"Qinghai dreams"
A certain day, a picture appears on the desktop, clear water and blue sky, like the sea, yellow flower of rape, sky blue, bright yellow – pure, bright colors, so dreamy, so beautiful pictures, and desirable, but do not know what this dream scene in which?
A certain day, visiting the tourism forum, found the dream screen is actually true, it in Qinghai province, Northwest China, Wild Wild West there was such a soft jade, edge over the South of the place. I think one day I want to go to this place.
In July, Qinghai Lake is the most beautiful season. The weather was cool, rape flowers began to bloom on the plateau. This season is the best time to of visiting Qinghai watch. In July last year, all the lessons about Qinghai, due to tickets not booked in advance, peak season, Rob can't get tickets, air tickets are too expensive, so I dropped the idea, the following year.
Before you know it, coming in July this year, cannot be missed, be prepared for the transportation and accommodation in advance, but the partners went on. This time, I really have to go to the place where my dreams.
July is not far away, so not far from Qinghai Lake.
DAY
1
"On the train in the Qinghai. meet"
Summer, train to Xining, Guangzhou that was difficult to get a ticket, tickets, berth was snatched. Summer left too many people in Qinghai and Tibet routes, but only one train per day. Had to transfer, from the station, take bus Huizhou train to Lanzhou, relay in Lanzhou to Xining.
So long train ride for the first time, nearly two days and nights, or local train, long, how to pass the time? Bring a book, look at the scenery and, with luck, will meet interesting travelers on the train.
Luckily, our two shop on the lower, six of whom are women. Find my shop, just in time to see a body delicate skill flexible opposite Boyle leapt to my bed, skill, can not help but admire complete prostration. I was a young man, are afraid to climb two-bed, can't help but blush. This order to the shop, is to lose. I climbed into my shop, no imaginary danger. Shop well, spread is too high, small space, unable to sit, no Windows, lying see the scenery outside the window, lying on the bunk to sit comfortable, just a lot of people will go there to sit into a public position, please just right, moderation, not high, not low, sat bowed over, you can through the window and see the scenery.
This shop six, two, we went three up three positions, there are three positions are aunt-level figures, they are people in Gansu, but three did not know and talk to know that this is the villagers.
My bed is my partner xiaorong, after primary school English teacher, had the same school together. Large parts of the country, last winter, snow town of Harbin, scenery, miles away snow, around the ice. Coincidentally, she is planning for summer vacation and another friend to Qinghai, heard that I'm going to Qinghai, immediately laid down and train tickets, and I went on.
My lower berth is a middle-aged mother more than 50 years old, Lanzhou, and teach in Dongguan, now retired, was returning home to visit relatives.
Across from me please, is my classmate with beads, pulled a large suitcase, hat, scarf, thick coats, food is prepared, out of town for the first time, some small little excitement and curiosity, no how do attractions homework completely and we mixed.
Spread of fine beads, Granny is skill in vigorous, nearly 60 years old, has a house in Qinghai, in Huizhou University as university teacher, enjoy traveling and photography, carry an SLR through many places, went to nyingchi in Tibet last year shooting a peach blossom. She shared with us many travel stories and photography knowledge and gave us a lot of travel recommendations.
Lower bunk with beads, is a more than 50-year old aunt, Lanzhou, now living in Huizhou, was returning home to visit relatives, cheerful, talkative, ensemble has been a unit of organization, and is now retired.
These three Boyle, said in the age, my mother can do. But they all have one thing in common, that is, their ideology is different from those around us mothers. Their progressive thinking, and we share the same idea a lot for young people. More importantly, they support the girls take a trip to see the outside world. They say, broad vision, the devil, the mind naturally broad, also arrived. And my mother, she believed that people stay safe at home, not going anywhere, beautiful scenery outside is temporary, fleeting. If my mother, their awareness as well!
From three see Boyle, knowledge and insight are important, they are intellectuals, North and South, thinking clearly is different from women in General.
Along the way on the train, read a magazine and look at the scenery, listen to Ma three tell their stories, time would have passed. When I got off the train, a bit reluctantly.
Granny met the three in the train, talking to such speculation, are destined. When I got off the train, I and three said, met for the first time, it was done by accident, if I saw that is the fate of the second, I hope we'll meet again. One of them said, well, next time when we meet again, our destiny, then we exchanged telephone, daily.
