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国庆节闲到3号,想想还有一个星期年假,心血来潮,不如自驾出趟远门,走走大香格里拉环线,心动不如行动,想到第二天就出发,立刻准备起来,好在很多东西平时都有准备才不至于手忙脚乱,不抱希望地打电话给几个好友,可惜都没时间同行,于是和LP两个人4号出发了。 鉴于新都桥到雅江大修路,在新都桥碰到很多去稻城亚丁返回的车友,看到俺的小车直摇头说:你的小车过不去的,于是自驾线路最终是这样地:深圳--肇庆--南宁--百色--富宁--昆明--西昌--海螺沟--新都桥--贡嘎--伍须海--新都桥--塔公--丹巴--四姑娘山--映秀--成都--重庆--贵阳--南宁--梧州--深圳。全程5800多公里。关于拍摄说明主器材LP用一台5D II,自己用 一台5DEF 17--40/4L 主打镜头,一只被大多数摄友笑称为"伪红圈头"的镜头,除了边缘分辨率,紫边等缺点外,出门在外那是非常实用,光圈收到8或11,那成像也是杠杠地EF100--400/4.5-5.6L 俗称的大白,只要上高原,那是俺必备镜头,拉雪山,打兽鸟,进可攻,退可守.EF14/2.8L II佳能最超广的定焦,成像好得令人发指,这次出门仅在有限场合使用了几次.EF24/1.4L II俺从来没见过最大光圈成像比它还结实的镜头,本想带着拍点人文,可惜后来一次没用.辅材Hitech 灰渐变镜一个0.6一个0.9一个反向渐变(一次没用)MASSA 中灰镜一个ND16,一个ND32捷信脚架,冈仁波齐云台,快门线等. 每个地方先贴几张图吧!海螺沟去到磨西太晚,不让俺进沟,第二天一早只好在路边找个角度按下日照贡嘎脚下的万年老冰是不是迟早都要融化?嗯!摸摸老冰,挺凉的!新都桥赶到新都桥,抓住太阳的尾巴蓝天、黄叶、碧水俺都喜欢子梅垭口苦侯两个小时,贡嘎主峰终于掀掉头山的雾纱更高的山头看子梅垭口,其实俺不是嫌得无聊去爬高,而是这个位置才看得到没戴云雾帽的贡嘎主峰本想扎营整夜长曝星星圆轨,无奈这张才曝了20分钟后,LP高反严重,连夜下扯伍须海静谧的伍须海只有俺和LP两人,俺笑称咱们包场了从东边湖赶到西边湖,太阳又才剩尾巴了 塔公草原牛儿肥远观恵远寺,心中充满敬畏雅拉神山进神山的路有些坎坷,小车走得实在苦难,路边咔张到此打住 丹巴丹巴甲居寨到梨花开时,那该有多漂亮啊 四姑娘山早早起来,一个人黑咕隆咚地准备上猫鼻梁拍日照金山,可惜搞错路,一下子摸到长坪沟口不过没耽搁拍到日照幺妹峰 长坪沟长坪沟俺进去的如此之早,碰到猞猁不说,中午出来时工作人员直说俺逃票俺说俺来时你们还睡大觉,如何叫逃票,后来还是补了门票! 双桥沟双桥沟是这次出行之憾,时间没计划后,最后一趟观光车进沟,每个点呆了几分钟高原的天气说变就变,最后还下起了雨好!还是随着俺的镜头按时间顺序慢慢游山玩水吧!从石棉到磨西镇有段烂路难走,赶到磨西镇都下午六点多了,观光车停营了,因为还在国庆长假中,沟里营地的客房全满了,于是只好在镇上住下,想着第二天到何处拍日照金山,店里伙计说很多公路边都看得到啊!想想也是管它是不是贡嘎主峰,只要看得到雪山就行,反正还要去子梅垭口呢!于是安心睡去。第二天一早和LP驾着车出来找位置,没想到镇上转下沟口路边可以看到雪山,就这里拍几张吧!等到八点观光车坐满人终于进沟了,到了3号营地停车场,觉得离雪山不远了!鉴于去年走西藏米堆冰川较辛苦,再考虑到LP无高原徒步经历,于是选择缆车去4号营地缆车只有俺和LP,为拍照提供极大方便这个位置看贡嘎主峰最好,到4号营地反而偏了竖起来拉近看回复 花褂子 的帖子多谢花版鼓励置顶鼓励!handshakehandshake缆车从贡嘎主峰面前缓缓驶过缆车快到站了用大白拉拉主峰再拉近些只听主峰位置下面一阵雪崩的轰鸣声,可惜看不见,但过了一会儿,雪雾飘上来(照片右下脚)周围的卫峰也很漂亮LP说真象冰淇淋啊,好像咬一口,俺说这是神山,要心存敬畏,不要露出吃货本色!回复 阿戈 的帖子是只小牦牛,它很好奇地看着俺拍它,其实离它很近,只是当时用的是超广定焦,透视夸张了距离感。 这是在观景台拍的主峰,位置好像还偏了!LP正用大白拉雪山山谷里飘起了云雾于是走下观景台,亲近冰川,不到100米的高差,轿夫们生意很火,好多游客居然选择坐轿上来,特别看这几个身强力壮的大老爷们在轿子上,心里真不是滋味再看冰川一眼,然后撤退([]
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我有些照片想和大家分享交流一下.我在2009年花了五个月一个星期的时间从乔治亚州的SPRINGER MT.背包徒步到缅因州的MT. KATAHDIN.完成全程共2,178英里, 或3,500公里, 越过十四个州.我拍了4,500多张的照片, 主要做个实地记录.因为东西太多, 人太懒, 除了原始每天的起末点外, 没作任何笔录, 所以文字说明就免了.但每个文件名都有日期和地点的对应.不过抱歉它们都是英文的.因图片储存的服务器在异地, 如果网络连接效果不好, 我也不打算再在这里上载了.若有问或高见, 我以后再一一回答和请教.2009 美国阿帕拉契亚小道直通背包徒步另外, 我还有其它几个影集顺便一起附上.希望不使大家失望. 我忘了附上一张全程示意图.我一直忙着科罗拉多小道,把先发的帖子给忘了。雨天看窗服!这么长距离开车都觉得累-是的,当我做完的时候,人非常的累。我的体重掉了20多斤,回去后3个星期里,走起路来浑身疼。雨天看窗下次可以end2end洛基山脉 -给你猜对了一半。方向大概一样,地点可能稍有不同,但资金是关键。大东从“科罗拉多小道”找过来的,稍后慢慢再看。谢谢分享!-这过程太长,同时既然要做,就要比上次做的好。我恐怕在最近的将来找不出时间来完成。我最近把2009年背包徒步的原始照片又重新看了一遍,对其中一些具有代表性和我喜欢的作了处理,上载到8264我的相册里。现在觉得手上有点时间,而且以前几位8264的朋友鼓励我将编辑出以与大家分享。我原本在徒步时并没有任何要发表游记或功略的打算,只是想尽可能多地记录下自己所经历过的,所看到的一切,给自己以后一个回忆的依据。在背包徒步中,由于前后时间太长,即使后来比较好的景色很快地便成了所谓的"审美疲劳"的产品,再加上按时完成旅途的压力,和天气等的原因,相当多的日子里,照片不是被疏忽了,便是寥寥无几。我的笔录除了每天的所到之处外,几乎没有任何其它的记录。我所能叙述的都靠回忆了,并且这也不是我的擅长。敬请谅解。阿帕拉契亚小道的全称为阿帕拉契亚山国家景观小道。它座落在美国大陆的东部,以乔治亚州的Springer Mountain为南端起点,贯穿14个州,直到在缅因州的北端终点,Mount Katahdin。小道全长约2181英里(3510公里,2011年更新),通过乔治亚州,北卡罗来纳州,田纳西州,韦吉利亚州,西韦吉利亚州,马里兰州,宾夕法尼亚州,新泽西州,纽约州,康奈迪克州,麻萨诸塞州,佛蒙特州,新汉普什尔州,和缅因州。阿帕拉契亚小道。阿帕拉契亚小道以相同的平面比例覆盖在中国地图上。阿帕拉契亚小道沿线的主要城市。这个基本由人类设想,人工刻意开辟的小道现由30个左右,当地小道俱乐部来维护,并受国家公园事务处(National Park Service),和非盈利性组织,阿帕拉契亚小道保护协会(Appalachian Trail Conservancy)的管理。其中参预的人员大部为自愿者。平时运作的资金来源于国家的预算,非盈利性经营,和各种捐款等。阿帕拉契亚小道最初在上个世纪的二十年代由几位先贤设想,与无数的参预者一起,克服重重困难,在短短的十几年中建成了绵延数千公里的贯通小道。小道的地势呈两端高耸,且较荒芜。而中段却与人类的居住与文明非常的接近。其最高点在北卡罗来纳州与田纳西州州界上的Clingmans Dome,6643英尺(或海拔2025米);最低处在纽约州的哈得逊河旁的熊山动物园内,只有124英尺(或海拔38米)。小道可以处在半径几百英里人烟罕见之地;也可以离纽约市只有34英里。小道沿线的植物种类繁多,温带的不说,阿尔卑斯型的高山,甚至所谓北极圈内型的植被都能见到。动物包括熊,郊狼,鹿,麋鹿,短尾山猫,猞狸,森林响尾蛇,等等。阿帕拉契亚小道的平面方向记为一白色的,5x15cm的漆印。一般在小道两侧的树上,面对南面和北面两个方向。沿线有共有250个左右的临时居住木屋,和营地,其中极少数是要付费的;而在此之外,更多的则是任意和免费的空间,只要符合管理当局的规定和遵守一般的露营常识就可以了。除去北端的一些地区外,大部分的小道均与道路交通线相交,走全线的背包徒步者大概隔每三,四天就可以由此进市镇去休息整理,补充给养等。这个小道原本的思路不是为了徒步者一个季节,一次走完。但"贯通型"的徒步却被视为最终极的方式。由于地理,气候,伤病,和时间等的原因,使得能在一个季度里完成全程3500公里的背包徒步成为非常的困难。在上个世纪,从起点登记上路的统计算起,通常完成全程的人只有10~15%。但在2000年以后,此成功率达到近30%左右。可能是由于网络媒介的传播发展,背包徒步的资料充足,及装备理念的更新导致了这种现象。一般一个徒步者要花上4~6个月左右的时间走完全程。基于开始时间和地点的不同,徒步者的行进方向可分为从南向北,或由北朝南,或分段跳跃似的,或从中间向两头去,或从两头往中间走。启程晚的徒步者在后期阶段,面临的可能已经是大雪覆盖地面的冬天了。阿帕拉契亚小道保护协会(Appalachian Trail Conservancy)对完成3500公里的阿帕拉契亚小道全程的背包徒步者作出统计,无论他们是一年内做完,还是分十年,二十年做完。背包徒步者必须要基于个人的诚信,如实地向其协会提出申请。