigarette while gazing at the more and more chirus around me. Because it was very cold I had been wearing my shoes all the time. Now I just put my bare feet under the warm sun for some fresh air. I found three cuts in my hands and one in my sole. The cuts were about 4cm in length, looked terrible but it was actually all right really. Half of my toes were injured by to much walking, quite painful. I fetched my medicine bag and found I only got four patches of plasters, a serious mistake. One of the cuts in my hand had never been cured until I was out of this desolate land so as to feel like this finger would drop from my hand at any time. The others quickly recovered in a few days then new cuts appeared elsewhere. This process occurred periodically. I felt that it was somewhat related to the cold, dry weather and the lack of vitamins. The snow rapidly disappeared, which is unique phenomenon in Chang Tang. Because of the low air humidity and the high radiation from the sun, the snow was evaporating very fast, much quicker than the melting speed. Owing to this, the ground was generally still dry after the snow disappeared. In most cases, it would be only 2/5 left in the afternoon around 2 to 3 o'clock and small patches of ground could be seen. It would be completely all right for walking the next day. On the third day there could be some snow left in somewhere the sunlight hard to reach. So generally it could give you three days of water supply after a heavy snow like this. One of the pannier was broken, the most expensive one from deuter series, supposed to be waterproof. I will come back to it at some point later. Everything was covered by snow, no way out Lying in the middle of Chang Tang, listening to Tian Zhen's songs, and smoking Baisha cigarettes, what else can you ask for? The pregnant female chirus in migration, probably heading to Heishi Beihu to give birth([]