DAY
2
"The Xining city, Qinghai's first"
Trains arrive on the morning of the third day Lanzhou, Lanzhou to Xining train on a two-hour sitting, hard seat train particularly cluttered and crowded in, in this section of the road train, encountered by seat from Sichuan to Tibet building several uncle, and pilgrimage to Tibet University students, exchanged a few words.
Three hours later, the train arrived in Xining, the railway station, the weather is particularly cool, as if through the summer into the autumn, looking around the crowd, the skin appears dark. Xining, Qinghai's capital city, belongs to the plateau area of Qinghai plateau ultraviolet rays are particularly strong.
Xining, dry climate, greening of the entire city look strong, trees and flowers of spirit. Nature cannot and Guangdong, economic, construction, landscaping, a lot weaker.
Find Youth Hostel online booking, in the alley in downtown Xining, be naozhongqujing. Youth Hostel the advantage of Alice, atmosphere, and carpool chauffeur drive is much easier and can interact with like-minded friends. Our youth hostel is called "lying snow camel" is a beautiful name, facilities, hot water. Hostels in Xining's best "XI Liang yi", "the Tower sunshine", "sang Zhu", however, several youth hostel began to be booked two months ago.
Put down the luggage, flushed the cool, the three of us went to the Xining Street shopping. These places in the Northwest, East and West points very clearly, directions are North, East Street and West Street, South Street and North Street, unlike our position here with the around Guangdong. In Xining, ask, they'll tell you, go East, toward the West walk, walk, walk south to the North, and hey, we're lost, confused North. Looking for a place to eat, we are looking for a long time, Xining Mo's Street, is a street food, are Xining features Muslim tastes. Go, my people are looking for "real skills", but there is no. All pasta, snacks, eating a meal is very difficult. Managed to see a franchise, in a fast food will eat next.
Speaking of shopping for clothes is naturally cannot compare with Guangzhou shangxiajiu road, Beijing, so there is no mean to shop, take a walk. Qinghai province and Guangdong have two hours time difference, Xining to here until eight or nine o'clock in the evening after dark.
Finally, to the supermarket to buy some food to prepare for the next days trip. Qiao was met on the train at the supermarket that university teachers, particularly delighted. We said, first met by chance, met that fate for the second time, on the train we had left her cell phone number and QQ, and later, on looking for Chartered teacher, she also has provided us with contact information.
DAY
3
"Qinghai Lake the first day"
At night, we contact the Chartered teacher, came to Qinghai shortly before is from a friends contact information.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Chartered master Amin to hostels to pick us up. Due to the Qinghai tourism season, chartered the price can be a bit expensive than usual, we do not have to care about what kind of car.
Weather seems wrong, overcast, rain coming, heard the usual Qinghai is sunny most of the time, sky blue, appears to have been in Guangdong province by the typhoon, Amin said, as long as the rest of a typhoon, Qinghai's weather is also not good to go. We can only pray for good luck, give us a piece of blue sky.
We have no interest in Temple, so omit to Kumbum monastery the road directly to the Lake. The way to Qinghai Lake, after Golden Bay, is a desert. Most exciting is that we take the buggy through the desert, off-road walking the undulating desert, as if on a roller coaster, there is a certain risk, drive master technical skills, the car to the top of the desert, where a bird's eye view to the Qinghai Lake, the first time I saw the desert, so excited, to take pictures, and strike a pose.
Comes to an end after the desert, continued on his way. After a while, appearing before a large yellow flower of rape, particularly spectacular beautiful, Amin said that these days along the way would rape you see sick, I was thinking, don't want to vomit, I love rape, seen it lots of times. Cars in the rape stopped, let us take pictures, but unfortunately the weather is not always blue sky does not appear. Then on our way, it would seem to be a little better, there is a cloud in the sky open, there has been a bit of blue sky, I seemed to see hope, I would like to take a bit of scenery and landscape photography depends on the weather. I asked Amin to master: "had a field of rape growing ever closer to the Lake, is a blue sky, blue water, that rape? "Amin said:" Yes, be right there! "After a while, appeared around Qinghai Lake, a large golden rape flowers grow in the Lake. However, the sky is blue, not blue, Blue Lake is not imagined, Qinghai Lake Lake only in a sunny day is the kind of deep blue. Little blue is better than no blue. Rape was planted by local residents ' private, if you want to enter the rape picture, is to receive the money, generally 5 to 10 Yuan. We enter the rape field photos, as if being in a sea of flowers.