从有史记载以来一共有一万两千多人完成了全程的徒步,包括一人完成多次的,一人分若干年完成的。。。我所知道的Warren Doyle16次走完全程,还有其他很多走完多次的人。我本人用了五个月另一个星期从开始到结束,包括相对长时回家处理事务和生病的时间。全世界从1936年起至今完成全程3500公里徒步人的总数,共一万两千多人(次?)。我名字在2009年完成全程3500公里徒步人的名单上。倒数第六。2009年4月29日当日起点 North Plainfield, NJ次日终点 Gainesville, GA距旅途终点Mt. Katahdin 2178.3 英哩里程数 0.0 英哩 (0.0 公里)天气 多云到阴一个星期前,我离开了工作岗位。 我是主动提出辞职的,但名字依然挂在公司花名册那里。这主要是公司的管理部门给我一个面子;我也希望公司能不能给予我一个回来,和内部转行的机会。现在一切都已明了,这次背包徒步是一次性的,在经济困难时期,既然出去了,就不可能再回来了。我租的房子合同在月底停止,所有的东西搬进了储藏室。我离家前所有的家当,和一颗执着不变的心。此时已经没有退路了!我的好友,Matt送我到他居住小镇,Fanwood的车站去。我把我的车子停放在他的家庭车道上。我在那儿搭乘NJ Transit火车到纽瓦克的Penn Station。2009年4月30日当日起点 Springer Mountain, GA, AT M. P. 0.01当日终点 Sassafras Mountain, GA, AT M. P. 11.2 距旅途终点Mt. Katahdin 2167.1 英哩(3486.9 公里)里程数 11.2 英哩 (18.0 公里)天气 多云到阴图中两红点之间为我今天所走的路程。我于2009年4月29日下午离开了纽瓦克的Penn Station,搭上南行的Amtrak火车,经过16个小时的缓慢行驶,于第二天的早上7点左右到达了位于乔治亚州的Gainesville。我走之前与那里的一个运载背包徒步者的人,Dave联系好,付钱让他把我送到离小道南边终端两英里的一个垭口。我从那儿再返回向南端,正式开始这3500公里的徒步。我在垭口停车场旁的留影,两小时后我从最南端开始徒步,又重新回到此地,向北行进。从我此时的体型上可以看出多年办公室生活的痕迹,虽并不太差,但与我在结束时相比,却有着很大的区别。向南的阿帕拉契亚小道。此段我要走两次。因为我若直接上最南端,要经过一段8英里的爬升,因上路晚,时间紧,所以多花点钱,让Dave把我送到更容易些开始徒步的公路旁。Springer Mountain,乔治亚州,阿帕拉契亚小道的南端终点。向南看去,仍然是一片群山,但延伸到阿拉巴马州时,便成为丘陵与平原了。阿帕拉契亚小道南端终点的纪念铭牌。在石头上放着的是长途背包徒步者到册子,一般的情况下,藏在下面的石缝里,以避风雨。这个资料由当地的俱乐部收藏。我才到阿帕拉契亚小道的南端终点便遇见一位背包客。我们相互介绍自己,知道彼此也做同样的事情。他的名字叫,John,来自佛蒙特州。在以后的近十天里,我们在一起徒步,露营,和进城休息。他替我拍了这几张照片。我坐在阿帕拉契亚小道南端终点的纪念铭牌旁。我们遇见一位当地徒步俱乐部小道维护者。他的户外名字叫,"Many Sleeps",年龄74岁了,晚上就在附近露营,直到休息日。他的主要任务为监测小道的状况,向徒步者提供各种信息,与政府管理机构联系沟通等。他是阿帕拉契亚小道社区的名人,真是老当益壮!这3500公里的直通背包徒步就这样地开始了,万里长征的第一步。我的基本信念是无论走多远,多么枯燥无味,走一步,就离终点少一步。没有太多可以去想的。在四月底,海拔高度1300米的山区已经看见树枝发芽了。但今后若干星期后在更高的高度上,季节似乎有所返回。小道旁的树干上清楚可见白色的方向记。我经过几乎一天的长途火车与汽车旅行,无法好好地休息,人现相当疲劳。以后的几个小时的路程,路况十分的良好,非常平整,上下起伏也很小。乔治亚州的小道给我的影响很好,主要是来自于当地徒步俱乐部的贡献。小道利用一个旧的山区简易公路。我在倒卧的树干补充了一些能量。我今天并没有与John约好一起徒步。这只是在途中两人相遇,我给他拍的照。他以后一段与我在一起的时间里用大卡车约翰,"Big Truck Johnny"的别名,直到他的女儿厌倦了父亲在外徒步"不顾家"的行为,给他起了个别名,"懒驴"。他告诉我他目前没有业务,有四个月的时间,想用背包徒步来减轻体重,但也想走完全程。我坦率地告诉他,这四个月的时间对他这样从没有背包徒步,体力不在最佳状况的人来讲很紧。他也同意走到哪儿就到哪儿。我从中午时分开始便开始听到山脚下连续的枪击声。我很早以前就知道,在这段小道附近的山下为美国陆军精锐的特种作战部队,Army Ranger,的基地或训练营地。估计蓝博属于此类。平民徒步者有时能在附近的小道上碰见路过的正在训练的士兵。我身旁的枪声连续了好几个小时,体现了一个军事大国的经济实力。我想这山叫,Hawk Mountain。陆军巡游兵的基地就在其下面。天虽然还不太晚,但我昨天的几乎一天的旅途使我感到相当的疲劳。与"大卡车约翰",及另一个背包客聊过后,就在一个已经建立的营地上安营扎寨。而他们却继续前进,准备再走4个英里,在一个避难所过夜。我的吊床。它的特点是体积小,重量轻,但舒适程度差,空间小。我在天转热后便放弃使用它,而用普通落地帐篷。由于这里是野外,理论上有熊及其它动物的出现,所以食物袋要高悬在树枝上。夜里事与愿违,"大卡车约翰"第二天告诉我,半夜里一架Army Ranger的直升机进行空降训练,正好在他露营的小溪上空,探照灯把附近照个雪亮,徘徊不走,吓得他不轻,半天没有睡好觉。我这儿却什么都没有听见。夜里飘有零星小雨,还不能真正检验我的吊床防雨的功能。 2009年5月1日当日起点 Sassafras Mountain, GA, AT M. P. 11.2 当日终点 Woods Hole Shelter, GA, AT M. P. 27.0距旅途终点Mt. Katahdin 2151.3 英哩 (3461.4 公里)里程数 15.8 英哩 (25.4 公里)天气 多云到阴图中两红点之间为我今天所走的路程。阿帕拉契亚小道经过许多国家和州立公园和保护地。这里的蓝岭与我后来见的蓝岭不知是否有关系。我一早离开营地,路过"大卡车约翰"的营地,他正好要开拔。于是我们聊了起来,因为明天就要暂时离开小道去补充给养,处理个人事宜,所以决定一起行走。我在小道上。乔治亚的平整地段,徒步起来的确相当舒适。小道就是沿着山脊,但并不是每个山头都去,而且放坡也很缓和。由于森林火灾,小道旁被烧毁的林子。沿着等高线或缓慢放坡的小道。由于土质的关系,走上去相当的舒服。来到Woody Gap,Woody垭口。回望走过的小道。在这个季节里,山区的水汽十分的充足,而且地表的温度相对较高。水汽在升入天空后,遇到冷空气,便形成降雨,这样的循环往复,造成雨天联绵不断。上午走过的群山。疲惫的"大卡车约翰"和我借着一个观景点,坐下休息。他一直夸赞我的体力比他好。我了解到他的祖上两辈均在纽约市作港口的引水员,有法国和德国的血统。而他现在为独立的承包商,住在佛蒙特州。我的自拍。大山虽然绝对海拔不高,但不断的上上下下,可以使人很疲惫。天空开始下起间断小雨。给才上路后不久的我一个心理上的小小冲击。在乔治亚州段的舒适的小道。雨过后,天空似乎在放晴。"大卡车约翰"和我在小道旁发现了一个营地。我们虽然知道避难所离这儿不太远,但大家都累了,懒得再多走几步,就决定在此搭营,明天上路也快。不过在后来取水的时候,我们俩还是去那避难所走了一趟,遇见了我在最后一天的徒步中仍然在一起的"萤火虫",一个来自明尼苏达,但以前在佛罗里达工作的女孩。我在徒步的第二天与"萤火虫"相见,途中几千公里,我们碰到好多次,在最后的一天我们在北端终点见了最后一面。我们从没有相约一同背包徒步,因为她是个很独立的人,而且我个把星期以后就"单飞"了。他们以后也曾邀请我一同徒步,但被我谢绝了,我想要更多的自由和速度。"大卡车约翰"在建立他的营地。那么大的个子,却住在相当小的帐篷里,为减轻负重,但晚上肯定不舒服。我的吊床。夜里雷雨交加,闪电呈各种颜色,就在头顶很近的地方,我唯恐会被雷击。所以露宿在山顶上不是件好事。这个经验我永远记住,除非我确信天气,和风景特好。2009年5月2日当日起点 Woods Hole Shelter, GA, AT M. P. 27.0当日终点 US 19&129, Neels Gap, GA, AT M. P. 30.7距旅途终点Mt. Katahdin 2147.3 英哩 (3455.0 公里)里程数 3.7 英哩 (6.0 公里)天气 阴今天的路程。昨晚的雷暴雨给我带来了两个在户外重要的信息。除非万不得已,天气不好的时候,特别在夏天,不要在山脊或山顶上露营,避免遭雷击;再是我的吊床,在风雨交加的时候,顶棚里面难免遭受雨水的侵袭,不是一个最佳的户外住所的选择。早上离开营地不久,便开始爬升。现在看来并没有什么,但当时经过几天辛苦的徒步,倒觉得挺吃力的。小道渐渐地上升,我可以看到Blood Mountain了。在接近Blood Mountain避难所前的一张多幅连拼。面对西面。"大卡车约翰"替我拍的。据他自己讲,他根本不会照相。我当时也的确担心没有结果。"大卡车约翰"。我拍摄的就大不相同,信心很高,哈。。Blood Mountain Shelter,一个几乎没有人敢在里面过夜的避难所。倒不是因为它有点陈旧,和失修,而是在它周围的故事传说。当年这一带居住着两个印第安人的部落联盟,以这里山脊为界。但不知为何引起双方的战事,彼此在此山头上争夺撕杀,弄得个血流遍地,这山头因此而得名。Blood Mountain两侧的景色。阳光透过云层,给我以短暂的希望。