Saturday, April 18, 2009

中国之旅-西北篇(1/4/2009)

凌晨2点起身后,我们搭的士到了机场。路上司机跟我们说,到国外旅游最重要是遇到好人和好的司机,这样才会玩得开心又不会被骗。这仿佛在预言着我们之后的种种经历。。。

2am in the morning, we took a taxi to LCCT in a sleeping mode. The taxi driver told us that it will be a great experience if we can meet some good people and honest driver while travelling oversea. We can get to nice places without being cheated. This is like a prophecy on what we are going to experience in coming days...

上飞机前吃早餐 Breakfast before the flight

上飞机前合影 Photo taken before enter the plane

上了飞机后,原本以为可以睡上几个小时,没想到飞机上的报告超级多,吵得我们想真正入睡都不行。就这样,我们迷迷糊糊地到达了广州。

While we are in the plane, we thought that we can have a few hours of good sleep before starting our day in Guang Zhou, but it is not! There are simply too many announcements that come intermittently, making us wake up almost every 15 minutes. Hence, we arrived in Guang Zhou with super tired body.

一下机,领了行李,我们就匆匆忙忙坐了巴士去广州火车站。来到了这个出了名扒手多的车站,我们都格外地小心。这回我可知道什么叫“人山人海”了,我们的车站跟这里比是小巫见大巫。

After alighted from the plane, we take over luggages and rush to the Guang Zhou Train Station in a split second. We are very careful on our belongings when we reach Guang Zhou Train Station, because it is famous of pick pockets! There are simply too many people in here, which i can't even imagine without seeing it by myself.

眼看着去西宁的硬卧座完了,先去兰州再转车又太耗时了,我冒着被鸟的险买下了2张软卧和1张临时有的硬卧。后面排队的两位中国女生还以为我是那里来的富少爷,没想到我手一面付钱心一面淌血~~

The hard-sleeper tickets to go Xi Ning is sold out. If we go Lan Zhou first and get another train to Xi Ning, it will waste a lot of time. So i made a hard decision to buy 2 soft-sleeper (it is damn expensive!!) and 1 hard-sleeper (got it last minute). The two Chinese girls behind me think that i am a very rich guy, but actually my heart is bleeding when i pay the money ~~~

在功夫餐馆吃了一顿又贵又不好吃的早餐后,我们就上火车去了!我睡的是硬卧上铺,一爬上去就懒惰下来了,索性睡个够。傍晚到卧铺厢找嫣和鹏,才发现原来他们睡的地方是个天堂!我们认识了车厢内的另外两个中国人,一个是兰州人,一个是广州人,都很亲切。这一餐我们吃自己带的快熟面。

After having our breakfast (expensive but not delicious) in Kung Fu restaurant nearby, we started our new journey in train. As I am taking the top hard sleeper, I spent so much time to put all my luggage up and arranged a nice post to sleep. It is so cramped! After a good sleep, I meet Sam and David at their soft-sleeper carriage, it is heaven compare to mine! We met the other 2 Chinese in the carriage, one is from Lan Zhou while another from Guang Zhou, both are nice person. We had our instant noodle for dinner today.

火车上第一晚合影 Photo taken during the first night in train


晚上我们尝试在火车停站时下车活动筋骨,却发现天气越往北走就越冷。我本想带着尼采的书在火车上阅读,却不知道何时遗漏在哪一个车厢了。晚上十点,车厢准时熄灯。

The train stopped several times during the night for us to walk out and exercise while waiting for other passengers to come. The weather is getting colder and colder when the train head North. I bring along my book written by Neitzsche, trying to read it. But i couldn't recall where and when i left it. The light is off at 10pm, we are forced to sleep.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

尼采的书啊