:: Xinjiang Day 9 - 巴音布鲁克--大龙池

2007 Jul 30:
It was more of a sporty day today, also an unlucky day.
We headed to the 巴音布鲁克大草原 and had a 40 minutes of horse back riding.  The Goose Lake 天鹅湖 was there but I actually did not see any of them.  It was really fun until I realized I lost my camera 15mm viewfinder.  Nonetheless, the horse back riding was really fun. 
After that, we went through the worse of road condition of the trip which was the 314 National Highway 国道.  It was all the way along the mountain but it was almost completely trashed by landslides because of the rain I was told.  At one big bump, we had to get off our car and walked through the bump after the car went through it.  It was dangerous all the way but luckily nothing big happened.  The highest spot we went to was at 2,900m and it was 4C. 
Then we went downhill and reached the 大龙池.  We finally stayed at a 假蒙古包 at 大龙池. 

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good morning 巴音布鲁克. this is the day view.
so we came to this place for horse back riding. I was not actually ready but what the hell, let's ride.
she is young, I forgot how old she was. but definitely she is a good horse rider.
3eyes, Kawawa and other shanghainese were ahead of me. I need to speed up.
day9
good morning 巴音布鲁克. this is the day view.
so we came to this place for horse back riding. I was not actually ready but what the hell, let's ride.
she is young, I forgot how old she was. but definitely she is a good horse rider.
3eyes, Kawawa and other shanghainese were ahead of me. I need to speed up.
and Zola was shooting pictures too.
they were there trying to watch some goose but Kawawa and I did not go there because of the swamps and muds. they might damage our cameras. then again, they did not see a lot of gooses anyway.
Kawawa took a nice picture of me riding a horse. I had to return him a favor. too bad mine is not as good as the one he took.
of course, being my model, I also took one for 3eyes. I believe I lost my 15mm viewfinder when I took this picture already. just that I did not notice until later.
Zola too. too bad I did not take one for Carrie.
and Zola was shooting pictures too.
they were there trying to watch some goose but Kawawa and I did not go there because of the swamps and muds. they might damage our cameras. then again, they did not see a lot of gooses anyway.*
Kawawa took a nice picture of me riding a horse. I had to return him a favor. too bad mine is not as good as the one he took.
of course, being my model, I also took one for 3eyes. I believe I lost my 15mm viewfinder when I took this picture already. just that I did not notice until later.
Zola too. too bad I did not take one for Carrie.
that young shepherd was taking care of his sheeps.
and these sheeps are 巴音布鲁克 sheeps with a "black fur" heads.
looking from a high ground, above the roof of our 4WD.
巴音布鲁克 day view again.

that young shepherd was taking care of his sheeps.
and these sheeps are 巴音布鲁克 sheeps with a "black fur" heads.*
looking from a high ground, above the roof of our 4WD.
巴音布鲁克 day view again.
lunch time, as you can see from the far side, it's already 3pm. let's have some delicious beef noodles 牛肉面.
what was Kawawa doing? learning from Michael Jackson?
she was very stubborn, just would not let me shoot even one picture of hers.
let's go, time to get on the way.
beautiful scenes along the way again.
lunch time, as you can see from the far side, it's already 3pm. let's have some delicious beef noodles 牛肉面.
what was Kawawa doing? learning from Michael Jackson?*
she was very stubborn, just would not let me shoot even one picture of hers.
let's go, time to get on the way.
beautiful scenes along the way again.
so many sheeps.
we were taking a break. I like this picture very much.
so we were about to get on the most difficult road during the whole trip. it will be all rugged and broken.
check this out. can you believe this used to be a National Highway? and we had to get off the car before they drove through.
and our cars had to ride over all these rubbles.
so many sheeps.
we were taking a break. I like this picture very much.*
so we were about to get on the most difficult road during the whole trip. it will be all rugged and broken.
check this out. can you believe this used to be a National Highway? and we had to get off the car before they drove through.
and our cars had to ride over all these rubbles.
just an overview of the mountains.
after a couple of hours or so driving through rubbles and broken roads, we came to have a break at the top of the mountain. it was cold.
but there were lots of local here resting and perhaps waiting for other cars to drive by.
after another hour or so driving, we arrived the 大龙池 motel or something. we stayed in some 假蒙古包 instead of houses like these.
well, we did not want to stay in that motel so we came out to have a walk. and we bumped into this little gal so we shot some pictures of her.
just an overview of the mountains.
after a couple of hours or so driving through rubbles and broken roads, we came to have a break at the top of the mountain. it was cold.
but there were lots of local here resting and perhaps waiting for other cars to drive by.
after another hour or so driving, we arrived the 大龙池 motel or something. we stayed in some 假蒙古包 instead of houses like these.
well, we did not want to stay in that motel so we came out to have a walk. and we bumped into this little gal so we shot some pictures of her.
and Zola was showing her the picture she took.
台湾婆婆饼? I wonder where is the 台湾婆婆.
happy kid and happy mother.
look at the mother, she was so happy.
this kid looked so suprised.
and Zola was showing her the picture she took.
台湾婆婆饼? I wonder where is the 台湾婆婆.
happy kid and happy mother.
look at the mother, she was so happy.*
this kid looked so suprised.
happy local men.
i love this picture. the daddy looked so happy.
that woman did not want me to shoot her but I stayed there and waited for her to turn back to me, there you go, got it.
hmm.. the mother scolding the kid or something?
this pair was very lovely. they had a good walk together.
happy local men.
i love this picture. the daddy looked so happy.
that woman did not want me to shoot her but I stayed there and waited for her to turn back to me, there you go, got it.
hmm.. the mother scolding the kid or something?
this pair was very lovely. they had a good walk together.
cute little kid.
they were good brothers. hope they will still be good friends when they grow up. so we went back for dinner after this and slept.
cute little kid.
they were good brothers. hope they will still be good friends when they grow up. so we went back for dinner after this and slept.*
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