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秋天,是个多彩的季节,金黄的草垫,火红的枫叶,橘红的橡树,米黄的白桦,犹如眼前一幅画卷,层林尽染漫山野,色彩斑斓入心脾。秋天更是一个适合出行的季节,不像冬天和春天那么枯燥乏味,也不像夏日那么烈日炎炎,更难得的是,还有一路的美景欣赏。在这样一个充满色彩的季节,向日葵色板官方不户外,更待何时?让向日葵色板官方背起背包出发吧,身体换一身装备出门,灵魂换一种态度回家,金秋季节,去欣赏那最美的秋景,错过了,那就只能等明年啦。。。 人生就是一场漫长的旅行,在乎的是沿途的风景,在乎的是看风景的心情,带着自己的心与灵魂去旅行。。。去吧、孤石自然美、原生态美才是真正美!去吧、走向自然的户外天地,享受生活,享受户外! 美好的东西总是迫不及待想与朋友分享。孤石清新凉爽的空气,碧绿水嫩的青草,蔚蓝悠远的天空,千变万化的白云,绚烂绽放的野花,可爱的马儿,猪儿,羊群,奶牛。。。农家院依山而建,构成一幅美丽的风景。车出大滩镇,柏油路就消失了,取而代之的是比较平坦的砂石路,车速可以达到三、四十迈。又过十公里,比较平坦的砂石路变成了颠簸的砂石路,车只能以二、三十迈的速度向前。路两边的景色渐入佳境,开始的时候两边还是农田,穿过几个小村子之后,两边已经被草甸所代替。终于,在经过了略显漫长的颠簸之后,我们到达了目的地——孤石牧场(孤石军马场)。 孤石的秋天,一路穿行在金黄色的山脊大草甸中,感受秋天醉美的风景与魅力。。。 东猴顶是燕山山脉的最高峰,海拔2292.6米,号称“京北第一峰”。其上广袤生长着高山草甸,远远望去象猴头顶,位于东面,故名东猴顶。东猴顶一年四季三季有雪,一季节是雾;山势雄伟,高峦截云,层陵断雾。站在其上,南望首都北京,北观坝上大草原,方圆千里群山峻岭,尽收眼底。山顶处生长着各种鲜花野草,还有大片乱石窖,游人垒成“玛尼塔林”,山顶西侧生长着满身长剌的鬼箭锦鸡儿,胜似好玩。秋季更是层林尽染,景色如同画中,被誉为摄影者的天堂。 秋天,一个美丽的季节,一个收获的季节,一个浪漫的季节,一个多情的季节。在秋的思绪里,永远是那么浓郁,那么着迷。走进自然,融入自然,让心和静谧的黑龙山融合在一起吧。 坝上草原—京北最近的天然氧吧,平均海拔1486米,以其特有的丘陵式草原地貌及滦河水脉的发源地而著称;湛蓝的天、秀美的山、清澈的水、遍地的花,勾画出四季各异的绝美佳境,孤石军马场便坐落于此境之中。 坝上的秋色是一种诱惑。一望无际的草原, 曲线优美的丘陵,多姿多彩的白桦树林,都刚刚开始渲染秋色。。。 人生最美的事就是游遍世界,世界那么大,应该出去看看。 大滩镇草原在河北省承德市丰宁县,大家也称它丰宁坝上草原。非常凉快,空气没有污染,非常洁净。十一假期白天十七度左右,晚上五度左右。2015年10月1-5日,我们自驾越野小分队一行3车12人,早上730分西直门集合出发,北京——八达岭高速——赤诚怀来出口——赤城——沽源——大滩一线,三日重装扎营徒步探险穿越东猴顶—黑龙山—三岔林场—老掌沟—孤石牧场等,5日全体队员安全返京,结束了十一假期五天的户外活动。在秋高气爽的季节,呼吸一下新鲜的空气,每次去都会有不同的感受和欣喜,在中国的版图上又留下了一个脚印。户外自驾路线:1:北京——八达岭高速——赤诚怀来出口——赤城——沽源——大滩一线,一路非常顺利,路况很好,车速基本在100公里以上,特别是乡村公路,车少、路平、景美,那叫一个爽!从八达岭清河口出发到目的地320公里。2:丰宁坝上草原距北京马甸桥270公里。走京承高速公路-出怀柔口-走京加(G111)路,一直就到坝上草原。 东猴顶一年四季三季有雪,一季节是雾;山势雄伟,高峦截云,层陵断雾。山顶处生长着各种鲜花野草,还有大片玛尼堆,是游人垒成“玛尼塔林”,山顶西侧生长着满身长剌的鬼箭锦鸡儿,胜似好玩。置身于此,俯瞰燕山群峰,细品林壑云沟,充分领略大自然的雄壮,尽享“一览众山小”,“山高我为峰”之妙。