July 20

  Yigong, Tibet, China
Friday, July 20, 2007

July 20 light rain changing to overcast to cloudy
The morning and found another rash bitten several blocks, but also lazy to think about what is biting insects, since it is extremely , in many places has been broken torsion.  Today's schedule, only to return eight Tamamura stay, so time is very comfortable, even if it does not matter starting at noon, the moment to continue sleeping in tents.  Today's weather is better than yesterday, although the dew, like rain in general, but the sky has been the occasional gap clouds can see the blue sky.  Morning, our guide Wangkiree Sonata, very early pick up firewood ready to fire. I have brought the gas furnace, this can not find their way in through the use of dry time, and now appears to have no effect gasoline, last night there and wizards that morning to let him spend more gasoline. Companion morning and I also sleep in a tent, the wizard to get wet firewood pot petrol poured on more gasoline, then ignited a lighter, when he did not put the lid of the pot covered with gasoline, and gasoline on the furnace stack firewood next to the results of the flame of the fire ignited gasoline click on the pot, immediately rang the fire camps here, we also put on regardless of whether the clothes, quickly shift tents, with soil fire, immediately put out a good pot of gasoline.  The impact is: knock over a pot of butter tea, peer tents on Mars has been burned a few holes, gasoline pot of deformation can not be used, the basic poured gasoline End.  Tabulaeformis used piece of fire last night to the Wizard Wangkiree Sonata thrown in the fire burned (he thought behind the gasoline fire, so extravagant to tabulaeformis burned pieces of wood, that piece of tabulaeformis Although it looks very humid, but I was burning, immediately poured out to take a lot of grease, lard and some meat burning feeling, a crackling fire burning in the sound), the morning we lost fire tabulaeformis and gasoline these materials, should be wang burn wet wood is not easy, I will carry cloth folding fan to fan the flames lent Tibetan guide, but obviously have never seen Wizard folding fan, I do not know the side folding fan is carried out, resulting in the same force as pulling accordion opened, I to stop as a result, the bottom fan fixed nails pulled off, alas, too young wizard, and one to leave their elders who continue to make mistakes.  In this way downtown, we are not sleepy, get up to help with breakfast.  To live under a rock in this two nights here have been afraid of a bug bite, I would like to quickly escape from the jungle, to clean up after meals, packaged fast.  According to the weight of the distribution package, I contracted the most wizard back, Wizard lightest companion cough illness contracted out to the back, I back his backpack.  We checked the camp to collect all kinds of garbage out, completely extinguish the fire source, began to return eight Tamamura.   Because it is turning back, so who are more familiar with road conditions, to go soon.  After the river saw the river than to be a lot of gentle, the kind of magnificent when the water mist has disappeared, such as water potential, if sprint jump, maybe we can from a piece of great stones across the river has been.   Roads are dense virgin forest, tree haunted Usnea vines everywhere is covered with thick leaves and moss, forests and humid air from smelling.
Companion and guide to go fast, then I fell behind, anyway, I am holding a GPS, and can not get lost on the away slowly at the back, looked fine scenery along the forest.  Because the canopy is very dense, so low light forest, moss, leaves, shrubs will be covered most everything. There are stones there is a circular indentation, and I think all Tibetan areas in many places there are stones on the left rumored King or Padmasambhava master or the palm of your hand and India, I do not know this, then what is left by monks King the "miracle."
A waterfall came straight poor farming point, only to see his companions and in the rest and so I Wizard.  Two days later, here they plow the fields cultivated a number of films, falls to the water than when looking at smaller, upper part of the mountain are immersed in the cloud has disappeared when that magnificent scenery.  Encountered on the road just an old person a small, back into the hill there are a bunch of wire.  Wizard told me that they are ready to bridge into the mountain, maybe a few days under the glacier kaqin temporary bridge can be a good aircraft.  Flies gathered in this place, and nothing would stop the will to continue their way quickly.  Companion and guide is already starting, and I a person walking in the farming point, suddenly discovered that there are branches behind ring, looked back and is in yaks with me, I pay attention to and maintain its distance from the journey ahead is wooden fence, the fence door was closed five wooden cross, and near the wall Dumu ladder frame, I think I am over the fence, the total can not keep up mud cranesbill you.  I climbed the ladder to see behind me with the cattle, thinking: "cow, you obediently waited on it." But that cattle in the wooden gate to stop a few glance, I have not found the wooden doors open and out, even with their own horns to the upper wooden fence to pick out two pieces of wood, and I am stunned to see, and then cattle has also been skipped Such a scene it's horrible, I found a moment to do the cover of trees to observe the action of cattle, cattle look to me for a while, and then got into the woods alone.  I confirm that safety, a fast Pentium, left the cattle here are crazy place, where cattle themis smart.