这里的有许多观景点。我感到有点兴奋,一生中很少看到过如此连绵起伏的群山。一张多幅连拼。"大卡车约翰"与我在此简短休息后,便下山,准备进城休息,补充给养了。在下山的途中我们赶上了"萤火虫",她因为经验不足,鞋子选择不当,给她的脚带来巨大的麻烦。我在这几天内也尽我所能给"大卡车约翰""灌输"一些户外装备和背包徒步的小常识。他很感谢我,说我为他的老师。但他不久就琢磨出应该怎样做很多事了。我们下山后来到今天的小道徒步终点,一个垭口,Neels Gap;和所经的公路,US 19&129。 这个垭口附近有个户外店。一般没有多少阿帕拉契亚小道长途背包徒步经验的人,经过几天的徒步,都会被建议或体会出,要在此更换或更新他们的装备。我与"大卡车约翰"说过,棉布的牛仔裤不能用于户外。他根据我的其它一些建议,将不必要的东西请那店帮忙寄回家去。在此之前,"大卡车约翰"与一个经营住宿的营地主联系好,让他开车过来接我们,其中包括至今一直独立行走的"萤火虫"。那户外店旁一个小客栈。我们嫌它过于简单,拥挤,而选择了较贵的木屋营地。我后来一直延用这样的做法,经过几天辛苦的跋涉,宁愿多花点钱,独自安稳的休息和恢复体力最要紧。负面的效应,钱包瘪下去地更快了。我以后若有这样的背包徒步,无论经济情况如何,我会选择这简单的客栈,因为可以见到更多类似于我这样的背包客,大家更容易彼此交流,联络感情。"萤火虫"与我与相互拍照。我在知道她的小道名以前,曾想过给她起个有中国味的,叫"豆芽菜"的名字,但后来很长时间没能见到她,无法告诉她。一个在大学学心理,后来从事于辅导不良少年工作的年轻女子。只听说她曾多次带那些少年进入户外的环境,想用自然的力量感化,纠正他们,因此自己也想多一些的户外经验。在等车来接我们去木屋营地。右边的是"萤火虫";而前面打电话的是一个从事运输业的独立经营人,一个乔治亚州带有印第安人血统的人,"冰雹"。 他选择了今晚呆在那个小客栈。被遗弃的徒步装备。可看出徒步者对它们的感情是如此的仇恨。木屋营地的主人,Bill终于把我们带到了独立的木屋。这里面有厨房,卫生间,客厅与饭厅,卧室连在一起。我们个人个占一间木屋,每晚。由于体力消耗很大,食物补充不很及时,我才进来时感到有点寒冷,但出乎我意料之外,屋里有暖气设施,室温不久就上去了。这木屋一般供短期度假,户外,及打猎等的家庭使用。他们可以在里面生火做饭,只要另付几块钱就可以了。应该说是经济实惠的。何况还是热水澡洗。我原本带了一套处理蛇咬的工具,但估计不会有太大的用场,就留在了这里。"大卡车约翰"的木屋。我们清理完毕后,准备请Bill开车把我们三人送到靠近的小城,Blairsville去就餐,和购买食物。"萤火虫"的屋子在山坡底下。Blairsville的超市,Ingles门口的停车场。那饮料看来是"大卡车约翰"最喜欢的。我们三人在购买晚徒步食品后,去了一家自助餐去改善下。"萤火虫"和"大卡车约翰"。饭饱后,我们走到市中心,给Bill打了个电话,等他来接我们。我们则闲着无聊,四处逛悠。当时在市中心有个旧车展。我买了一袋土豆片,大家分享一下。"萤火虫"和"大卡车约翰"。我,"Highway Man"与"大卡车约翰"。我的小道名望文生义的话,就有点不切了。我想这是Blairsville市的市政厅。我们回到了Bill的木屋营地,还有很多时间,便去他的接待厅看看电视,也好知道未来几天的天气。我以后在背包徒步中一直有这样的习惯,在市镇里歇脚时了解未来的天气,以掌握节奏和主动,直到最后太习惯于各种的恶劣天气,才不太介意了。([]
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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,我只知道对我们这些“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,服务质完善。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,他们的接送服务是免费的,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,不过我们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。 证办理:可自行办理,也可旅行社代办越南证需要准备:护照1本/两寸照片2张/证费用越南在南宁有驻华使馆,证费据说现在是D35,折合人民币应该RMB220不到。我是找旅行社代办(原因:懒,大使馆来回打车费和材料准备费用估计和旅行社代理价格差别不大。)旅行社:南宁鑫辉旅行地址:南宁市东葛路凯丰大厦B1601(公交车在东葛鲤湾路站or一附站院过去都不远)淘宝链接:https//detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=22424504698&spm=a1z09.2.9.131.UrY8cL&_u=e94gf67e738证费+服务费套餐:RMB3492寸照片翻拍打印费:RMB10(我没照片又懒得拍,10块钱工作人员翻拍护照上的照片解决)这链接是去过的朋友给推荐的,9月10日上午我拍下套餐,再按提供的便格式将相关信息用Word填清楚,通过阿里旺旺发给客服,下午把护照送到接收点凯丰大厦B1601,9月12日上午便收到短信说证已出。速度超乎意料,靠谱,推荐。我的人生中的第一个证下来了,Vietnam,就是不知道为啥证不在第一页,而是放到中间页。我提供的处境日期是9月30日,返回10月12日,结果旅行社操作变成了validfrom 30/09/2014 until 30/10/2014,不过我想这并不是坏事。提醒:务必提前想好入境日期和出境日期,在便上仔细填写,如果需要修改,一定通过旺旺,建议确认两遍。后期打电话更改虽然显得速度很快,但是没有聊天记录依据,工作人员在办理众多证过程中很容易遗忘,那么悲剧的还是你。(我在送护照的时候遇到一个外地的妹子就是电话更改的,结果工作人员是按照旺旺聊天记录提及的时间办理的,结果…不过出了这事工作人员倒是积极联系相关人员寻求更改的可能性,不过结果如何我就不得而知了) 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,我们彼此不熟,是朋友的朋友的朋友,知道我要来河内就给我们介绍了,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我们要喝冰茶还是咖啡,跟我们聊天,然后才开始说他们已经给我们预留了房间,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我们聊我们的行程,并且赠送地图,给出许多实用建议。随后我们去看房间,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产品,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服务员,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,不知从哪开始我们搭上话的,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,笑盈盈问我们是一对吗?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,然后我们俩说出我们也才认识的实情,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,我们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,我们也找到了地点。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,酒店路上经常有服务员在门口拉客,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,我们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,所以我们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~([]