山顶前后各有清泉一处,深不可测。清康熙帝因向往此处“层峦叠嶂 ,群山俊秀 ,松桦并茂 ,草木苍翠,珍禽异兽,出没其里。”故将此地划为皇家西围场,以供皇家行围打猎。 有了阳光,就有了光与影,也就有了迷人的景色。 远近的树木,地上的花草,青青的山,都披上了霞光,充满了朝气。 孤石军马场位于内蒙古与河北交界,丰宁坝上草原最深处。拥有20万亩原始无人草场区。孤石军马场夏季平均气温16-24度,凉爽宜人,成为北京游客的避暑休闲地。驾驭爱马,在阳光的普照下,走过田野,踱步坡头,穿过丛林,深入谷底,跳跃溪流,体会勇士豪情,诗情画意。 太阳渐渐升起。 这是上到东猴顶的土路。东猴顶,雄奇秀丽的猴顶山位于赤城县东北部,距县城80公里,最高峰东猴顶海拔2293米,是赤城县第一高峰 。清康熙帝因向往此处“层峦叠嶂,群山俊秀 ,松桦并茂,草木苍翠,珍禽异兽,出没其里。”故将此地划为西围场,以供皇家行围打猎,猴顶山以其峰险、石奇、林茂、泉多和丰富的野生资源而被人们向往。山顶的玛尼堆为登山象征! 秋天,层林尽染,满山红遍,五光十色,大家不约而同为了东猴顶的金秋美景而来。 越往高处走风景越好,远山近景、五颜六色的花草让我们不得不停下脚步,举起相机拍个不停,到达东猴顶感觉自己是最幸福的人,那里的景色是我从未看到过的让我震撼。 秋色正浓。 人们堆成的玛尼堆,每一块石头,都是一个信仰,也是一份念想。在这大自然鬼斧神工塑造的仙境中,向日葵色板官方心中所有的杂念都将会抛之脑后。 峰险。大大小小的山峰突兀奇立,似鹰嘴,如人形,像斧劈……千姿百态。每逢阴雨之前,云雾迷漫环绕山间,群峰若有若无,飘渺不定?“海市蜃楼”般使人疑是到了仙界,最诱人的是登临猴顶山的最高峰东猴顶,极目远眺,百里风光尽收眼内,这时才让人真正体会到“无限风光在险峰”的意蕴。峰顶地势平坦开阔达百亩,绿草如茵中有一泉眼,称“绿泉”,泉水呈绿色汨汨而出,泉眼深不可测,相传“萧太后千军万马也饮不尽绿泉之水”,泉旁有无数石块垒起的座座小石山,苔痕点点,满目沧桑,不知是何年何月何人所为。 石奇。猴顶山巨石造型各异,千姿百态。被称为“大石王”的巨石如苍鹰展翅;“仙人指”如一飘逸仙人举手为人指点迷津;“钓鱼台”曾是名相刘墉和乾隆帝微服私访时纳凉消遣的地方,钓鱼台上棋盘清晰可辨;“风动石”重约3万余斤,临壁而立,仅以两块拳头大石头支撑,山风吹来,微微晃动,真的是惊险绝伦;石人洼的“殉情石人”似一男一女紧紧相拥,更有一段悲壮感人的爱情传说。最具有特色的是有“北方石林”之称的猴顶山石林,独特的岩溶地貌,使石林或独立成形,或连片挺立,或鳞次栉比,让人不得不惊叹大自然的鬼斧神工。 林茂。猴顶山的原始森林和次生林达20万亩,森林覆盖率85%以上。苍翠的松柏、挺拔的白桦树、郁郁葱葱的灌木丛依山势而滋生、蔓延,一望无际,令人心旷神怡。春天,百花争艳,姹紫嫣红,鸟语花香;夏天,万山披绿,千蝶翻飞,飞彩流霞;秋天,层林尽染,满山红遍,五光十色;冬天,千里冰封,山舞银蛇,雪压枝头。 泉多。猴顶山泉水丰富,除峰顶著名的“绿泉”外,还有明泉、暗泉30多处。这些泉水或涌于山顶,或溢于山间可腰缠半山 ,或流于谷底,或高涯壁悬,且泉水或寒或暖各不相同,正是“六月冰雪未化尽 ,腊月也有未冻冰”。有两处泉水,一处喝了要坏肚,名曰“坏泉”,一处喝了能补肚,名曰“好泉”,甚是令人惊奇。小石林下的五、六处泉眼,汨汨而出,顺坡流下,在一山凹处汇成一潭,绿水盈盈,行人渴了,掬一捧清澈透明的泉水,送入口中,清冽甘甜,沁人心脾,顿觉周身通畅,精神振奋。 东猴顶山势雄伟,高峦截云,层陵断雾。引引站在其上,南望首都北京,北观坝上大草原,方圆千里群山峻岭,尽收眼底。。清康熙帝因向往此处“层峦叠嶂 ,群山俊秀 ,松桦并茂 ,草木苍翠,珍禽异兽,出没其里。” 白云再给美景添彩。 金黄的秋色,让人陶醉。 爬到东猴顶,那是一片秋黄的高山草甸。东猴顶上还有成片的玛尼堆。远方那成片的风力发电风车依稀可辨。放眼望去让人心旷神怡。这里的风景绚丽多彩,这里的风光优美如画,这里的感觉如醉如痴,这里的色彩如梦如幻,这里的山水让人流连忘返,这里的景色用任何语言来形容都显得苍白。最值得称道的还它的色彩,简直就是上帝的后花园。 东猴顶是燕山群锋之首(比雾灵山高176.6米),是京北第一高锋。其上广袤生长着高山草甸,远远望去象猴头顶,位于东面,故名东猴顶。 玛尼堆,登山人的汗水和石片堆成。([