Development of mountain glaciers around more, it can be seen everywhere along the waterfall, where the dense forest.  To leave the existing road, would like to open another road difficult.  10:30 We start to 13:30, we went to eight Tamamura, eight Tamamura 2325 meters above sea level, seven kilometers. I do not have at the entrance to the village also asked the villagers there to guide me and tell me where to find his companions. Companion and guide sitting in a small shop in front of the rest, I asked the canteen are soft drinks soft drinks Mody, the wizard when translated, the villagers said. Glacier water to drink for a few days, I would like to drink sweet drinks, found shop owner, opened the door to fight the chains, the commissary where a number of boxes Pepsi, Sprite, Wahaha purified water, instant noodles fumanduo, there are a large number of other life material, it appears that the living conditions here, not bad, I would like to drink a Coke bottle, the taste is authentic, it tastes better.
When the front, but after eight Tamamura hastily, without a careful look at this village.  Here today resting comfortably, it was found here is very beautiful environment and scenery, eight Tamamura just in the three T-shaped valley in the middle, so it can be three deep in the valley to see snow-capped mountains, although the snow-capped mountains in the clouds most of the time invisible, but Occasionally, some of the time appeared dimÆ®Ãìthat the United States, the United States is also very alarming.  At some candy and chocolate to around around us kids, chocolate and fruit sugar for the children prefer to eat, and mints kids just to eat on the
, and not used.
 
Wizard took us to the encounter yesterday that Hunter's home, this family home village head hunters and should be very good relations, it is warmly received us and give us the realization of spare room, but also to burn things to us to eat.  Tamamura eight government aid to move the project villages, houses built very good, even better than the village houses, the village has electricity and water, there are cellar there is water available, in the remote mountains of Tibet, this village like paradise.  We live in the Orion, deliberately do not want power, so he was no electricity at home, perhaps he does not have to adapt to modern life, it may be also very good.  We wet clothes hanging on the laundry under the eaves, and then the Hunter family greeted outside the house we went to a small tin roof house to eat, the house is light and well, there is a Tibetan middle earth cooking, cooking benches burning wood fire, burning stove butter tea, hearth baked cakes placed Nang.  
We are rich in butter tea drinking, the house looked and saw the house two beam hanging a dried animal legs.  Wizard as a translation, we started chatting and hunters home days, in addition to the children village will be more simple terms, the great Chinese people are not good.  Interpretation Hunter said that the air-dry the legs are blue sheep legs, into the mountain hunting, hunters know that the mountains and animals drink the water, sometimes in an ambush on their prey, and sometimes also the valley rock slopes hunting.  Hunters have the shotgun, bullets quota every year.  But another said that as long as the money to buy bullets total.  In addition to deer and sheep, the mountains are snow leopard and the bear, the snow leopard has not seen for many years, and bears can occasionally hit. Said last month, there is a black bear channeling village, a paw arrested for possession of a pig, and then flying with three-legged run the mountain, at the time did not carry a gun because the villagers did not hit it bears ( Xiong also know that an estimated price of pork).  Talking about playing the bear, the full house of people "filled with" excited expression, Xiong hit here, then it rich. 4 bear and a bear bile can be sold at least 1-20000 Furthermore, as long as the hunters hit the bear, soon there will be the acquisition of people got the news, to come to the acquisition, but also to a number of people who would like to buy, they each will be bidding.  Other parts of Bear, bear meat and bearskin general hunters themselves to stay, a lot of bear meat, dried had to eat a lot of time, hit the village last bear to things in the last year.  Matters relating to hunting, peer listened with relish,about that next time to yigong years, and hunters must work together to hunt the mountains, if we really eat bear meat too lucky, and his companions for inverted traders also bear great interest.  Drink butter tea, the Hunter family burned a pot of lettuce what beef dishes (of which more than meat), bad taste, we have against eating several Nang cake (which may be done barley or oats), fill the stomach.  To carry out his pocket (we were with two new pockets, originally in the Tibetan areas is to change things or give used), one pocket to the hunters, a pocket to the Wizard. Companion in front and I said, the general remote Tibetan areas, send-off gift, the general admission will no longer eat or accommodation money.  Such a model for me, is the first time I heard, but this approach hope that people who go there not to "rules" so bad, but also said that when not allowed, the local market economy there, and also the beginning of the same township as, in accordance with the market price of money.  Quite contradictory mind, I do not know It is time for remote areas Kaihua good or not good Kaihua, whose taste in every possible way.