2010.享受老挝慢时光. 01(行程图、攻略)老挝LAOS,全称Lao People's Democratic Republic。 在游客群中,老挝仿佛就是东南亚国家中号召力最弱的一个,或许是最易被人忽略的地方了,它既没有吴哥、蒲甘、素可泰刺痛心灵的历史古迹,也没有普吉苏梅、西哈努克、美奈芽庄那样海天一色的美景,但神秘、悠闲、恬静、与世无争,恰恰是这个小小佛国给予现代人最好的礼物。 老挝,它保持了东南亚最后的原始天然和淳朴宁静,未经雕琢的自然风光和质朴天然的风土人情,与现代文明的差距正是老挝的诱人之处。尽管经济落后,物质匮乏,几乎没有工业(可能至今仍旧是世界上最平穷的25个国家之一),但小小的、懒散的、仿若时光流转回去的老挝,却令东西方背包客趋之若鹜。或许,在原始的状态中享受悠闲的快乐,是种更为直接更为本真的快乐。 是的,老挝没有令人失魂落魄大惊大艳的风景人文,老挝有的,只是平淡渗透的美。只要你走近它就会发现,老挝其实就像那著名的Lao coffee,看似清苦,但在唇齿舌尖滑过之后,便会在心中印下淡淡的甘美。 走过老挝、放逐欲望。去吧,去老挝!享受现代人稀罕的慢时光......年初从南越旅行回来的时候,都不曾想到自己十一长假会游到老挝。 还是因各位老挝游回来的前辈,在网上留下了太多精美诱惑的PP和文字,加之查到2007年老挝当选LP背包客最想去的地方之一,心里面一下子就放不开老挝咯!这竟促使我改变了“提前一年就定好旅行时间和地点”的老习惯,最终在六月份上亚航下了订单,这次老挝旅行就这样突如其来鸟。 十天的辗转颠簸下来,总的来说,老挝之行比想象中轻松,之前一直担心的交通衔接问,由于旅游市场的逐步成熟,现在都有代理或GH可以预定点到点的大巴联票了,让游客省了不少力,真不错呢! 趁着刚回来的新鲜劲儿,赶紧把实际行程和tips记下来,以供向往它的XDJM们参考吧。实际行程: D1 昆明,傍晚1830卧铺大巴(新螺蛳湾南部客运站、24h、¥374)发车 D2 大巴临晨430途经勐腊~730重新出发~930途径磨憨~1030口岸过境+老挝磨丁Beton入境~之后沿老挝13号公路开行~ 1930 到达琅勃拉邦Luang Prabang城郊的北星宾馆。 D3 琅勃拉邦(清早看布施&逛早市、下午光西瀑布Tat Kuang Si、傍晚观湄公河日落、夜市购物) D4 琅勃拉邦(清早看布施&揽湄公河晨景、白天逛寺庙——香通寺Wat Xieng Thong、维苏那拉特寺西瓜塔Wat Visoun、皇宫博物馆Royal Palace Museum、傍晚普西山Phu Si落日、夜市购物) D5 琅勃拉邦800~VIP大巴(7h、240公里)~1500到达万荣VangVieng(南松河看日落) D6上午万荣(骑行郊游,or Tubing漂流);下午1330VIP大巴(4h、160公里)~1715到达万象Vientiane(湄公河边日落)~2030卧铺大巴(过夜) D7清早630到达巴色Pakse~730VIP大巴~1030纳卡桑村渡口Nakasang~15分钟渡船~1100到达东德岛Dong Det(湄公河看日落) D8上午东德岛(骑行看小瀑布,or包船海钓…);下午1600渡船~纳卡桑村13号公路口~1730VIP大巴~傍晚1930到达巴色~2000卧铺大巴(过夜) D9清早630到达万象;之后万象(早市场、香昆寺佛像公园、超市购特产) D10白天万象(逛寺庙——塔峦寺That Dam、凯旋门Patuxai、西萨格寺Wat Si Saket、玉佛寺Wat Ho Phra Keo); 傍晚万象~亚航~返程D11Tips 1、关于季节的问: 我们的十一长假,正处于东南亚雨季的尾巴。一般每天都会有阵雨,有时是一个多小时的倾盆暴雨,有时却只滴几粒眼泪水,最适宜的是晚上的那场阵雨。白天温度,也就在30~33°C,不下雨的时候阳光灿烂够晒滴,到了夜晚会好过一点22~25°C,通风好的房间只用吊扇就将就OK了(房间要开空调的话,那可是另一个价咯)。 但十一长假,却正好在老挝的旅游淡季里头(老挝旅游旺季是11~2月),呵呵,游客少,确实感受很深啊,不用担心好的GH客满,还可以低价入住!吃饭、订车票、户外活动也一样不用担心拥挤。 十一长假去的优点还有,植被茂盛稻田原野葱绿很养眼,缺点则是雨季河水太浑浊,湄公河几乎变“黄河”了,光西瀑布的钙化池也是黄蜡蜡的,全然没了“小黄龙”的影子,没有诱人的碧池,也容易失去下水的欲望。 2、关于老挝筛选游地的提示: 游客常去的老挝游点有:琅勃拉邦、万荣、万象、四千岛、丰沙湾、占巴色、波罗芬高原。因时间路线和个人兴趣之故,我们只去了前面四地。 琅勃拉邦——位于上寮,是老挝古都,必去!其中最大的看点在于:清早布施、逛夜市购物、光西瀑布钙化池跳水、普西山日落、香通寺的生命之树。 万荣——位于中寮。卡斯特地貌,探洞、骑行、turbing漂流、跳水、皮划艇、篝火狂bar......是鬼佬弄出来的户外活动经典之地,被称“山寨版阳朔”,两者的确很像,不过个人看法是:万荣就是万荣,不要以为去过阳朔就可以忽略万荣了。...以前,万荣遍布含大麻的酒饮,菜单上称之“happy xx”的,现在老挝禁毒,表面上几乎已绝迹了。 万象——位于中寮,是老挝首都,可能是世界上唯一位于边境的国家首都了吧,感觉上是很平易近人的一个国都。另,不要理解字面意思,“万象”可是一头大象也没有的,其实“万象”是粤语的译音,普通话直接音译应该接近“万听”之类的,台湾人则叫它“万珍”(呵呵,台湾人按照古时候的称谓,还称老挝为“寮国”的)。 四千岛——位于下寮,在与柬埔寨接壤的湄公河上,灰常原生态!鬼佬心仪之地。骑行、游船、河钓、晒太阳、看书、写东西、想心事、发呆、乱转......反正你去那里就准备好kill time就好咯。 丰沙湾——位于上寮,以看平原石缸为卖点的原生态地区,据说能看到更淳朴的清晨布施。 占巴色——位于下寮,也很原生态,以一处比吴哥历史还早的高棉石窟而著名,只是破坏程度也更厉害了。 ......没想到实际走下来,个人最喜欢的是万荣和东德岛两地,而且特遗憾的是都只住了一晚!!同伴J-J同学很经典地说,那是因为近来太忙的人才会喜欢乡下生活,哈哈,要是闲人会更喜欢琅勃拉邦和万象舒适的生活了吧。所以,提醒一下生长在乡间和城市的同学,别盲目跟风,要选对自己的地方,毕竟像咱这类穷人上班族,假期和米米都很有限呐,要珍惜! 3、特别需要提醒携带的东东: 耳塞防high噪音、水上活动时的防水袋、飞机和夜行大巴上披的外套、色彩艳丽轻便的晴雨伞、高指数防晒霜、太阳镜、蚊不叮or驱虫软膏。 (如果陆路过境的话,很可能刚进咱边警的出境楼,就被直接捉到2楼交40大元办黄本本--健康证了,不过换回来的3颗防疟疾药片和一小支军医院出品的长效驱虫膏,俺们都用了,尤其那个驱蚊膏,比较了带去的其他产品,那效果,还真不是一般的好啊,真意外!所以,还是要相信老军医喔,哈哈) 其他可选的还有:mm的防晒薄长袖衣、骑行郊游用的防晒大沿儿帽、泳衣外的纱笼、以及无烟盘香、带USB口的插座、湿纸巾...... 建议携带药物:抗过敏药、奎宁防疟疾、藿香正气水、黄连素、维生素等...... 4、换汇经验: 磨憨口岸的人民币换汇最高,我们9.25过关时换到的是“ 1人民币 CNY = 1201老挝基普 LAK ”,跟出行前查的汇率相差很小。后来在老挝一路上的Exchange窗口看了,人民币换汇一路下跌啊,最高也就只有1180了,倒是感觉用美金换的汇率好,一般都稳定在8.1~8.0x左右(1 美元USD = 8100老挝基普 LAK),跟国际汇率相差不大。 注意一下,在磨憨口岸出关前(就是大巴停在关口一下车)就要换好钱,其实大巴前面停在磨憨车站时,就有不少当地妇女手里拿大沓的老挝基普围kip上来要换汇了(一般她们的喊价很难再还价的,即使你们有好几个人一起换大额)。因为你下了大巴不换钱,一旦进入中国这边的出境办公楼,给边警看了护照盖了出境章就得从另一面大门出去,这一脚跨出境,出了门就不让停留了,更别说换钱了,哪怕你跟换钱的妇女只隔一栏杆。 另外,兑换老币kip时一定不要怕麻烦,千万记住要当面清点清楚,否则可能发生缺张的情况,以及币值给错的“意外”情况,在老挝境内使用老币时也得一样小心!经验是注意下区分大面额5W和2W,都是粉红色的,还有老币常用的最小面值一千的纸币上,那个老挝数字1长得很像阿拉伯数字9喔,别慌慌张张的搞晕了!(呵呵,事实上也不可能存在有九千票面的钱币哒)。其实老币也有500面值和100面值的小纸币,有时候你换汇或在超市购物找零,常常被莫名地去零头,可别轻易地算了,记得老币也有小面值的喔,拿来留作纪念也蛮好滴。 老挝币只有纸币没有硬币的,简称kip,老挝币里头“零”太多,一般就以W为单位去计算老币就好了。跟人民币的快速等值换算,就是乘以8再去掉后面4个“零”,差不多就是人民币的当值咯,比如,老挝人比划价钱说1Wkip(一般会说英语ten,就是“十千”kip),其实相当于人民币8块钱左右。 5、便利的长途大巴联票: 很高兴地是,发现现在老挝境内的旅游地,诸如万荣~万象~巴色~四千诸岛,都可以买到联票了,这跟在越南走open tour公司车票、以及在尼泊尔代理车票都是类似的,很方便,票价呢也并非贵多少!尤其是去四千岛的3个岛(东阔岛、东德岛、东昆岛),原本看前辈的游记中提起,都得靠自己一程程链接砍价找车,麻烦又费时还要担心衔接问,但现在都可以订到车船联票咯,呵呵,也就是说,你买了他们的联票,就不怕赶不上每一个环节的大巴咯,真是省心呀。 另外,也有发完境外泰国、越南、柬埔寨各地的联票,大大地方便了串游东南亚的XDJM们。 6、城镇内交通: 太远不能走路过去时,就靠tuktuk(或者jump)了,实质是三轮摩托的改装小车,前者小点。 坐tutu车前一定要先讲好价、手写出来示意,因为老挝币的“零”太多了,尤其是在万象“大”城市,还很可能被故意混淆teen和ty的发音,1.8W和8W差的可不是一点儿,会被骗惨!另,旺季一定特别要跟车主谈好,包车中途是否准许再上人,不然相信会被挤扁。 现在tutu一般起价都叫1W/人,即使在这样的淡季,有时还会蒙5W/2人的。在车站内和游客聚居区要还下来价格较难,所以一般就自己背包走出车站外面,或走一段远离游客区,再拦车砍价更好。 小经验:只要是在琅勃拉邦城内转悠,当地人乘的tutu价格是0.5Wkip;在万象,别相信那些景点tutu车主拿出的价格表,那高得真是太昧良心了! 7、通讯用老挝手机卡: 强烈建议穷游一族在到达当日就买好老挝SIM卡!老挝的手机卡很好买,小店里都有。我们买的M PHONE卡,2Wkip,里面还含差不多20~30分钟的老挝境内通话时间(没仔细记录,粗估的)。 老挝有2大通讯公司,一个是ETL,另外一个是LAO TEL。使用老挝的电话卡,单向收费,接听全免费,包括接听国际长途哦。建议买LAO TEL的M PHONE 电话卡,老挝境内差不多700kip一分钟,打回中国的话自动转成IP(就是直接0086-地区号-你要拨打的号码就可以了),2000kip左右一分钟。