〖前言〗2013年8月7日上午,肯尼亚首都内罗毕乔默-肯雅塔国际机场爆发大火,烧毁国际到达大厅,机场关闭。听闻这个消息时,向日葵色板官方正在从安博塞利返回内罗比的路上。“既然机场关闭,向日葵色板官方是不是可以晚回几天?正好可以再去一次马赛马拉!”得知这条坏消息,向日葵色板官方的第一反应不是叹气,反倒有点幸灾乐祸。向日葵色板官方在马赛马拉只呆了三天,三天的时间,对于辽阔无边的马赛马拉草原来说哪里足够,只觉意犹未尽,诸多遗憾。8月8日,按原计划下午向日葵色板官方就将搭乘阿联酋航空返国。但一大早便得知消息,国际机场当天依旧关闭。清静和飞翔开始与旅行社及保险公司联系,75忙着联系更便宜的酒店,因为十有八九向日葵色板官方这天是无法离开了。走不了,但也去不了马赛马拉,因为正值马赛马拉的旺季,如果没有提前几个月预订住宿,根本是一房难求。午饭后,向日葵色板官方兵分两路:大部队去机场确认航班消息,我和蟋蟀头及75去希尔顿酒店预订当晚的住宿。因美亚保险认为机场火灾不在向日葵色板官方的保险范围之内,保险公司拒不承担向日葵色板官方滞留的任何费用,所以向日葵色板官方得找便宜一点的住宿。对于向日葵色板官方这类出行常住青旅或家庭旅馆的驴友来说,希尔顿这样的五星级酒店向来不在考虑之内。但,这是在内罗毕,我们必须为自己选择一个安全的酒店。而安全,往往则意味着昂贵。在希尔顿订好住宿后,我们三人赶到机场与大部队汇合。机场区的空气里依旧弥漫着一股浓烈的焦味,国际航班抵达区的建筑被浓烟熏黑,且部分坍塌。此情此景,惨不忍睹。对于向日葵色板官方这些滞留的客人将如何处置,机场与阿联酋航空没有任何表态。向日葵色板官方一无所获地离开机场,回到希尔顿。200美元/晚的住宿费,除了安全,向日葵色板官方并没得到更多。房间又小又旧,似乎连如家也不如,晚餐的费用又高得离谱,大家再也没有玩的心情,只一门心思想着回去。8月9日,一大早check out后赶到机场,机场早已是人潮汹涌,混乱不堪。向日葵色板官方挤在一个小通道处,在长不到十米的通道排了两三个小时,才总算安检完进入check-in大厅。原以为进去后便诸事大吉,谁知那只是等待的开始。check-in大厅里早已挤得人满为患,但离开的人少,进来的人却在源源不断地增加。在阿联酋团队check-in的柜台前又排队两小时后,方得知阿联酋当天并没增加一个航班,这意味着7号8号未离开的旅客将继续滞留。满怀希望的人群一片哗然,开始躁动不安。阿联酋航空的工作人员站在柜台上讲话,让非当天机票的乘客离开,“NO!NO!”滞留的旅客,而且大多是中国游客,喊着统一的口号,表示抗议。这样的劝退与躁动发生几个回合后,驻内罗毕的中国大使馆人员赶到,人群爆发出一阵掌声,集体喊着“向日葵色板官方要回家!向日葵色板官方要回家!”这样的场面我从未经历,有点震惊,也有点感动。大使馆参赞与各团队的领队交流后,又与阿联酋的工作人员沟通。但那晚,向日葵色板官方的等待并没有一个好的结束。八月的内罗毕,晚上凉风习习。机场上已搭了两天的帐篷,依然还在搭建中,黑人兄弟的工作效率,实在不能令人恭维。向日葵色板官方一群人站在机场的一块空地上,讨论向日葵色板官方的何去何从。讨论没有结果,唯一确定的是,先回酒店休息。在机场耗了一整天,大家都累了,身心俱疲。所幸的是,8月10日一大早,阿联酋航空便来电,要向日葵色板官方赶紧去机场。这一天,机场的秩序明显比前一天好很多,向日葵色板官方顺利地办完值机、通关、安检,直至坐到帐篷搭成的临时候机大厅时,心里才安定许多。心安之余,回想肯尼亚的这十多天旅程,只觉内心五味杂陈。原以为可以在肯尼亚无污染的大草原上畅快呼吸,享受天然氧吧,谁知灰尘铺天盖地,大家都用口罩或头巾捂着脸,每天回到房间都是蓬头垢面。原以为可以在内罗毕穿街走巷,享受逛街乐趣,谁知内罗毕安全堪忧,因抢劫时常发生,向日葵色板官方所停留的地方,除了餐厅,就是酒店。原以为只要在对的时节到了马赛马拉,每天都可以欣赏到角马过河的壮观场景,谁知这其实非常靠运气。但不得不承认,近距离看动物是多么美好的一件事。优雅的长颈鹿、温顺的斑马、性感的猎豹、稳重的大象、猥琐的鬣狗、霸气十足的狮子。。。