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以下是2014年在雲南相簿的分享:


元陽梯田

元陽市集

雲南建水

雲南大理

羅馬假期 Holiday in Rome

當我告訴朋友說我未到過歐洲,大家都以奇異的眼光回應我…好像不能相信我沒有到過歐洲。其實也不是完全沒有,有一次在挪威玩了十天,加上好幾次的愛爾蘭出差,僅此而已。

一直沒有很想到歐洲,其中一個原因是我個人對博物館之類的景點興趣偏低,而印象中的歐洲好像都是充滿了博物館(可能這有點偏差,但就是我一直以來的印象)。

買了三天的羅馬旅遊卡,第一天就朝聖了最著名的景點羅馬鬥獸場,雖然遊客很多,但感覺還可以,這也是我心目中來羅馬唯一覺得必需到的地方。

聖彼得大教堂內每一寸都似乎是藝術品,雖然是很漂亮,我卻感到有點太多了,超過了我個人修為能欣賞的極限。被聖彼得大教堂沖昏了頭,下午繼續走訪了很多地方,第三天把卡拉卡浴場和古羅馬市場都遊過後,我感到我的羅馬之行已經算是任務完成….

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對於我們這些一不懂歷史,二不懂宗教,三不懂希臘神話的人來說,這一切都實在有點難以深入欣賞,感到處處摸不著頭腦。

我對羅馬整體的感覺還是不錯的,一個有歷史的城市到處都是寶,非常有趣。但個人還是更喜歡大自然風光,和宏觀的欣賞建築物,至於箇中包含的很多意義,我實在是囫圇吞棗,到後來更是吞也吞不下了。

P.S.

第一天出行,就幸運地遇上了羅馬的當地特色~~~扒手。

忘了是在那一個地鉄站,列車到了,我們沒有馬上上車,亮用手機拍車身上的塗鴉….拍完了,準備上車,前面有兩個女子,其中一個擋住了我的去路,我正想繞過她,就看到她的手在手袋的遮掩下往我的腰包伸過來。我用手按住自己的腰包,瞪了她一眼,她一縮我就上車了。兩個女子也跟上車,但就在車門關閉前又閃人了。我們也可以說是有備而來,身上帶的是防盜腰包,本來就比較難得手,加上她的手法實在有點生,我才避過一刧!!!

by: Jo

When I told my friends that I have never been to Europe, they all respond to me with this strange look…. as if they cannot believe it.  Well, it’s actually not never, we have travelled in Norway for 10 days and several business trips to Ireland, and that is about it.

Europe is never top on my list because my perception of Europe is a lot of museum hopping and I am not a great fan of museums.  This may be a wrong perception but it has always been how I feel. 

We got a 3 days Roma pass and the first thing we do is to visit the coliseum.  Although there were a lot of tourists, it wasn’t too bad at all.  The coliseum is the only place that I do not want to miss on my stay in Rome. 

Every inch of St Pietro seems to be a piece of art.  They are very stunning, but it all seems a bit overwhelming for me.  It has exceeded my ability to appreciate.  After gotten really overwhelmed by St Pietro, we continued to a few other places in the afternoon.  On the third day, we went to Terme del Caracalla and Foro Romano which accomplished my trip in Rome…

As someone who knows nothing about history, religion nor any of the Greek legends, I really find it very hard to appreciate all I see in Rome.

I still feel very good about Rome, find it very interesting, definitely a city with histories and stories, and a lot of treasures everywhere. However, personally, I enjoyed the most are natural sceneries and the bigger architectural side of the sites.  With what lays behind the buildings, I had been trying to absorb all the information but really don’t have the appetite for….

P.S.

On our first day out, I was so lucky to meet the local specialty – pickpockets.