而ETL比较麻烦,打长话必须要加188,就变成了IP,如果不加188,那个费用吓死你! 附,中国通移动开通国际漫游的老挝资费准:(1).拨打当地电话4.99/分钟,拨中国国内电话0086+号码12.99/分钟,接听电话5.99/分钟。可以选择中国移动推出的**139优惠业务拨打国内电话,费用与接听相同5.99/分,每分钟可节省7 元。使用方法:拨国内手机拨**139*86 手机号#,固话拨**139*86区号用户号#,成功呼出后手机上会显示“Ok.Please wait”字样,此时可挂机等待约半分钟,移动会为您接通电话回拨过来。若被叫未接听电话则无需支付费用。(2).发国内用户短信1.99/条,接收短信免费。 8、生活: 老挝是220V电压与国内相同,大部分GH里的插头都是2孔的。 一般Guset House的开价,用空调的普遍比只用吊扇的贵2Wkip。特别指出一点,中文版的《LP老挝》一书版本较早,其中GH指导价格早已过时,甚至有些推荐的食店也早就关张找不到了(这点在琅勃拉邦特别突出)。 饮水,大的GH里有大净水桶,可以灌装。一般就自己在小店买6软瓶一组的瓶装饮用水,最高买过0.8W一组在四千岛,最低是0.5W一组在万象。好像洋鬼子都很喜欢买这种软瓶装,他们鬼着呢,估计这样买水最合算。 老挝小超市很多,日用品一应俱全,很方便。比如小小90ml的飘柔洗发水也就合人民币四五块钱,比越南还便宜点儿呢。街头Massage的小店很多,相对上海的美体店那是便宜得很,不过老挝的style用力太温柔,不够爽,用的精油也不够好。 9、小吃吃经验: 这个季节水果就买那种小米芭蕉吧,因为都是自然熟的,甜而糯很美味,比大香蕉还好吃。一扇小米芭蕉的当地价是0.5kip,记住喔!街上有水果小推车,有剥好的柚子卖,0.5Wkip一个挺甘甜的,也有认不得的绿色佛手果,没尝。街上小零食推车有卖煮玉米、煮盐水花生、煮小红薯的,还有烤小米芭蕉的小摊子,3只0.1Wkip,烤过之后的味道就像烘山芋,真神奇!在琅勃拉邦街头,常见一种现场烤制的小椰汁糕,并不甜腻而是香糯,是很美味的甜品喔! 法棍还不错很便宜,街头本地人小摊0.1Wkip一小根,还有许多法棍夹菜吃法的小推车,跟越南街头的很相似,有的鬼佬就在街头买这种法棍夹菜三明治来吃,呵呵,便宜又饱肚。 老挝的汤粉不如越南的好吃,可能有个人口感的缘故吧。总觉得老挝本地人吃的偏咸,花式粥啊米粉啊都不敢多喝,甚至老挝油条里也都会放点儿调味料。 老挝的咖啡质量挺不错的,咖啡浓度比国内高,只是从未溶入本地人生活,这跟越南很不同。不过一般针对游客的餐店都会有lao咖啡卖,强烈建议品尝!个人体验是,老挝咖啡更偏重咖啡清香,而越南咖啡则添加更多奶油香。 10、食品手信: 建议作为老挝手信之一,去超市购买些LAO咖啡带回来,会受欢迎滴。LAO咖啡大品牌是DAO-HEUANG GROUP的DAO COFFEE(还有另一个本地品牌,貌似没有DAO做的大),除了超市有卖,它还有专卖店,三合一的大致有3种不同的口味,600g30支我们买的是2.7Wkip。还有咖啡粉、咖啡豆,按品质分价格不同。 老挝产的一种本地酸角软糖,淡淡的酸甜味,挺不错,不管是自己吃还是送人都很好,只是包装简单了些,我们买的是一小包大约20几粒1.3Wkip。 11、学几个有用的老挝语: 1-能、2-耸、3-伞姆、4-西、5-哈、6-货格、7-结特、8-白特、9-告、10-西普、千-潘; 中国-巴太金、谢谢-hope jai(Khawp jai)、再见-拉滚(但实际听到的发音像“老公”),最重要的一个必学词是老挝打招呼问好的sabaidee-萨拜迪。 The other‘s tips: a,老挝时间: (和越南泰国时间一样),都比中国北京时间晚一个小时,如中国的10:00am是老挝的9:00am。 b,重量单位: 注意下,老挝的水果、蔬菜、肉类、糖等,都是轮公斤出售,价全是xxxkip一公斤。 c,信用卡,取现: 基本无用,或者用也要加3%+手续费,ATM机是有的,有VISA的借记卡提现在这些地方还是方便。 d,购物支付货币: 买东西看价的货币吧。价是美元,最好用美元支付,价是kip,就用kip支付。要不然给你折算一次,会贵一些的。老挝本地老币、美金、泰铢都可以流通使用,人民币之前也开始流通了,就是因为假币问又不行了。 e,衣着、习俗: 老挝人不接受暴露太多的装束。忌讳用左手传递东西或食物、忌讳别人触摸他们的头。 f,寺庙参观: 老挝的寺庙一般下午四点多就关门,中午休息,要去要赶早。 另外Lao Guidebook 2010上说最好是早上拜访寺庙,清晨过来拍照,可以掌握最好的光线效果。 老挝的寺院,不管大小,进入都要脱鞋子和帽子,短裤不能太短,露背露肩的衣服不能穿。 g,食: 老挝以糯米饭为主,叫做 kao niao(发音),普通老挝人吃饭很简单的,少油盐,就1个凉拌菜,用手捏一小团糯米饭配着吃。 要试试老挝的damahong,就是凉拌木瓜,老挝的木瓜不像国内的都熟透了,这里都是生的,脆脆的,和着辣椒、鱼露还有西红柿什么的,拌在一块儿吃,是地道的老挝菜。 老挝的bin ba就是烤鱼也很不错,一定要试,不过有点小贵。注意老挝不临海,一般就是淡水鱼。 不要忘了吃吃老挝的kao biao,一种类似中国粉的东西,一般5000kip一碗,糯米做的,很管饱,而且味道很不错。 老挝有一种酸奶,味道很不错,上面原味的不含糖酸奶,地下室一层果酱,吃起来很有感觉。 来老挝千万不要忘了买瓶Beer Lao来喝:地道唯一的老挝啤酒,在老挝的市场占有率极高,是老挝人的自豪。Beer Lao比国内的啤酒纯多了,酒精度数也要高一些,酒量不好的,千万要注意啊,不要以为只是一瓶啤酒而已。Wine Lao:类似葡萄酒的一种水果口味酒,深受女性喜欢。Lao Lao酒:一种当地自产的米酒威士忌,度数较高,据说后劲很大。 各色水果shake是每餐必点的饮品,绝对的美味。夜市上小摊出售的shake最便宜,卫生条件也不错,5000KIP/杯,其他地方在6000-26000之间不等。Mix fruit shake、Papaya+Pineapple、Strewberry等口味都不错。 老挝咖啡享誉盛名,在炎热的午后来一杯浓郁的冰黑咖啡也不失为一种享受,7000-12000KIP/杯。 h,老挝特色小吃: 香蕉奶油口味的PANCAKE、小铝碗里烤的椰汁小饼、蒸红薯、法棍面包、放在小竹筒里面蒸熟的黏米饭、加入很多种类当地香料的清蒸河鱼、搭配鱼露汁的油炸时蔬饼…… i,市场还价: 摸索到一些报价规律,供大家参考 夜市里的小物件、特色商品、报价的7折是一般他提供的最低成交价,但5折大都可以成交,有人是来给自己小店采购的,因相对量较大,比如某种纸灯笼买20-30个,观察到3-3.5折是底价附近了!老挝背景资料: 老挝慢生活: 在中南半岛,有一句很有名的谚语:“越南人种田;柬埔寨人看着稻米成长;而老挝人连看都懒得看,只竖起耳朵,听着青翠的秧苗拔高成穗”(Vietnamese plant the rice;Cambodians watch it to grow;Laos listen it to grow.)。慢生活体现在老挝人身上,即是:Bo Pegniang (Please don’t rush 请不要着急),慢吞吞、闲散、安静、而且安宁,大多数人脸上都挂着和善的微笑,见到你会轻轻低低地问候一声“撒拜迪”。 宗教深入生活: 老挝全民信奉小乘佛教,有人聚居的地方就有寺庙,在城市里几乎走不了几步就会出现一处寺庙。老挝男性上至高官、下至平民百姓,一生之中都必须至少出家当一次和尚,每次一般3个月,少则3-5天,也有终身为僧不还俗的。寺庙对人们而言,是教育之所,是沿袭老挝文化之地。 小乘佛教徒主要守持五戒,但不持素,只忌食“十肉”(即:人、象、虎、豹、狮、马、狗、蛇、猫、龟),日进二斋,过午不食。(注意,异性不得与僧侣有身体上的触碰。) 附,大乘与小乘的区别——“乘” 为车辆的意思。大乘即大车辆,大牛车,普渡众生自度度他;小乘即小车辆,鹿车羊车,只能自度。教义上区别:小乘主张“我空法有” ;大乘主张 “我法皆空” 。实践方面的区别:小乘主张修持阿罗汉果,求得自我解脱,独善其身;大乘主张行菩萨道兼善天下,普度众生,最终成佛。目不同,修行内容方法也异:小乘修三学(戒、定、慧)八正道;大乘则兼修六波罗蜜(六度),即布施、持戒、忍辱、精进、禅定、智慧。 湄公河: 流经老挝全境,老挝语Menam Khon,柬埔寨语作MeKong(意“母亲”),越语作Song Tien Giang,中国境内称澜沧江(Lancang Jiang或Lan-ts'ang Chiang)。湄公河是东南亚的母亲河,总长约4,880公里(3,033哩),流域总面积:81.1万平方公里,是世界第六大河,亚洲第三长河,东南亚第一大河。发源于中国青海省,流经西藏自治区与云南省,此后成为缅甸与老挝之间,以及老挝与泰国之间的部分国际边界,还流经老挝、柬埔寨与越南,然后在胡志明市(西贡)南面注入南海。老挝首都万象与柬埔寨首都金边均在岸边。湄公河约3/4的流域面积在其下游流经的5国--缅甸、老挝、泰国、柬埔寨与越南。最后写一段外话收尾。 老挝旅游业发展很快,接触旅游的当地人,大都会用多种语言跟你搭讪。打招呼的词,英语、法语、日语、韩语、中国普通话...他们都会,连万象的外语培训公司里,中文也是频繁开班的语种之一。 不过肯定是来自中国的背包客太少了,我们被直接招呼“O ha yo”的比例高达95%,虽然被认成了日本人郁闷,但好过那剩余5%被认成棒子,哈哈!然后当我们大声纠正“Chinese”的时候,100%会被反问是否来自HongKong,看来“香港是中国的”这个命已深入世界咯,吼吼。不过,我们还是会继续纠正“from ShangHai”喔,也有不少老挝人知道上海的,还不错!