After dinner, the sky is too early, and only 15:00 minutes, present in the village about four weeks Here to see a plow or a two-horse ancient way of a plow, this ancient farming culture has been rarely seen.  Yaks have heard of temper, and not handle, so do not plow the usefulness of sending, or to the obedience of horses and be able to do farm work.  Although the eight Tamamura well-off, but it is natural for Habitat simple model, or let me. Here the main crop is barley and oats, a house surrounded by a number of endemic species of vegetables, is a self-sufficient economy.   In the vegetable fields and farmland all around Wai have wood or stone fence, it appears that wild animals near here or more, the fence is very tight Wai.  On seeing the villagers plowing also see some girl in the village rehabilitate the fence.
I along the stone fence around the village outskirts, he saw yigong village, was driving a tractor to help the villagers here, arable land, then the wizard Wangkiree Sonata also walked over, he and I said, this not a village chief (his father), but his father's younger brother, they are twins, like the extremely long.  If you do not say that people who will admit it, like a carved out of mold. And the village's younger brother, is also the uncle of Resona Wangkiree conversation, I said we gave up-to-edge across the glacier, if the dam to the county plan to go tomorrow equipment Doug zangbo Cering lake on the river, according to estimates, tomorrow afternoon will be able to return to eight Tamamura.  Resona uncle Wangkiree day afternoon tractor Then we return to the village, although it is happy, but some strange feeling, I say, let him and so will ask my companions, who will decide.  
Left the village, I went to the Valley of the T-junction bifurcation and Mani saw the rubble, and the eight-yu falls on the mountains in the distance near the hanging.  Back on the road is covered with weeds, the road is very small, the moment did not dare too far away from the village, so to return to the village house hunters.  
The periphery of the village, the outer ring of the house is with stones and wood fence , the lower is a pile of stones from these stones are shaped , it is estimated that were picked up near the river from the top of a rock pile a large number of wood, perhaps the villagers day-to-day is to use these wood burner.  Go back to our hunters spend the night at home, listening to his companions said that he agreed to meet tomorrow to allow tractors of our business.  I asked, would have to pay it? Companion robust (estimated he has not thought about this question), and then said: "never said so. If the money, then there would not be sitting here, go back to the village is also less than two hours.".
Village pigsties very interesting, like the following had bought a "pig-dong", perhaps the original This is the "beasts of burden pig" can be shared , where the "Tibetan pig" Many, sows with a group of four piglets in seeking food, these pigs do not , is the possession of lean pigs, pig walk free in the vicinity, like a dog looking for food the same.  Some small pigs also play rough with each other, to see they do one thing, find food to eat.
There is also raising a chicken, an old hen with a group of gray plume of chicks early in the bushes in the yard in search of food, the chicken will be left behind often responsible hen will head up the anti-Left Behind chicks back to the ranks, the mother hen mother sows King grades than more, but the pig also looks a lot smarter than the chicken.
Cats may be as a pet, while the bar from outside the zone.  House hunters have only kitten, lively active,, one will jump to the roof, one would also arrested in the yard wooden stumps, Hunter said that the old tree stump used to be a huge tree, then tree But both of them to Kitten in the tree stump repeatedly practicing claws, caught sawdust everywhere.  Cute kitten, originally also wanted to touch, his companions reminded me carefully fleas.  In short, I am scared to hear, was the red block is also extremely , anti-flea the first important, now, cats can not hold, can not ride a horse.
