[Walking Footsteps] All the way to the West Part 2—Badain Jaran (1)

Sanmao said: Every time I miss you, a grain of sand falls from the sky, and the Sahara is born. Badain Jaran, tonight, when I come to your side, I must have missed you for billions of times in my previous life, and looked back for billions of times!

To Badain Jaran

I traveled thousands of miles from the far south of the Yangtze River,

Just to see your beautiful face;

But I'm afraid of the heavy footsteps,

Awakening your thousand-year slumbering dream.

The rain has not come for a long time,

Your heart is filled with longing;

Only the wind is your companion,

Caressing your face day and night.

They are coming,

They were gone again;

we are coming,

We left too.

Only you are left,

Guard this pure land of the world devoutly.

Badain Jaran Desert is known as the most beautiful desert in the world. There is the world's highest sand mountain - Bilutu Peak, with an altitude of 1,611 meters. The sand mountains in the area are rolling and dotted with lakes such as Badan Lake, Nuoertu, and Yinderitu. The heaven and the holy land are magnificent and vast.

D4 October 2, 2017

Continuing from the previous chapter, in the evening, we found a gap and entered Badain Jaran to camp.

First, Prado came out to take a few steps, and soon got stuck in the car. After being pushed out, we set up camp and buried pots to make rice.

It was already dark, and the tent was pitched in the dark.

Dishes purchased in Yinchuan

Gucheng Lake crabs brought from Nanjing

Prado’s trunk is a vegetable cutting table

Lao Jie is peeling onions

light in dark night

Sit back and wait for the hotpot to start

The crab is ripe

Let's eat first, it's already ten o'clock in the evening

After drinking a little wine, I felt a little high. During my two-year abstinence period, I drank black tea drinks.

rock it

After dinner, it was already midnight, and several people walked 2-3 kilometers deep into the desert. They were afraid that they would not be able to find their way back, so they hurried back to sleep.

D5 October 3, 2017

Four of them slept in tents, and I slept alone in the car. I woke up at 6:00 in the morning and looked out the car window. There were clouds and the sunrise could not be seen.

The campground is quiet

A man climbs a sandy slope

At around seven o'clock, the comrades got up one after another and climbed to the top of the slope excitedly

On National Day, there are no worries about work. Let’s have some fun and leave Boss Xin behind.

After having fun, we came down to have breakfast. Breakfast was instant noodles.

Beard has a good impression of this tenacious grass in the desert

Show your face to the tenacious Gucheng Lake crab

Handsome and tall or slim?

drift

When you come to the desert, of course you have to show off. Unfortunately for my Prado brothers, there is sand everywhere in the car.

A small episode, after playing crazy, I almost became very happy and sad. Everyone rushed down from the top of the sand slope, and everyone turned upside down. Beard suddenly discovered that after doing somersaults, his iPhone could not be found. Everyone was groping in the sand one by one. When they were about to give up, they were caught. Boss Xin touched it. Although I retrieved it, a lot of sand got in. Later, Huzi was in the car and dug out the sand on his mobile phone when he had nothing to do.

Have fun, go crazy, pack your bags and go

The Belgian Chimei beer that came after a long journey is scattered all over the place. Chimei beer should pay advertising fees

Clean the battlefield

Garbage bagging and boxing

The garbage was finally taken to the PetroChina gas station

Return to clean sand

Every time we leave the camp, we always pick up the trash and take it away because we love this land. Think about it: if we sprint on the sand, we will still destroy the splendens in the desert. Later on, we were always careful to protect the vegetation.

At 11:30 noon, we left the campsite and our destination was Ejina Populus euphratica forest.

Under the sky, the departing back is a little lonely