After that, we drove to Chaka. Chaka, rich in salt. When the weather is fine, Salt Lake like a mirror, on the Lake of the sky and clouds reflected in the bright, so Chaka is called "sky mirror", standing on top of Salt Lake, feel like being in the sky, this was before I learned on the Internet visit, in addition to infinite yearning of the Qinghai Lake, in which Chaka is an important part of the trip. Walking on the car on the open road, road side is grassland, hillsides, wildflowers, sheep, Qinghai is really beautiful. It was getting late, looking at Chaka does not seem to be the blue sky in that direction. Amin said, or we'll go tomorrow morning, tomorrow is a sunny day.
So, we spent the night in tents near the Black River. Black River was the best place to see the sunrise in the morning, stay here and watch the Sunrise the next day. Dark horse has a lot of tents by the River, a local resident, usually forty or fifty Yuan a bed, high season prices doubled. Prices are expensive, due to the tents for the first time, spend money on an experience as you.
This place belongs to Tibet, many Tibetans, so tents are Tibetan, inside the tent is no toilet last toilets would go far in public toilets. Tent has four shops, three of us live in a tent. Tent at the Lake, nature is very wet, rainy, cold, soon made up the bed, opened the electric blanket.
At night, bonfires near the Lake, very lively, and local people dressed in ethnic clothes, dance and sing around a campfire. Because of the rain, the cold weather, I would not go out.
At five o'clock in the morning, heard raindrops reply ticking on the tent and woke up, thirsty, had a bad head ache, precursor of a cold, I like altitude, this is high altitude, during day time, I photographed skipping, jumping so high. Eat two packs of Huoxiang zhengqi pills, pillow, seemed to ease a bit, has been awake, half asleep half awake.
Rain stops seems to be the whole night ... ...
DAY
4
"Qinghai's on the way"
Morning headaches as the dawn was much better, even boiling water has smell of hide in the Tibetan areas, I was sensitive to Tibetan style, water will smell, I smell the smell, like the stomach.
At nine in the morning, all three of them got up, was too tired yesterday and had to stay in bed, there is a want to continue with the rest, frightened of the idea. But the thought of coming to a trip, time is limited, is still up and Pack.
Three-day course is:-Chaka-qilian-menyuan County of Qinghai Lake. Today's trip was Chaka to qilian. God does not seem to be too take care of us, the rain from last night till now there is no stopping.
Chartered teacher asked Amin to information: want to go to caka? Our answer: rain or shine. So, Amin to tents to pick us up. Way out from the tent area, traffic jams, Amin, with good technology and this and they are not the same car, in the ditch out, we cannot help but praise Al-Amin was driving this is very powerful!
Chaka belongs to the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, the road section, if you continue to drive, is to go to Tibet. Come to Chaka, the weather is so cold, all of a sudden into winter, Sting stung the ears in the wind. Overcast, not state online to see the sky, like a ski. Sorry, don't see sunny Salt Lake. May, unfortunately, be for the next reunion. Next time, I want to see most beautiful you in the most beautiful weather.
It's too cold, stood for a moment, we'll leave. Then next stop-------qilian mountains, along the qilian mountains are grassland, hillsides, wildflowers, sheep, the scenery is particularly charming, but unfortunately, spitting, if coupled with blue sky and white clouds, I do not know how beautiful this is.
Cars, one from a low elevation to a higher elevation, and from higher elevation to lower elevation, qilian road is quite long, this day, we seem to be on the road, saw two or three bikes on the road cyclists riding in the rain, can not help but admire, too have the stamina and energy, each riding a bicycle around the Qinghai people worthy of respect!
See the hillsides here, Miss rolling down the Hill; see flocks of sheep, as if to a photo with them; see strewn flowers, I want to give them a close-up. Unfortunately, it was raining. Only in the car, listening to music constantly transforms. Amin said that since they couldn't use a camera to record, then use eye records.
Then, I use the camera capture the scenery through the Windows, the effect is poor, but better than nothing.