We come up with a tea factory in yigon buy tea, ready to here a taste of this tea production in Tibet.  Clearly Resona Wangkiree villages of the villagers are yigong not drink tea (tea too expensive).  Remember that the literature that diet yigong region possession of Palestinians, unlike the regular tea drinking is a kind of leaves boiled water, as a tea substitute.  Our tea has aroused the curiosity of many villagers, several villagers and hunters came closest with a cup of tea.Hunter brought the bottle, but also come up with a set of sub-glass, looking out the glass collection son was very good, not guests, they will not come up with to use.  These usually have a drink cup butter tea, we will wipe them with tissue paper, and butter tea.  yigong good bubble tea, it is a kind of green tea, Longjing tea leaves than the large 1 / 4 or 1 / 5, we have to have a cup of, mostly, "a leaf of a core" of tea, taste fresh-Ming Jin, But to say that such a tea to buy a few hundred or thousand dollars, I think it is not worth the.  Bubble tea had three parties, there was no flavor.  Those early drinking tea Tibetan yigong just drank two, there will be no longer thought Perhaps they feel that this tea is too light, Tibetans drink tea generally heavier than taste, this tea is true in Tibet yigong there is nothing to sell, they can only export.  In such a beautiful valley small village, drinking tea in Tibet, long time, no matter the tired, how comfortable things uncomfortable ah!  So many days, the daily bustle their way, at this time was able to rest demure, happy it was so simple, the process has been fun but it twists and turns.
Although the courtyard house hunters, but there are mountains of them Introduced some flowers, so very beautiful garden, in this courtyard, sat a small stool, drinking tea, watching the snow-capped mountains in the valley slowly reveal true capacity, so leisurely and comfortable life does not have enjoyed, has been commonplace soothe the heart, as if in Wonderland.
Snow-capped mountains towering cloud cover almost all day long been around, but as long as the hearts are looking forward to, then there is always hope for results.  This is natural, though you can not help it, but the mud can look forward to it, it will do justice to its people look forward to a satisfactory outcome; if someone said sorry to miss what, and that only he paid too little.
The weather turned fine evening, and finally on both sides of the snow-capped mountains and glaciers are exposed out of the beautiful snow-capped mountains good, although I have not walked into you, but allow me to look up to you.


Oh ~, if the next time, please God to keep this kind of weather one week, as I will be able to enter the valley glacier on top of a closer look up the snow-capped mountains.  The mountains that mysterious "hump aircraft", and that more than a dozen kilometers of maritime glaciers, that the vast primeval forests, and that a wealth of animal and plant resources, and that rare geological wonders, so that, let me meet people that I do not know the mystery of the habitat.
Nearly dark cloud has dissipated most of, I would like to not have thought of the magnificent snow-capped mountains of glaciers on the show in front of us, how beautiful she spectacular scenery this is their way of those who rush does not have access.  "Waiting" is a luxury travel, I am at this moment, immersed in such a luxury rather seek to "ask" Lane.
Relatively simple dinner that day is still Nang cake and meat stew, where the food seasoning homogeneous, companion show "laoganma chili" to Jiawei, because food in the lamb meat is rock, so he ate a special energy , and I shall be the remainder of the remaining substances (instant) to eradication.  Hunters used to no electricity at home life, a very dark room, they can also free to roam, and we do not have headlights and a flashlight can not be a convenient place and Norway.
After dark, hunters do not have electricity, we really do not know what good.  Resona Wizard Wangkiree proposal to take us to see the video, we are very pleased, I do not know this remote Tibetan village at night to see the video there.  To go out with him in the dark of the night came the village Tung Tau, turned wooden fence to avoid the roar of the possession of the dog.  Entered the house, hut crowded yard full of people, it is estimated that the village's young people are coming.  See our foreign guests, it was to us so that the wall of the seat.  Apart from the small room TV, as well as video recorders and amplifiers machines, equipment is very complete.  The video release of the economic situation of people do good to see the video not the money, it seems a purely collective contribution to entertainment. Look at all the tapes in Tibetan, and let the TV series "Outlaws of the Marsh", although the scenes are very familiar with the TV screen, but put on the Tibetan language dubbing and no subtitles, watching the feeling is really very strange, especially see also high-sounding TV emperor in imperial edict issued by the Tibetan language, the feeling, a corner of the house some commotion, they said we naturally do not understand the Tibetan language, translation Wangkiree Resona said it has been found to have a centipede!  Han-ah! Who did not itch, but now they itch up (mind the role).  See Tibetan dramas, it is not a good mood, after a while, I will return and join fellow hunters went home to sleep. Tibetan night sleeping in a bed, I come here formidable insect quickly up to the body cream with tropical insects to James again, this is the only way to sleep at ease, was bitten in front of the red block is still Throw Down. Sleep in this comfortable room than the wild rock under the more comfortable sleep has been used to yigong region door, the door of the house at any rate today can still catch a hasp, and the feel really sleep very pragmatic.