而且老挝人大多对中国人很好奇,搞旅游的那些人总是想从我们这里多学几个中文词呢。 其实,在老挝做生意的湖南老乡浙江老乡遍布各处,他们常年生活在老挝,其中开中餐馆倒是不多,大部分开店做商品生意。到了老挝国都万象,虽然紧挨着泰国,小超市的食品大部分也是泰国货,但却几乎就变成中国人的天下了,我们看到大的就有水利公司、道桥公司、建筑公司、大宾馆...都竖着巨幅的中文牌识。老挝唯一那条贯通南北的13号公路,就主要是中国援建的,而13号公路从与中国接壤的磨丁开始,直达泰国廊开的这一段,属于“昆曼公路”的老挝段。从另一个高度来看,老挝对中国的战略意义可是很大啊。 老挝的四邻顺时针分别是泰国、中国(云南)、越南和柬埔寨,前两个经济好的国家对它都有深刻影响。如今老挝旅游业飞速发展,不由得让人对它独特的原生态产生担忧,......唉,看看中国内地恶劣扰人的旅游业现状就够了。重要补充: 1)关于证。 俺习惯把事情提前做好,所以行前就把证的事情搞妥了才出门,建议XDJM们尽量跟俺一样。喜欢随性的人肯定会不屑地会问了:Why?虽说游记上查到的信息,说老挝可以陆路落地的人更多,事实上,那只是一般情况。口岸的政策随时在变,与我们同车的帅哥就遭遇了惨烈的意外!我们过境那段时间说是不给落地了,然后不得不找了换汇的小妹,她们讲可以帮忙通关系,最后的结果是花了一千大洋才过了国门!!要知道,老挝目前证费200元,一般委托代理也不过300元。(老挝证目前只有在北京和昆明可以自己办。) 2)老挝入境卡 到老挝入境的窗口,记得先问他们要入境卡!!自己填好再递进去盖章办手续。切记切记!!不然,他们不会主动递出空白卡来的,你就会被索要20RMB (or 2Wkip)才能被放过喔。 3)公路信息 据穷游网刚回来发帖的mm说,打听到两个月后,昆明~老挝公路的老挝段要开始维修了,老挝人的效率是不清楚几时能完工的,提醒要去的人注意。关键是老挝段都是窄窄的山路,弯弯曲曲的路况真的不好,反正俺睡在车子最前面中间位子的下铺,也非得用脚抵着栏杆,才不至于被时时东摇西摆的大巴甩出床铺,唉,确实很颠!要是修起路来,路况更差、错车更困难,估计从昆明到琅勃拉邦可就远不止24h咯! 4)夜行大巴 因为老挝的车子大部分是棒子那儿来的二手车,所以大巴铺位改装得怪怪的。万象和巴色的来回,俺们都睡了双人的那种上铺(幸好同伴J-J同学也不胖,哈哈),订票时可以提要求的,比如要前面的上铺。下铺一般有拉帘子,不过要是跟陌生人挤一个铺还要拉帘子可真受不了啦......,后来知道,也有单铺大巴卖,价格无异。琅勃拉邦到万象的也是夜行巴士,不晓得是否也有两种大巴呢? 看网上也有人说昆明到琅勃拉邦的大巴,买到的是上下都是双人的那种铺位,不过我们那趟车还是一排2x3个单铺的。单人铺很窄小的呢,连俺都觉得受不来,跟上海到青岛的“恐怖超载”夜行班车一样,呵呵,还是在北疆坐到的卧铺大巴宽敞啊(怀念ing,俺深爱着的北疆,咔咔)。 另,在昆明~琅勃拉邦的夜行大巴上,可能会有小偷装成的客人,要特别小心随身贵重物品!这个小偷往往是半夜到达勐腊之前(临晨4点),开始在走道里匍匐翻包行窃,然后在勐腊下车,事实上,过了勐腊之后,大巴上就剩下五六光人了,包括一个日本独驴。 2010.享受老挝慢时光. 02(预告美图之一)唉,每次旅行回来,一想到要整理4千张海量照片,都是一个头十个大。~~估计哪天就真的欠债不还直接潜逃啦,嘻嘻......^_^不多说牢骚话咯,先上几张自己喜欢的预告美图吧。 Ps.全部原创图片啊,咔咔,D90还没摸熟,PP问多多,请大家批评指正。 琅勃拉邦,Luang Prabang:在琅勃拉邦的花阴下,沉醉。` 大名在外的香通寺,它代表了琅勃拉邦的寺庙风格,与高棉和泰国的寺庙不同,寺顶一直垂至地面。主殿内壁全部是鎏金壁画,主殿后壁外墙上,则镶嵌着一棵令人过目不忘的生命之树!` ` 日落普西山远没有想象中的辉煌美妙,太阳哗啦一下子就掉到山后去咯。事实上,在普西山,还是看人间炊烟、天上晚霞来得棒。 万容,VangVieng:一只沉醉在万荣喀斯特风景里的猫猫。南松河上,飘回来的是正爽得hight的皮划艇&tubing。远处跳水+畅饮+蹦迪中的鬼佬&近处光PP戏水的本地小P孩。著名的LP推荐的看景GH:elephant crossing......不过,个人认为还是在这里次次4.5Wkip/人的较丰盛自助早餐,一边看看美景是最合算的咯。万象,Vientiane:万象的湄公河日落......注意,对岸可是泰国的土地咯。荣登老挝国徽的图案:塔銮。被赋予国家主权象征的鎏金塔,金光灿灿的果然好气势啊!万象并没有大象,只找到这两只石头小象,蹲在法式老房子的外墙上,快乐地甩鼻子嬉戏着。老挝首都最拿得出手的大街景,号称“小香榭丽舍”大道,远处就是老挝的“凯旋门”。呵呵,这个视角看起来,跟模仿的原型还真有些相似啊。2010.享受老挝慢时光. 03(预告美图之二) 特别喜欢四千美岛这个地方,为它拍了许多照片。选片好难,难以取舍,呵呵,只好再开一个新篇来预告它了,希望您不要嫌弃它的PP太多......四千岛 之 东德岛,Dong Det:(湄公河 篇)(四千美岛)(黄昏) ` ` ` ([]
https//www.xiami.com/widget/42553131_1770760772,_235_346_cccccc_dddddd_1/multiPlayer.swf虫子shino的公众号天涯曾相见,但已遥远。沿途风起云涌的炫丽,那些灿若烟火的精彩,都在微微一笑中,云淡风轻。感谢一路上接待,照顾我的朋友们,有刚认识的,也有多年未见的……谢谢你们,为我的旅途增添了五光十色的回忆...... 沙巴旅游公司网站https//www.borneowildlife.org/raft.html住宿:香港九龙海逸君卓酒店沙巴: nexus resort&spa karambunai lagoon park 谁走进你的生命,是由命运决定;谁停留在你生命中,却是由你自己决定。这半个月的经历回忆起来总是令人感慨万千……虽然已经过去了……那些失望的,开心的,难以忘怀的,令人感动的,本该忘记的,铭记于心的……散落成记忆的碎片,一小段一小段……快乐的时光总是匆匆而过,钟哥谢谢你一路陪我…… 世间的感情莫过于两种:一种是相濡以沫,却厌倦到终老;另一种是相忘于江湖,却怀念到哭泣。 离开一个地方,风景就不再属于你;错过一个人,那人便再与你无关。人生就是这样,牵挂着、烦恼着、自由着、限制着;走出一段路程,回头一望,却也生动着、美丽着;有着你爱的人和爱你的人,有着你喜欢的事和需要你做的事,有着牵挂你的人和你牵挂着的人; 人这一辈子是短暂的,所以要让自己健康着、开心着、幸福着,偶尔还要醉着。幸福,就是找一个温暖的人过一辈子。人生就应如此。 关于沙巴 【沙巴简介】(沙巴州,马来语:Sabah) 是马来西亚面积第二大的州,位于东马,在婆罗洲的北部,以前被称为北婆罗洲(英语:North Borneo),在1881年开始被英国统治,至到1963年9月16日和砂拉越一起脱离英国统治结合马来亚及新加坡组成马来西亚联邦。 【沙巴气候】(地处热带) 气温:常年温度在23~32℃之间,几乎没有变化,任何时候都可以进行各种水上活动。山脉地带则比较凉爽,比如京那巴鲁国家公园。 降水:每年10月至次年3月空气潮湿,降雨量大,为雨季;5~9月降雨量小,为旱季。相对而言,旱季更适合旅游。雨季降雨虽多,但雨下得骤,停得也快,极少有连阴雨,大雨后天气转凉,更觉舒适宜人,有“四季是夏,一雨成秋”之说。 季风:尽管沙巴位于飓风地带,却几乎不会受到台风的打扰,因而有“风下乡土”的美誉。无论是雨季湿润的东南风,还是旱季干燥的西南风,带来的都是凉爽和惬意。【沙巴资源】 沙巴是一个地形多山及河流交缠的崎岖地方,河流的水流过了溪谷,也穿过了肥沃平地. 交织的密林与森林中也有许多住着数以百万的东亚雨燕,蝙蝠及其他动物的洞穴。繁茂的绿树也是野生动物的护身之地,西必洛人猿保护中心是协助和重新安置那些在森林中的孤儿人猿,并且也给予它们重生的希望。自1964年起,超过100头的人猿被鉴定在这个中心内受保护并重返森林。保护中心内,幼小的人猿被提供基本的训练,以使它们能自力更生。游客也可以在这中心里看到这些可爱的人猿和它们的举止。在京那巴打岸河的一带也被列为野生动物保护区,这里也是在整个区域中心内其中一个野生动物之生命演变最富裕的地方。有10种灵长类的动物品种在这里被发现,这包括人猿,长鼻猴和婆罗洲的长臂猴。罕有的鸟类都可在这儿探觅到。沙巴也是赏鸟的天堂。神山在数以千年未收到破坏的奇迹下成为了植物和鸟类的生存之地。在数万年前,神山顶峰曾经是积雪的。在神山公园总部和所设的森林步道中可说是最特优的赏鸟地方了,如卷尾,啄木鸟,霸鹤,山椒鸟及鸫鸟等都能轻易看得到。丹南谷亦是一个极佳赏鸟地方,大眼斑雅,亚洲霸鹤,八色鸟,犀鸟及啄木鸟肯定让你打开眼界。在东部的京那巴打岸平地也都可以寻觅到犀鸟的踪迹。 【马来西亚境内通讯】(HOTLINK卡、DIGI卡、CELCOM卡) 1、出国前开通国际漫游服务,但需预交费。采用**139*86 138••226;•;•#方式拨打作为被叫是2.99CNY一分钟 2、漫游到大马后拨打国内电话22元人民币一分钟,采用**139*86 138R26;•;••̶6;#方式拨打为6元人民币一分钟 3、有几种卡可以选择:HOTLINK卡、DIGI卡、CELCOM卡,8.5RM卡费+5RM话费=25RM 4、central point买DIGI电话卡,电话号码是014打头的只要8.5马币(其中包含5马币的通话费),016打头的要10马币,每份钟0.5元左右。