More than six o'clock in the afternoon we went to qilian, qilian mountains known as the day, and it is conceivable that how beautiful it is. The landscape is amazing, I can't find words to describe. After the rain, the vagaries of cloud in qilian mountains, borders the qilian mountains.
We drove the drow on the mountain, along a mass rape fields and barley, green yellow, as if God's palette. Looking down at the high low, rolling mountains, danxia landform, curved roads, mountain villages and snow-capped mountains in the distance, near rape, spectacular beauty, like a painting.
It was late, we go down looking for accommodation, see the night view of the qilian mountains are also pretty good, lighting is beautiful. Amin took us to a small farm house, the owner is Muslim, we're going to live in this kind of House, with its flowers, feel good, especially like the flowers, aunt take care of very well.
DAY
5
"Rape in the Qinghai Hai"
On this day, the morning, woke up from Hui Auntie house full of flowers, but came before the flower shows, intoxicated.
Farewell to hui's aunt, we drove the drow on the mountain. Drow mountain during the day than in the evening of the drow mountain, we bought tickets, up to the station. On this day the weather is very good, began to appear blue sky and white clouds, swept the first two days of haze.
Drow in qilian County, belongs to danxia landform, standing on the top, vision is extremely open, looking around, beauty, like paradise, it is refreshing. And July is the best time to travel to qilian, drow down large areas of rape flowers bloom at this time.
Out from the qilian mountains, driving part of the way, came to menyuan County.
Menyuan, is North of rape production base, held ten times in a row the rape culture and tourism Festival, ranking first in the most beautiful sea of rape. Menyuan rape momentum around spectacular, overwhelming and Golden, like golden flowers. Blue sky and white clouds, the sea of grasslands, the glare of the snow-covered mountains such as each other, like a painting, beautiful to the extreme.
Chartered teacher Amin link on the first day, we said: you watch rape seen vomiting on the road. This despite the fact that a little disgusted, but also from abroad know that rape really a lot along the way. Turns out, rape to me, no fatigue, only endless appreciation and intoxicated.
In July, Qinghai is the rape of the world, heaven on the eyes, big full rape feast of the sea.
Visited Li rape, menyuan sea, we drove back to downtown Xining, Qinghai province, ending a three-day link.
DAY
6
"Qinghai and Qinghai Lake"
Link after the end of the first day, no itinerary. Freedom of choice is, you can stay in the downtown or to the kanbula National Park, or to the "World Guide clear of the Yellow River" in Guide, or turn to Kumbum monastery.
Ring two days ago, the weather has been bad, the sky gray and sometimes drizzly, added to the tour of Qinghai Lake and Chaka regrets. The principal purpose of my coming here, just wanted to see a blue sky of Qinghai Lake, look at the pictures of my dreams. Don't see a blue sky of Qinghai Lake, and always regret, come all this way to visit, feel aggrieved. So, on this day, I decided to take the bus to the Qinghai Lake, one eye is good.
This was strangely of a good weather day, sunny, sky blue clouds of white, it seems that two days before to make up for my regret. My two companions did not come with me to the Qinghai Lake, stay in the center of shopping, so I went to.
Shuttle up at eight o'clock in the morning at the bus stop to the Qinghai Lake, 2.5 hours. Maybe a good thing needs more grinding, want to see the dream of Qinghai Lake is the largest. Got a bad traffic jam on the way, the bus line to the middle of the tire is bad, and in the end took five or six hours came to Qinghai Lake. But when the moment I saw the Qinghai Lake, I think travel all the hard work paid off, really my dream scene, blue sky, rippling waters, blonde rape, unaware of his paintings. The happiest thing in life, is to meet with dream!
It was one o'clock in the afternoon due to the Qinghai Lake, and shuttle back to Xining city later in the day at five o'clock in the afternoon, so the tour of Qinghai Lake is not how long. I rented a bike and ride part of the way around the Lake, the Sun is bright, but the breeze was cool, daytime temperatures only around 15 degrees of the Qinghai Lake, looking at the blue sky, blue, Lake, sea of rape, very comfortable!
