What is the concept of 2650 kilometers? The answer is one China. From the southernmost city to the northernmost city. From chicken belly to chicken neck.
The cultural and custom environment is completely opposite. This is a challenge. It was an unforgettable experience.
You have to abandon all your so-called truth ideas, discover your potential, and challenge your bottom line. You'll find yourself rediscovering yourself and discovering that many of the things you thought you couldn't accept are actually not so bad. The things that have been insisted on before are actually worthless.
Let everything return to zero and start from the heart.
The train takes 40 hours, passing 32 stations and crossing six provinces.
Play music loudly in the car
When I went home at night, I still felt that I didn’t have enough fun during the day. Well, the music can be played as loud as you want. The huge grassland, no one heard it anyway, it was just so presumptuous. If there is a stage speaker, I will definitely dare to play it in the car, so that all the cattle and sheep on the road will cheer up with us! ! !
Well, actually, that's the reality.
"Hey! Drive carefully, okay?"
"Hey, there's a car over there! Do you want to wear glasses to see clearly!!"
"Can you concentrate on driving? There are three lives here~~"
The grassland at night is very dark, there are no street lights outside the county town, the whole grassland and the sky are pitch black, it looks the same everywhere, and you can't see your fingers. It's like going to no man's land.
I can't tell the direction at all, and if I look at the past, I will collapse and get lost. However, Giya knows the way even with her eyes closed, and he can go back wherever she throws it.
Probably, looking at the North Star and the Morning Star to identify the direction home.
The Last Supper
Gia found out with conscience and prepared a big meal for us.
I am drooling just looking at it, although I have been eating mutton for a month. But we still couldn't help drooling. For carnivores like us, seeing meat is like seeing our own father!
What a big leg of lamb and lamb chops.
Do you believe? We two girls can eat it all! After all, I can't live up to such kindness!
sheep that can't get in
Do you know why sheep hardly react when they are killed?
The answer is, look, the IQ of this Lamb Killer is not online at all~Amitabha~~
Preparing to leave - the post office
Today is another blue sky and white clouds. Today we will go to the post office in the county to send postcards.
The result arrived, only to find out. There are no postcards sold here, and I searched for many places in Zhaohe, but I couldn't find a place that sold postcards. Probably not such a habit! So we gave up.
Preparing for departure - souvenirs and souvenirs
Then we're going to buy specialty products. This super-dried beef jerky almost broke my teeth when I tried it for the first time. Because it's very, very hard. Almost lost it.
It is said that it is very hard because it is super air-dried. Gia asked me to wait and chew a few more slowly. Chewing slowly, the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes. The more you chew, the more flavorful it becomes. Then I don't know why, but I don't think it's that hard anymore. Well, that's it.
However, the scary thing is that on the way back, we actually ate all the way... almost finished eating...
My sister took Aria with us, and let us choose gifts from a wide range of specialties. All kinds of ethnic minority bags, jewelry, weaving and so on.
After looking for a long time, I didn't see anything I like. These souvenirs are similar and nothing special. When I was about to give up, hey, I found a worthless coin—a Mongolian coin.
Although this money is no longer needed, it can be bought as a souvenir. The impression is a few dollars a piece, very cheap. My sister bought it for us, haha, it's awesome.
Preparing for departure - Puhui Temple
Next, we will go to a temple with a long history - Puhui Temple.
This temple has a very strong Tibetan style, lamas, and Buddha statues. The temple was originally the summer residence of Xili Tuzhao VI Living Buddha in Hohhot. It was built in the 34th year of Qianlong (1769). In the temple, there are double halls and caves, carved beams and painted buildings, which are quite spectacular. The Puhui Temple is surrounded by the Xilamuren River, and the bridge over the river can reach Albinbao Mountain to enjoy the grassland scenery.
The important place of Buddhism is not suitable for taking pictures, and there are few people, it is very quiet, and it is very cool at noon. After we went in, we were cautious and didn't dare to say a few words. After lighting a few oil lamps in the main hall, he went out.
You need to buy tickets to enter the temple, but it is not expensive. The temple is very small, and it will be over in a while. If you are also a Buddhist believer, you might as well go in and walk around, kneel down piously, and pray for everything to go well.
Many people believe in Buddhism, and learning Buddhism is all about pursuing formal things. When encountering a state, they still blame others and hate others. If you truly believe in Buddhism and cause and effect, there will be no unreasonable things. You must understand that everything is due to fate, and what you encounter is your own fate. Suffering is found by oneself, and blessings are cultivated by oneself.
——From the Internet Anonymous Mantra
Well, the things that should be done are done.
last motorcycle ride
The sky is very good, and the clouds hang in the blue sky, like cotton candy blossoms, which are easy to pick.
There was plenty of time, and we played with Aria for a little while. This little girl is so cute~
Aria and Min
I accidentally fell into a daze again, squatting on the steps and watching the ducks drinking water.
"Uh..." Swallowed, "Duck neck, duck tongue, duck feet, um. Delicious, uh, I really want to eat..."
Originally, I was going back to Guangzhou, but I decided to go to Beijing for a few days.
In order to catch the noon train. We decided to stay in Hohhot for one night in advance, because it takes about three hours to drive from the grassland to the train station. We chose to live in a hotel opposite the train station, and it only takes ten minutes to walk to the train station.
Today's weather has given me enough face, and it is still beautiful.
Before leaving, Giya's family was building a new yurt, and we witnessed how the foundation of the yurt was formed.
On the occasion of parting, I reached out and grabbed a handful of clouds and put them in my pocket, took them with me, and continued my journey.
From the grass to the stones to the platform... so, now it can accommodate a lot of guests~ I have checked the eyes, so don't worry if there are many people! Can live. There are few people, so don't worry! Lots of places to live!
Look back again, goodbye is goodbye! See you later!
Gia drove us to Hohhot for three hours. Then we put our things back at the hotel.
Return to Hohhot
Let's start dinner!
We are back in the city again.
live, go on. Embark on the return journey and start again.
On the train
We chose to sit on the train to Beijing. The whole process lasted nine and a half hours, sitting face to face. I look at you, you look at me. There is a close friend chatting together, and the time flies.
In Mongolia, old yogurt is also a specialty. The real pure old yogurt Gia also took us to buy, homemade by herdsmen. The taste is very sour, so sour that you want to cry. Most people probably don't like this taste. I think I'll stick with convenience store yogurt!
one month's travel bill
In this trip, we stayed in Inner Mongolia for a month. Let's take a look at our bill~
So far, the five travel notes of Xilamuren in Inner Mongolia have come to an end. Thank you, all the best. Thanks, all of you.
back pass
Today I received a courier that I have been waiting for for almost a year. Gia came to bribe us to go to the grassland this summer.
This is - air-dried lamb
The market price is about 250~350 yuan/catties. Every winter, Giya's family will dry the mutton. When the weather is good, the sheep will be killed and dried for a period of time, and it will become air-dried raw mutton. This is pure mutton. If you want to eat fresh mutton on the grassland, you have to eat it locally. If you can’t go there, you can only eat dried ones.
The original taste is very strong, and the average person may feel bad after taking a bite, but Gia said that they all like to eat it raw like this...
Because there is no seasoning at all, there is only a strong sheep flavor. But as a special product, I think it is very representative.
The special products on the grassland are the most worth buying, and the first choice must be mutton. But this is not available at any time, because the production time is in winter, and the shelf life is not long, so you need to be cautious when buying, and carefully identify.
Secondly, this milk powder, I don't know why, I can't explain the reason, but I just like to eat it.
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