当曾在动物园里才能看到的动物,忽然在我周围自由行走、奔跑,那感觉真是无以伦比的美妙。特别是当狮子情侣含情脉脉地对望时,那一刻,我的心瞬间被打动,化得如水一般温柔。当然,更多的故事,更多的细节,还是请与我一起,走进肯尼亚。 D1(7-29)上海——迪拜——内罗毕4点钟,天未亮,整个城市还在沉睡中,我俩便拎着行李从家里出发了,去浦东机场与朋友们汇合。向日葵色板官方将搭乘715的航班,经迪拜转机前往肯尼亚的首都内罗毕。在这之前,我只睡了3个小时。待飞机准时起飞时,我已进入沉沉的睡梦中。在梦中,我似乎进入了时光隧道,去往另一个不同维度的空间。但的确,那是另一个不同的国度,位于赤道上的东非国家——肯尼亚。抵达时,向日葵色板官方的时针将往回拨5个小时。时光倒流,在抵达肯尼亚的那一刻,梦想成真。 内罗毕国际机场,号称是东非最大、也最繁忙的机场,但在向日葵色板官方看来,小,且陈旧。繁忙却是真,当地时间傍晚19点过时,依然人流如潮,通关时,三四个关口处排着冗长的队伍。机场让人失望,但入住的酒店Crowne plaza却是当晚最大的惊喜了。出发之前,领队清静就说,肯尼亚的条件不太好, 即使五星级酒店,也不一定有wifi,也不保证有热水淋浴,千万不要用国内五星级酒店的准来衡量。所以,当向日葵色板官方走进酒店,便有人递上热毛巾和芒果汁,有人主动帮忙搬送行李,再到走进房间,眼前一亮,打开手机,免费联上wifi时,激动之情便难以言喻了。只是,酒店禁止吸烟,不仅只是酒店大堂等公共区域,所有房间都禁止抽烟。烟瘾难耐的蟋蟀头不甘心,让我打电话到前台,询问何处可以抽烟。话筒那边的声音,礼貌且明确:请下楼,走出酒店大门。如此严格的禁烟,是向日葵色板官方意想不到的,更意想不到的是,酒店居然在门口设有安检,所有的行李都必须通过安检。当时虽觉奇怪,却并不太为意,只是在后来的行程中,才渐渐明了其中的原因所在。 D2(7-30)内罗毕——马赛马拉 早餐后,向日葵色板官方便径直驱车离开酒店,没有在内罗毕作任何停留,直接驶向马赛马拉。座落在使馆区的Crowne plaza,似乎位于市区之外,仅几分钟而已,向日葵色板官方便已远离内罗毕,行驶在两边是乡村或镇子的公路上。而内罗毕的真实面貌,尚未见识。 我们团队20人,共租了六辆面包车,每辆车3-4人。我和蟋蟀头、龙之杰三人一辆。刚上车坐稳,蟋蟀头便要我和司机说,带向日葵色板官方去买打火机。司机约瑟夫Joseph一口答应。一边开车,一边回过头说道:“no problem.” 刹车没踩,车速没减,还回过头来说话,他这个举动吓坏了我,赶紧说道:“别转头,别转头!”我的话音刚落,约瑟夫又把头转了回来,举着手里的香烟告诉向日葵色板官方,“车里可以吸烟”。他这句话让蟋蟀头和龙之杰高兴不已,赶紧给约瑟夫递过去一支烟。因为,在这之前,向日葵色板官方的导游再三告诫,肯尼亚很多地方不能随便吸烟,比如公共场所、草原、车上。但刚出发,就有这样的破例,两个烟鬼当然兴奋不已。他俩兴奋,我却有另外的担忧。约瑟夫开车时只要说话,必定回头,这习惯令我最初非常担心行驶的安全问。但实际上,我当然是多虑了。黑人司机的脑袋后面似乎还长了另一双眼睛似的,他们即使回头说话,也能灵活地与对面的车辆擦肩而过。 9点过,向日葵色板官方途中的第一次停车,杜导说,东非大裂谷到了。东非大裂谷,这条长度相当于地球周长1/6的大裂谷,是大陆上最大的断裂带。深陷的地沟,犹如地球的一道巨大伤疤。位于肯尼亚的裂谷,只是东非大裂谷的一部分。在裂谷地带,发现了距今已经有350万年的“能人”(从猿到人过渡阶段的人)遗骨,诸多考古发现证明东非大裂谷是人类文明最古老的发源地之一。在人类起源问上,很多科学家支持“非洲起源说”,即目前生活在世界各地的现代人类的祖先在大约20万年前起源于非洲,然后在距今10万年以内离开非洲,向亚洲和欧洲扩散。向日葵色板官方其实都是非洲后裔,你相信吗?maybe。但眼前的大裂谷,因为角度问,并不能让向日葵色板官方感受到视觉上的震撼。眼见不一定为实,便是这个道理。在大裂谷观景点,蟋蟀头的最大收获,可能便是买到的两盒火柴。观景点旁边一个木雕礼品店,我问售货员是否有打火机出售?他摇头,然后从袋中掏出1盒火柴。我点点头,“这个也行。” 售价1美元,没有讨价还价。