卖卡的人会要游客的护照,然后当场开通 5、打回国内0086+21+固定电话0.18 RM/min ;0086+手机号码0.43RM/min ,查询话费余额及有效期*126# HOTLINK卡使用TIPS:1)HOTLINK卡是一种马来西亚MAXIS公司发行的预付费SIM卡,累似中国的神州行/大众卡,单向收费2)打回国固定电话0.2RM/分钟,手机0.5RM/分钟,查询话费余额及有效期:*122#3)拨号固定电话132+0086+571(杭州区号为0571)+固定电话号码;手机 132+0086+手机号码5)购买充值卡地点:绝大部分大马的便利店,可以让店员充值并设置语言为英语 6)HOTLINK卡是默认能够国际漫游的,所以在中国境内也有信号,回成都后居然漫游显示中国联通的信号7)买卡费用4RM,其中含4RM话费,充值RM20,频繁实用,5天后卡上还余5RM DIGI卡使用TIPS: 1)DIGI卡是一种马来西亚发行的预付费SIM卡,类似中国的神州行/大众卡,单向收费 2)打回国固定电话0.18RM/分钟,手机0.43RM/分钟,查询话费余额及有效期:*126# 3)拨号:固定电话:0086+21上海区号为021)+固定电话号码、 手机:0086+手机号码、短信:0086+手机号码 4)购买充值卡地点:绝大部分大马的便利店,可以让店员充值并设置语言为英语 5)DIGI卡是默认能够国际漫游的,所以在中国境内也有信号,可以查余额的。 6)买卡费用25RM【根据手机号码额定买卡费用】,含花费15RM(兰卡威回来后又充值10RM) CELCOM卡使用TIPS: CELCOM是一种马来西亚发行的预付费SIM卡,类似中国的神州行/大众卡,单向收费 打回国固定电话0.2RM/分钟,手机0.45RM/分钟,查询话费余额及有效期:*124# 拨号:固定电话131+0086+571(上海区号021)+固定电话号码,手机131+0086+手机号码 购买充值卡地点:绝大部分大马便利店,可以让店员充值并设置语言为英语 机场、酒店、餐厅、货币兑换常用英语 【机场常用英语口语:机场中英文示】 出站(出港、离开)departures 登机手续办理check-in 登机牌boarding pass (card) 机场候机楼airport terminal 出口exit; out; way out 行李领取处luggage claim; baggage claim 中转transfers 过境transit 货币兑换处 money exchange; currency exchange 报关物品goods to declare 不需报关nothing to declare 贵宾室V.I.P. room 海关customs 登机口gate; departure gate 航空公司汽车服务处airline coach service 免税店 duty-free shop 进站(进港、到达)arrivals 【机场常用英语口语:机票上的说明】 旅客姓名 name of passenger 前往城市 to 飞机票 endorsements/restrictions 承运人 carrier 机号 plane No. 旅行经停地点 good for passage between 航班号 flight no. 起飞时间 time 机票确认 ticket confirm 起点城市 from 机座号 seat No. 非吸烟席 non-smoking seat 座舱等级 class 订座情况 status 吸烟坐位 smoking seat 起飞日期 date 登机口 gate 【旅馆住宿常用英语口语】 我會晚一点到达,请保留所预订的房间 I'll arrive late, but please keep my reservation. 我想要一间安静一点的房间 I'd like a quiet room. 我想要楼上的房间 I'd like a room on the upper level. 我想要一间视野好(有阳台)的房间 I'd like a room with a nice view (a balcony). 随时都有热水供应吗? Is hot water available any time? 我可以看一看房间吗? May I see the room? 我要订这间房间 I'll take this room. 麻烦填写这张住宿登记表 Would you fill in this registration form? 这里可使用信用卡(旅行支票)吗? Do you accept credit crads(TRAVELER's checks)? 是否可代为保管贵重物品? Could you keep my valuables? 餐厅在那儿? Where is the dining room? 餐厅几点开始营业? What time does the dining room open? 早餐几点开始供应? What time can I have breakfast? 是否可给我一张有旅馆地址的名片? Can I have a card with the hotel's address? 是否可在此购买观光巴士券? Can I get a ticket for the sight-seeing bus here? 最近的地铁站在那里? Where is the nearest subway station? 【餐厅点餐常用英语】 请给我菜单 May I have a menu,please? 是否有中文菜单? Do you have a menu in chinese? 我可以点餐了吗? May I order,please? 餐厅最特别的菜式是什麼? What is the specialty of the house? 餐厅有今日特餐吗? Do you have today's special? 我可以点与那份相同的餐吗? Can I have the same dish as that? 你的牛排要如何烹调? How do you like your steak? 全熟(五分熟/全生) Well done (medium/rare),please. 【货币兑换常用英语】 请告诉我你要换多少 Please tell me how much you want to change. 要哪种货币? What kind of currency do you want? 你有什么要换的? What's it you wish to change? 要什么面值的? In what denominations? 请在兑换单上字,写出你的姓名和地址? Would you kindly sign the exchange form, giving your name and address? 能否请你给我兑换一些钱? Can you change me some money, please? 请给我5张20元和10张一元的 Five twenties and ten singles, please. 给我一些小票好吗? Could you give me some small notes? 沙巴代理 【参考网站】 1、沙巴旅行官网:www.sabahtourism.com 2、www.agoda.com.cn(报价包含税金和政府税,但需提前支付房费,人民币结算) 3、www.booking.com(报价不含税金和政府税,不需提前支付,到前台直接支付马币) 4、https//www.imperialboutec.com(IMPERIAL BOUTEC 酒店官网) 5、https//www.summerlodge.com,SUMMER 家庭旅馆【中英文对照表】 地名:沙巴sahba、亚庇kota kinabalu、亚庀亚航廉价机场:Air ASIa Terminal 2 景点:水上清真寺City Mosque、Gaya周日市场Sunday market、美人鱼岛Mantanani Island、东姑阿都拉曼国家公园Tunku Abdul Rahman Park(沙庇岛Sapi、马奴干岛Manukan、马穆迪岛Mamutik、加雅娜岛Gayana、苏洛岛Sulug)、漂流Rafting(九鲁河激流Kiulu River、巴吧河激流Papar River、巴达斯河激流Padas River)、艾京生钟楼Atkinson Clock Tower、沙巴基金大厦SABAH FOUNDATION BUILDING、州立清真寺State Mosque(沙巴博物馆附近)、沙巴博物馆Sabah Museum 购物:亚庇城KK Plaza、默迪卡商城Wisma Merdeka、太平洋商业中心Central Point、华丽山广场Warisam Square 沙巴亚庇景点 【水上清真寺City Mosque】 1、KK的清真寺有两家,州清真寺KK State Mosque和比较出名的是位于郊区的水上清真寺City Mosque 2、州清真寺的路线:在City Park前的加油站坐16A大巴,RM0.7元/人到KK Mosque下车。回程在清真寺门口坐mini bus17C,到终点的士站附近下车,价格相同。州清真寺的外观和普通的清真寺没有区别,里面有一个空旷的大厅,入口处需要更衣,男的在衣服外套一件阿拉伯式样的长袍,女的还要增加一条头巾,小孩则不必改装。3、水上清真寺的路线:在中央市场Central Market门口坐KK→里卡斯Likas的长途车,中途在City Mosque下车,车程10分钟,车资RM1.5。路上经过Jesselton码头站,如果从码头出发徒步前往水上清真寺,估计在半小时脚程左右。回程在清真寺门口坐1路公交车,在市区下车,车资RM1元。