Cyclists on the road around the Lake with my head high five, catch up to the rider to me shouting "come on!" From Qinghai Lake of flowers out of a handsome guy, asked me: "you are the one to ride around the Lake in Qinghai? "I said," no, I still have two partners, they didn't come, so I come alone, rented a bike. What about you? Opportunites, please? "He said:" no, our Charter bus tours, Qinghai Lake from menyuan to, ended today. Hear your accent, Guangdong people you're supposed to be, right? "I said," Yes. " Where are you from? "He said:" I am your next door, Fujian. "Exchanged a few words, each in different directions.
Sometimes you hold on a moment, your obsession for a while, we reach the shore of dreams. If, on the day I stay in the City Centre shopping, or go somewhere else tour, then, I see my dreams of Qinghai Lake.
The way from Xining city, Qinghai Lake, take a shuttle back to, encountered in the car of a 80 year old Grandpa, who lives in Shandong, walking alone, and passed many places over the years, summer last summer in Yunnan this summer to summer in Qinghai province. The old man looks very tough, spirit cheer. He took out smartphones showed me his photos, pictures very well, composition is exquisite. From the pictures it looks, he is gone a lot of places, but alone. A few days ago, he set out from Xining, he took a bus to Dunhuang Mogao grottoes, Mingsha, Crescent springs.
Elderly people and we like to visit is not the same. We like to see scenery, and they like to see temples, ancient architectural structures, look at the history of things. Old man says, "Qinghai Lake is not a good look, a Lake, and are there any good. "
He asked me: "you go which route? "I said," go down to Qinghai, not to other provinces. "He said:" you came all the way from Guangzhou will be great. "I know it's arrived, but other provinces are hot in the summer, so there is no way. Tibet was not hot in the summer, can all the way to the West, but there are no ready.
A person on the road, may gain more.
DAY
7
"Qinghai's home"
The day after the end of the link, we take the train back to Guangzhou, Xining.
To not feel far long back when, feeling that long on the way home, perhaps because impatient.
When back when there is no luck, met Ma three people on the train. When the fast train to Guangzhou, paused for a long time, making train seriously late, delayed by two hours to Guangzhou.
Because the train arrived in the evening, the car ride back home was not, therefore, this evening, we have a friend spend the night.
Because the train was late, Guangzhou powder's friend Wei Liu and friends waiting. Travel fatigue, it was waiting for, feeling very warm. Powder He Wei-Liu gave us a hearty supper, I think Guangzhou is really a lot of food, it was delicious, thank you for their hospitality!
These days, on the road, really is eating irregularly. Sometimes, eating only one meal a day, snacks for junior, and sometimes can not eat all day, eat bread, snacks. While in Xining, all pasta, halal, OK to see a Shanghai cuisine, there ate two meals, and link those three days, haven't eaten a meal of rice, I feel like I can become immortal. Are due to local differences, personal eating habits. I can walk for miles and miles, the only obstacle is the diet, not used to food in some places, it makes me so envious of those ups and downs salty smell, eat fried fried fried people.
Powder for a few friends in a night, and go home the next day.
Trip, general weakness, acne outbreaks, sequelae of this is travel weary.
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It is said that two fellow sisters, the outbreak of acne, one of them said, now, the three of us can travel agents, group together to see the face.
After a few days of rest, power walking, only effort to organize photos and write travelogue came back really badly this time, travel history and one of the most serious since.
Yesterday went to meet a friend in the town, she saw me and said how so obviously I lost a ring, said on the call, lost six pounds full, it is estimated that just came back, it should be almost ten pounds. Tourism can really lose weight every time I travel back, lose a little weight, the thin tops.
Some people are fat or thin, some are thin not fat, I'm one of those days well be fat, lean, hungry for a few days will come back people, don't know if it's a stroke of luck.
Travel, sometimes it'd be heaven on the eyes and body in hell. But, I was happy.
In my opinion, went out to the outside world and see, really learned a lot. Beauty of the day, the spiritual world of knowledge will make you richer. This is just my personal feeling, benevolent see benevolence
Sun Yat-sen University teachers said: never believe that travel can make people change, elevate the soul, what kind of person you are, you can see what kind of world, traveling in itself is meaningless, meaningful is your own idea of itself only.
Put it more, what kind of person you are, you will see what kind of world. If you do not see the beauty of the eyes, around the world, tired of only their feet, but no joy.
Can either travel or reading, body and soul, there must be a way.
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