想再问他多买一盒,他跑去另一个房间,对另一个人叽叽咕咕一阵后,那个人不知从什么角落里又翻出一盒火柴。火柴难道是这里的稀缺货?我有点不明白。后来问约瑟夫,为何他们不卖打火机,只有火柴?他回答,因为打火机的气有伤身体,所以人们不爱用。真是这样吗?我半信半疑。 再一次停车时,正值中午时分,向日葵色板官方停在一家酒店午餐。下了车,男人们除了抽烟,便是纷纷抢着与黑人兄弟合影。他们的心思谁都明白,无非是想彰显一下自己的皮肤有多白。蟋蟀头之前一直说自己晒得太黑,现在他终于心理平衡了。不仅不黑,而且看起来似乎太白了。 向日葵色板官方的司机约瑟夫,英语说得比我溜。在曾经是英国殖民地的肯尼亚,英语是官方语言,课本全部是英语写成。所以,只要上过学读过书的肯尼亚人,都会说一口流利英语,而且还是英式口语。非洲是一夫多妻制,所以我很好奇,约瑟夫娶了几个妻子。当他回答我,没有结婚时,我大为诧异。再问他年龄,他告诉我,他43了。听闻他已43岁还没有结婚,我表示不相信。他淡淡地笑着,“结过婚,但现在离了。”后来聊起他的生意时,他才说,7~10月是肯尼亚的旺季,他几乎天天开车在外;即使淡季的时候,也是隔一周外出一周,聚少离多,所以就离婚了,而且没有儿女。现在正和一个中国女孩交往中。约瑟夫的坦诚相告,让我了解到现在的肯尼亚,城市中的男人们迫于经济上的压力,一夫多妻在减少,这种现象也许在农村会更为普遍。 午餐是自助餐。实际上,向日葵色板官方在肯尼亚这一路上,在酒店都是自助餐,如果在草原上,就是酒店准备的餐盒。非洲的饮食比想像中好。午餐后,继续上路。路边的植物,开始变得奇奇怪怪。 初来乍到,沿途的所有风景都令向日葵色板官方感觉新鲜,即使车没有停留片刻,向日葵色板官方手中的相机快门也没停歇过。在通往马赛马拉的前半段路程时,约瑟夫并不干涉向日葵色板官方拍照,但后半段路经一些小镇时,他便严禁向日葵色板官方拍照,“NO photo!”他说归说,向日葵色板官方拍归拍,并不太理会他的干涉。但没想到,他神情更加严肃地阻止道:“这里不要拍照!如果你们再拍,街上的人会拿石子扔向日葵色板官方的。”一边说,他一边晃着右臂,做出扔石子的举动。我看着路边的人们,他们中的有些人在向日葵色板官方经过时还会向向日葵色板官方挥挥手。我很难想像,如果我拍他们,下一刻,他就会捡起石头攻击向日葵色板官方。但约瑟夫的严肃劲告诉向日葵色板官方,他不是在瞎编故事,他一定亲身经历过,他的车可能就被那些石子砸坏过。 越接近马赛马拉,灰尘越大。当车从公路转入土路时,灰尘已是铺天盖地,迎着车袭来。即使车窗全部摇紧,也丝毫无用,在剧烈的颠簸中,车窗很容易就被颠开一条缝,然后缝隙越来越大。车中,一股干燥而呛人的土味,弥散开来。我和蟋蟀头都戴上了口罩,但过不了太久,蟋蟀头还是把口罩摘到了一边,“太闷了,气也喘不过来的感觉”。约瑟夫果然不愧有15年的车龄,驾驶经验丰富,即使路烂到极点,车七摇八颠,他也几乎不减速。别小看他这辆破面包车,可是改装过的拥有四驱的面包车。真正是面包车的外型,越野车的本领。车虽然颠得厉害,但向日葵色板官方还是睡着了。待再醒来时,蟋蟀头抹了下嘴巴,伸手向我要水喝,“我得喝口水把嘴里的土给咽下去。”他这话,把我刚喝进嘴里的水,差点喷出来。待向日葵色板官方六辆车终于全部停下来,向日葵色板官方可以下车透下风喘口气时,周围已是一片清新。“快看,那边的一群羚羊!”不知谁叫了一声,所有人的相机都对准了不远处草地上的一小群羚羊 。这是我们在草原上第一次看到动物,难免兴奋。但在后面的几天,这样的羚羊随处可见时,大家也就习以为常了。毕竟,这是非洲大草原上最最常见的一种动物。 上车,继续向前。刚刚进入马赛马拉的向日葵色板官方,新鲜、好奇、兴奋。显然,斑马比向日葵色板官方淡定许多。七八月是马赛马拉的冬季,枯黄的草色,一片片地蔓延开来,羚羊开始随处可见。向日葵色板官方的车停在了马赛村的门口。这些身披红布,手执一根木棒的男人,便是传说中连野兽也怕的骁勇善战的马赛人。我拿着一袋给小朋友们准备的棒棒糖跳下车,谁知,刚下车,这袋棒棒糖就几乎被这些男人们瓜分干净。去非洲之前,在书中了解到,马赛人不爱拍照,因为他们担心拍照会带走他们的灵魂。所以,我对去马赛村拍照心有顾忌。但是,这已不是一般的马赛村了,它已经商业化。