发信人: dynadino(大头)
整理人: imstella(2001-01-14 19:15:52), 站内信件
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4th day
We woke up a little early than normal because we had to find a tourism agency to arrange the day’s tour. We found and joined a nearby agency as individuals and practically the price was the LOWEST in the town, unbelievable. 6 travelers, one driver and one tour guide comprised the team. It was not the normal kind tourism team; the fact was 6 individuals rent a van with driver and tour guide from the agency.
The first resort is Yunshan grassland with an elevation about 3300 meters. The van stopped at the halfway of the mountain and the tour guide asked us choose the way we want to climb the mountain—the horseback or the cable cargo. We chose the former though it was sprinkling. The local minorities Yi people own the horses and the price is the same with the cable cargo. The horses are not beautiful but hard work, especially in the raining day they have to carry people up and down the mountain on the muddy mountain road. The roads are which mentioned by Lu Xun, the roads are walked out—wriggle, narrow and undulate. What impressed us is that the owners of the horses accompanied us on foot, in a raining day, on this kind of road.
The primeval forest covers the whole mountain. The trunks are blue and covered with liver mosses. Because it was raining, we can not see the Snow Mountain from the Yunshan grassland through the fog. So, I used most of the time to enjoy the natural creature—the trees, the grass, the flowers are all beautiful in my eyes; I wondered why I can not discover them before, the modern society make people have no sense of the natural beauty. Sometimes, travelers hurried taking pictures to make a proof that they have been there, but if having been somewhere becomes the purpose of a trip, where is the enjoyment? At that moment, I started to know I had missed too much in my life besides the work.
After we had lunch in a Dongba (the culture of the local people) restaurant, we reached the White Water River. It is a very normal river and the water was very shallow even. There was sporadic rain and we can see the Snow Mountain’s top sometimes.
After we all back to the van, one traveler proposed to visit the top of the Snow Mountain. Of course we all agreed but the driver. After a long bargaining about the extra traffic fee and we all promised we would take the responsibility of missing one or two resorts, we were on the way.
The van stopped at the halfway of another mountain. The cable cargo was still under construction, so we could buy the tickets in discount. But, we had to take the risk that the cargo would be stopped anytime if the workers want to load some materials. Anyway, all of us, including me, the only people from North China, were very exciting.
The cargo climbed the cable very slowly, the vapor inside the small room and the rain outside made the view in the other side of the plastic window obscure, and the only noise was the cargo sliding through the cable. Through the windows, we could see what on the mountain changed from tens of meters high pine to shorter ones to nothing but the stone, at last, the snow. It took us almost 10 minutes to reach the top end, what a great construction.
We went down the cargo at the upper end of the cable, nobody was there welcoming us. All the workers were working in the heavy snow, there was even no obvious way directing us out the cargo lobby. I took a deep breath; the air was dry and cold, just like that in my hometown in the winter. The snow was like a thick cushion covering the ground, and the white dominated all. Crystal saw snow the first time, she was so exciting that the first thing she wanted to do was trying one bite. I knew snow well but still the first time on the top of a snow mountain, I could feel the power of the nature and the insignificant of the human being, I was touched. I knew the trip would be in my memory life long.
Then, we were on our way back. We visited the famous tens of thousands camellia but missed the Baisha fresco (too late). The partners invited us to join them to visit the Lugu Lake; we politely refused because of the time limit. Then, the one-day team dismissed.
We didn’t want to waste the nighttime then we went to the Lijiang Ancient City on foot. The city is one of the few points of China selected by UN as the human beings’ cultural legacy. It is just the East China’s style—river in front of the buildings’ front door. With the water, there is always energy in the city. The Ancient City was protected well, all the new buildings are out of the boundary and the public service bureaus use the original local house as their office. The city offers more entertainment than Dali—not only bilingual cafe and email, but also ancient music show and video. After we checked the hotels’ price and service, we had another dinner at a cafe.
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