(1路大巴和5路MINI BUS经过清真寺,就在不夜天的路边车站坐车)City Mosque在KK的东边,地图以外,沿着市区的滨海路一直前行,往里卡斯海湾Likas Bay的路上。如不选择公交车建议叫出租,回来的时候需要和司机说好回程,否则叫不到回去的出租车。清真寺的马来说法:穆斯劲(往返出租车30-40MR) 从Center Point一直向西走,穿过WaWaSan Plaza,就是巴士总站.在百盛当地人叫wawason对面找6B路小公交,1马币的车票,车程约15分钟。当地巴士是不会报站的,和香港小巴一样要下车时提前按座位上方的按钮,由于和当地人沟通比较困难,我们便在车开的时候就时刻注意窗外,当看到不远处出现清真寺的时候便起身下车。回程的时候清真寺门口就有巴士会停,当时没看到挂着6b的牌子,于是和司机确认是前往 down town后,这才放心上车了 4、市区说有公交可以到达,但是班次比较少,行程蛮紧的话,打车来回,25-30rm左右吧。记得一定要跟司机说来回,否则清真寺附近本就荒凉,车站很难找,人也少…… 【东姑阿都拉曼国家公园Tunku Abdul Rahman Park】 由5个小岛组成,分别是加雅岛 (Pulau Gaya)、曼奴干岛 (Pulau Manukan)、马穆迪岛 (Pulau Mamutik)、苏洛岛〔Pulau Sulug 〕 和沙比岛〔Pulau Sapi〕组成的海洋公园。一般双岛游都选Sapi和Manukan,或者Mamutik也有些人气。这些小岛在市区北面的公共码头Jesselton point买票坐快艇15分钟左右即可到达,9号码头比较出名,船费是单岛23rm双岛33rm,还有税费7.2rm,税10rm。据说可以讨厌还价~ 岛上BBQ据说很一般,LZ准备随便吃点混混就可以了。 岛上活动价格参考(代理:洪叔)拖降落伞:RM70-1个人,最少2个人,15分钟 拖飞鱼:RM70-1个人,最少2个人,5分钟拖香蕉船:RM20-1个人,最少4个人,20分钟 海上摩多:RM135-1辆摩多,最多2个人,30分钟海底漫步:RM180-1个人 码头选择前往东姑公园共有3个码头,Jesselton是公众码头,也是最经济的,另外两个码头是香格里拉和丝绸太平洋酒店自己的码头码头在城市的东北面,叫jetty码头,在KK市的最北端。KK不大,从市区任何一个位置出发,步行十多分钟就能到达码头。如果方向感不强的话,记得先往西走到海边的滨海路上,再往北走到尽头,就是公众码头Jesselton Point。(从GAYA街一路直走就到了,以很悠闲的速度,大概需要20分钟),根据酒店距离的远近,打车过去7-10马币不等。从KK市区西北角的公众码头Jesselton Point出发,乘坐快艇到达每个岛都只要十几分钟。kk渡船每天早上7点至下午6点开船,人满开船(8人),基本上15分钟一趟,最好在早上11点之前到达。船票及各项费用交通费:单岛往返船票RM17/人,去Sapi岛和Manukan岛的往返船费为27RM/人+码头税(Tariff Fee)RM6/人,+上岛费(Conservation Fee)(当天各海岛通用)RM10人,一般都是下午4点左右返回,共计43RM/人(两岛)。Counter 9(推荐),在Count 9直接付租救生衣的费用,RM5/人/天,无须押金,回来后放在船上就可以了;再到第二个柜台买Government Tax, RM 6/人。上岛后还需支付上岛费RM 10/人,一天内各个岛屿有效。一般10点前去到码头,很快就可以够人出发,通常可以选择下午2、3、4点返回,最迟4点。注意:一定要和售票柜台、船夫分别确认回程的时间,一次是在买票时确认,售票人员会记录在票根上,另一次是在上岛时,由乘客与船夫口头确认。设备租借费用:面罩和吸管10马币/天,脚蹼5马币/天,救生衣5马币/天,码头可租借或找Jetty码头有一家华人开的旅游Agency,招待客人的是一个非常可爱的胖胖的华人小姑娘,在这里可以代买船票,也可以租到浮潜工具,押金50马币,回来就退。另外,用泳镜看鱼也可以,租用吸管不卫生,如用最好用酒精棉花消毒 【红树林长鼻猴+萤火虫】 委士顿weston(RM170/人),最好的长鼻猴及萤火虫观看地点,所以价格稍高点 克利雅斯Klias(RM150/人),特点是萤火虫比较多,弱点是看长鼻猴比较远及较少,坐船观看萤火虫行程卡娜玛garama(RM150/人),特点是长鼻猴比较近,弱点是萤火虫很少 【香格里拉日落】 是指香格里拉丹绒亚路,拥有世界十大最美日落之称。早点到日落吧找个位置,来杯饮料,吹着海风看日落,美好的人生啊~ 也可以在海滩玩玩,免费观赏日落~ 【海鲜大排档SEDCO SQUARE--包括了4家海鲜店,店为华兴(免服务费)、双天(免服务费)、珍珠、古村(不推荐)】 另外两个是双天和珍珠-报洪叔名字打9折双天:双天共有2间店 , 一间位于Sedco Complex(没冷气) Twinsky Seafood,9-12 Block AG/F Sedco Complex Kampung Air ,Api , 另一间位于Komplex Asia City内(有冷气), 因为像大排档的有很多海鲜酒家及其他小吃店包围的气氛很好, 还可以叫小店送他们店内的食物送过来海鲜店来 , 可以一次过吃完海鲜还可以吃好其他美食了, 双天的奶油老虎虾不及海王城的好味及价钱比海王城还要贵, 但其他的菜就比海王城便宜, 老字号,价格最贵,味道最好。奶油老虎虾,是他家招牌,1斤多1只,50 RM多,很不错。其他菜色均保持水准。建议不要点石斑,他家做得非常腥,比天天差远了。需再另加15%的税费,我们跟老板磨了一下,免掉了。珍珠(SriMutiara),Sri Mutiara Seafood Restaurant, Lot 9,10&11,Grd Fir, BIKA, Sedco Complex Kampung Air),其级数与海鲜品种虽不及不夜天,但以cheap取胜!在双天旁,价格只有其三分之二,味道也只有其三分之二。推荐他家大毛蚶,别家没看到,白灼,很鲜美。大生蚝每只6RM,品质不稳定,有的肥美,有的只有一点点。需再另加15%的税费,我们跟老板磨了一下,免掉了。去了珍珠海鲜酒家晚饭,我们一行十个人叫了虎虾刺身四隻,非常弹牙及鲜甜,另点了奶油虎虾八隻,D奶油味道做得非常好拿来捞饭简直一流,白灼跳螺很鲜超正,狮蚶炒贵勺很野味,竹筒麻辣牛肉及牛筋很难食,竹筒鸡味道可以但鸡肉好(鞋),清蒸野生笋壳鱼必食推介,鱼肉很滑又少鱼骨,野生七星班刺身,肉身很爽很鲜,但可惜冰溶得太快,鱼头及鱼骨拿去煲酸菜豆腐汤很好饮,豉椒炒鹿肉还可以,蒜蓉蒸元贝好厚肉唔会老,豉椒炒黄鱔无骨淡淡肉正呀,马拉盏炒薯仔菜食落好爽囗,桔仔冰亦有两款,一款係普通的,另一款係把桔仔搅碎但很酸,都係原味好饮些,十三味菜埋单共8XX马币抵食呀. 推荐:白胡椒炒蟹、蒜蓉象拔蚌、清蒸东星斑、奶油老虎虾、甘香炒大肉蟹、薑葱炒象拔蛘仔、烧魔鬼鱼、龙虾粥、白胡椒蟹、蛤蜊炖蛋;冰桔茶、芒果汁、菠萝汁都很浓很好吃!兜售的小吃推荐椰子布丁! 有个饭店,呼声非常高,叫天天 天天饭店(和City Park Lodge在同一条街JI.Pantai上,海傍酒店楼下):大力推荐,很多当地人都在此吃,5%的消费税。1) 清蒸野生石斑(RM 26/条):RM26是最小条的,结果发现也有1斤多,超新鲜,价廉物美。2) 蟹肉炒蛋(RM 8.5):味道一般,基本上是冬菇炒蛋3) XO酱炒芥兰仔(RM8.5):推荐,芥兰仔很嫩4) 树仔菜炒虾球(RM13.8):树仔菜偏老,没有海王城的好吃5) 紫菜海鲜汤(RM7.5):味道一般,而且本来已经配了例汤,例汤比较普通,但俺LG说比紫菜汤好喝。6) 海南白切鸡饭(RM4.75):鸡肉很嫩,但是相比广东的鸡,还是差远了。7) 芝麻炸鸡饭(RM5):虽然给了一只鸡腿,但还是不好吃8) 罗汉果(RM2):清热下火9) 海参蟹肉羹大家一定要试试,才RM8.00 一个小份,够两个人吃 推开岁月的窗,回望逝去的流年,一份淡泊,一份从容,尘世的悲喜忧欢,转头成空,浅笑随缘。 穿梭在迷茫的街景中,忽而还会有熟悉却又陌生的感觉,繁华之内,居住着许多寂寞和疲惫的心灵,一张张面孔散落在这片钢筋水泥的丛林中...... 车窗外快速掠过郁葱广袤的大地,这是我们永生追逐并且最终的归宿。 人生没有最完美的旅程,所以每个人的心中,都有一份想要去远方旅行的情怀,在岁月的流风中走过日月星辰,流水淙淙,走过浮光掠影,穿过人潮汹涌、灯火阑珊,邂逅一处梦境。 一路走来,经历了春的妩媚,夏的妖娆,更迷恋秋的丰盈与收敛。 心如明镜,宁静致远,人生如梦,顺其自然,是非恩怨,付与笑谈。 红尘之滚滚,天地之茫茫,我不过是来自偶然的一粒尘埃,不知将飘向何方。 一句懂得,一份欣赏,便是生命中的阳光,照亮了遥远的前方...... 温暖在左,明媚在右,清浅时光,且歌且行,一路风景,花香遍地,清风盈盈. 不言悲与欢,不说薄与寒,任时光渐行渐远,红尘恩怨,一笑而过,是非烦扰,坦然自若,乱云飞渡,从容不迫。 闲赏花开花落,静待月圆月缺。 人生的这场旅行,走走停停,总是在错过中得到,又在得到中失去。 谁也无法全部拥有,那些错过的花期,那些错落的美丽,总会留在记忆里。 走过漫漫红尘,渐渐懂得,我们每个人都不过是一个匆匆的过客,不必执意去挽留住什么,只要曾经拥有过,经历过,就已足够...... 只是想找一个面朝大海春暖花开的地方,安静的,感受生活,写写文章,展望一下2014,([]
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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