早已见惯了各类游客,再加上我的棒棒糖,这些马赛男人都很乐意与我合影一张,即使把他们人手不离的木棒借我一用也是无所谓。 要识别马赛男人很容易,因为他们的装束很醒目:两块红底黑条或红底黑格的布,一块扎在腰上遮羞,一块披在肩上。马赛男人之所以喜欢身披红布,其实是为了吓跑狮子等野兽,保护他们赖以生存的牛群。随着时代的变迁,这块传统的红布不再是单一的红底黑条,也变换出多种样式,出现了黑条、黄条、蓝条或者黄格、蓝格,唯一不变的就是大红的底色。蟋蟀头提出要披一下他们身上的那块红布,那个马赛人立马答应,把自己身上的披风解下来,给蟋蟀头围上,再系个结,就OK了,穿戴十分容易。 这个说一口流利英语的马赛男人叫Peter,我注意到,甚至于他的装束都与其他马赛男人不一样。Peter指着距离向日葵色板官方不远的一个小门说道:“请大家抓紧时间,赶紧过来吧,向日葵色板官方为你们准备了节目。”那个用树枝扎起来的拱形小门便是马赛村的入口,低矮的入口与他们修长的身材完全不符。向日葵色板官方猜想是为防大型野兽进入才设计成这样的。参观马赛村并非免费,每人要收取35美元。这样一个自费项目让团队中的部分人有点犹豫不决,踌躇着是否要花200多人民币的门票去参观一个商业化的小村落。他们的犹而不决让Peter有点不耐烦了,大声地说道,“如果不参观村子,请不要再拍任何照片。”不能拍人,即使拍风景照也不行。最终,向日葵色板官方的团队一分为二,一部分去参观马赛村,另一部分则直接去酒店。关于值得不值得,每个人的心里都有把秤,且准不一,难以评判。我只是认为,既然已到了别人家门口了,人都站门口欢迎向日葵色板官方了,那就去吧,就算是一种礼仪。门票,就算是向日葵色板官方登门拜访的一点礼金而已。去亲朋好友家串门做客,向日葵色板官方还得拎点东西了,去别人村里作客送点礼品更是无可厚非。最重要的是,即使这已是一个对游客开放的马赛村,它也还是马赛村,是马赛人自己的家,而非一个临时搭建起来供游客参观的人工景点。跟着Peter进了马赛村。过那道拱门时,身材矮小如我,也得弯腰才能进入。村不大,零落地散着一些土坯砌成的房屋。低矮的土屋,与马赛人的身高同样不匹配。待向日葵色板官方一一进入,十几个马赛男人已经排成一排,准备为向日葵色板官方跳“勇士之舞”。“勇士之舞”是马赛男人的传统舞蹈,在他们的哼唱中,一个接一个的马赛人开始立定跳高,跳完一轮,再来一轮。除了绷紧小腿,笔直地往上跳,勇士之舞没有更多动作,手上也不需要多余的比划,只要尽可能地跳得高些就行。这真是我所见过的最简单的舞蹈。但其实,跳得高,跑得快,历来就是马赛人对勇士的认定准,这其实也与他们的游牧习性相关。(拍摄者:蟋蟀头) 跳完舞,Peter开始为向日葵色板官方介绍他们的村庄。Peter说,收来的门票钱是为六个村子的100多个孩子筹建学校而用。得知向日葵色板官方每人交的35美元将用来建学校时,我心里顿时宽慰了许多。我问Peter,他为何会说英语?因为在我的想法里,以游牧为生的马赛部落,遵循传统生活方式的马赛人,一口流利的英语,似乎与他们完全沾不上边。Peter告诉我,他上过学。他竟然上过学?我有点吃惊。再问,村里有多少人上过学时,他平静地说道:“两个人。”另一个人,便是他的弟弟。“你是村长吗?”我问。能有这样特殊待遇的人,在我看来,必定是特权阶层。“NO。my father is chief.” 原来,他是酋长的儿子。Peter很得意地告诉我,他有10个老婆?十个老婆?!太让人吃惊了,他怎么顾得过来?“你结婚了吗?”这次轮到他向我提问了。“结婚了。”我指了指正在拍照的蟋蟀头。“不过,他只有我一个老婆。”我补充道。“你老婆向我提了这么多问,看来她爱上我了。要不,你把她让给我吧!”Peter开玩笑地和蟋蟀头说道。“NO。”蟋蟀头摇着头答道。但后来,他后悔了,和我说,“我应该假装答应他,再看他打算用多少头牛来换你,你就知道你值多少头牛了!”他刚一说完,便被我狠狠地掐了一下。不过,以畜牧为生的马赛人,的确是用牲畜作为娶亲的聘礼,据说十头牛就可以娶一个老婆。 接下来,Peter就要带向日葵色板官方进屋去参观了。马赛人的房屋用泥土和牛龚搭建而成,屋顶则用茅草盖上。在马赛娶老婆,男人不用担心房子问,因为房屋都由老婆搭建,一个老婆一个屋子。门很小,依然只能弯腰进去。