I forget which metro station was that, we did not board the train immediately when it arrived because Mat was taking photo of the graffiti on the train.  When we are ready, two women were in front of me and one of them was blocking my way.  While I was trying to pass her, I saw her hand hiding under her bag and trying to reach my waist bag.  To begin with, we are prepared with anti-theft bags.  Secondly, she did seem a bit green... So, I was lucky to have escaped this time.

by: Jo

客棧日記 Guesthouse Diary – The last day

5/26/2014

大夥走了之後,我們休息了兩天,雖然沒有客人,但打掃18個客人走後的客棧也花了好一段時間(真不知道旺季是怎麼過)。

5月24日,胡姨和叔叔終於回來了,我們見了面非常高興之餘,也看到了非常美麗的雲彩!!

接下來的一天,我們忙著在離開之前為客棧設置各樣東西,店裡的日常工作就交回棒給叔叔。

5月26日是我們打算要離開的日子,剛好導遊小符和三個法國客人正要離開出發到建水,我們就搭個順風車。計劃好是早上小符先和客人出去玩一玩,中午約在景區出口處,再一起去建水。

早上,來了很多人,其實早一陣,已常有奇怪的人出出入入...原來是很多的政府官員來了,說是今天要來拆掉違章的建屋。青旅的咪咪說她們那邊也有一些官員,而且也有很多村民開始聚集在村內。

由於一直在下雨,小符他們不知道還會不會出去玩,所以我們都提前收拾好行裝,只等小符的指示我們就可以走。終於等到停雨,還有時間,小符和客人出發,我們應該就等他們玩完再會合。

可是,出門才十多分鐘,胡姨匆匆忙忙跟我們說:「快拿行李上去,不走就走不了,路要被堵啦!!」於是,我們馬上拿了行李,匆匆道別就走,小符和客人就在停車場等著…上了車,開到主路上,只開了100米左右,幾十個村民在路上,跟我們說路不能走了,只能繞老虎嘴那邊的彎路。我們看到前方有一大挖泥車,再往前有荷槍實彈的警察排成一字。

跟相熟的當地人也順道道別了,我們掉頭開住老虎嘴。

這是一條彎彎曲曲的盤山路,很久沒有坐車的我還有點暈車浪….剛才不是說好剛停雨嘛。梯田是要有雲霧才美,就在我們離開的這一天,看到了最美的雲海!!!

暫別了元陽,出發到建水。

by: Jo

After the big group left, we had no guests for two days.  But, cleaning up after 18 guests left is no small deal, I don’t know how the guesthouse survive during the peak season.

May 24, auntie Hu and uncle finally return.  We are happy to see them come back, and at the same time, saw the really amazing clouds when we picked them up.

The next day, we were busy getting setting up stuff for the guesthouse before our departure.  We turned the daily tasks back to uncle.

May 26 is when we planned to leave.  Fu is a French speaking guide who happened to be leaving with his customers today, we are able to get a ride.  The plan is that Fu will take his customers out in the morning and we meet around lunch and go to JianShui together.

A lot of people from outside show up at the guesthouse in the morning.  In fact, there have been a lot of strange people lately… They are local government officials, coming to push down illegal buildings today.  Mimi also told us that there are also many people in YHA, and many locals gather around in the village now.

It’s been raining in the morning, Fu is not sure if they can still do sightseeing today.  So, we pack all our bags early in case we leave directly from here. Finally, the rain stops, and Fu decided to go with his customers and we meet afterwards.

However, it is only 10 min after Fu left, auntie Hu come by and ask us to leave immediately before it is too late since the road will be blocked soon.  We took our bags and leave immediately, Fu is waiting at the carpark… We get into the car and drive onto the main road.  Only 100m away, there were tens of locals gathering on the road, and told us that we cannot leave from here, have to detour to LaoHuJiao.  We saw a big excavator, and behind that, is a line of armed police.

We said goodbye to some local friends, and turned back to take the route to LaoHuJiao.

This is a very windy road, I get kind of sick since I have not been travelling for quite some time…The rain had just stopped, as you know, rice terraces are most beautiful when there are clouds.  We saw the most beautiful sea of clouds on our departure day!!!

Say bye to YuanYang and we are on our way to JianShui.

by: Jo