进去后是厅,除了一股难闻的骚味,小小的厅里什么也没有。如果要坐下来,对着门,靠墙的一侧有一条砌高的土堆,可以当沙发一用。而这难闻的味道,则来自牲畜。因为牲畜是马赛人的财产,有时晚上会让牛羊进屋,以防被野兽偷袭。所以,马赛人的房屋实际上是人畜共用,有股怪味也就在所难免了。侧面有个更小的门洞,钻进去,再向左转个弯,便是卧室了。这样的内部构造,其实是防止野兽或者敌人的贸然闯入。卧室小得可怜。靠右的地上用土稍微砌高点,再铺一些布,就是他们的床了。我有一个疑问,马赛人这么高的个子,这么短的床,岂不是从来都不能伸直腿睡觉?距离床边不到一米远的土灶,便是他们煮饭的地方。而墙上那个透着光亮的小洞,则是窗户。在我看来,说是窗户实在太不贴切,怎么看也只能说是个窗洞。在屋里生火煮东西,却只有这么小的两个窗孔换气,人住里面岂不要闷死?灯呢?屋里黑漆漆的一片,他们晚上用什么照明呢?杜导的解释是,马赛人的生活是日出而作,日落而息,天黑就睡觉了,根本用不着点灯。家徒四壁,马赛人的房屋真是把这个词解释得再透彻不过。(拍摄者:蟋蟀头)几个人挤在屋里,没呆多久,已觉缺氧,再加上屋内气味奇怪,我必须得出去透口气了。一出来,迎面便撞上一气质不凡的老者,他便是Peter的父亲——酋长大人。蟋蟀头按中国人的见面规矩,赶紧递上一支烟。老酋长把烟接过来,微笑不语。虽然他不会英语,向日葵色板官方无法更多交流,但老酋长的确是给人一种大家长的感觉。 令人惊讶的是,马赛人至今沿袭万年前钻木取火的传统。两个人搭手。把一束枯草杆垫在地上,草杆上再放一个带孔的木块,一人用手按紧这个木块,不让它移动。另一人则用一根木棍穿过木块的孔眼,并两手合掌转动木棍。18秒的时候,开始有烟冒出,不到30秒,那束枯草杆已有些许火星。马赛人便把木棍和木块拿开,用手捧着枯草杆,用嘴对着火星开始吹。烟雾越来越大,直至那束枯草杆燃起了红色的火苗。钻木取火成功,全过程仅1分钟15秒。但我永远是那个“为什么小姐”,从小到大都是如此。我从蟋蟀头那里拿来一盒火柴,问Peter,“你们为何不用火柴呢?这个更方便快捷。”说完,我掏出一根火柴,准备示范给他看,让他知道现代文明的厉害。哪知,第一根火柴竟然没划燃;换一根火柴,不行;再换一根。连换几根火柴后,Peter笑了,我却万分沮丧,并且无从解释。也许,是神不想破坏马赛人对钻木取火的执着吧,想借马赛人将这古老的传统保持下去,以告诉后人,向日葵色板官方人类曾经用这样的方式取火。令人啼笑皆非的是,随后Peter拿了一个带孔的木块问我,要不要买?而且开价不菲。 接着,女人们终于登场,为我们表演唱歌。与马赛男人相比,女人的穿着就色彩丰富许多,而且身形相对肥胖,不知这是否与生育有关。 一夫多妻,全世界男人的梦想。不能一夫多妻,但至少可以与老婆们合个影。男队友们都纷纷跑过去与马赛女人合影,领队清静跑得最快,顺利拔得头筹,75次之,飞翔第三。只是,老婆们却越来越少。可怜的蟋蟀头,轮到他时,只剩三个马赛女人了。但他还是很开心,跟着马赛女人一起边唱边扭。她们唱的是马赛语,可蟋蟀头,你唱的又是什么呢?虽然是第四个上场,但明显他很受马赛女人的欢迎,一起唱歌,还一边有所交流。只是,你们在说什么呢? 唱完几曲后,马赛女人们散去,Peter要继续带我们去参观。他指着房屋后面草地上围成半圆形的货摊说,“This is our market.”货摊上的东西无非是一些手链、项链和木制工艺品。Peter指着手链和项链告诉我说:“这些都是向日葵色板官方村里的女人做的。”然后指着木雕说,“这些都是我们男人做的。”“卖这些东西的收入也将用来建向日葵色板官方的学校。”看着这些做工粗糙,且大同小异的商品,这一次,我却有点怀疑了。真的是自己做的?真的会把钱用来建学校?无论如何,读过书的Peter已经不再是一个原始的马赛人了,也许,在他的意识里,早已植入了市场经济。不过后来再想想,即使这些收入不是用来建学校,而是用来改善他们的生活,也未尝不可。毕竟,他们的生活环境,真的不咋样。而事实上,随着时代的发展,旅游业的兴起,放牧早已不再是他们唯一的谋生手段。旅游收入,已经成为这些村庄重要的收入来源。([]
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