суббота, 28 августа 2010 г.

Auto Stop around China - Part 2 - Muslim culture day





02.07.2010

And one more amazing day in front of me... It was quiet a long way to hitchhike from baoji (my Latvian friends) till Lanzhou city(capital of Gansu province), but I made it. And I arrived at the entrance of Lanzhou city, the place I totally didn't need :D :D :D

So arrived at entrance of Lanzhou city I am going the opposite way and going on the road that goes back again :) :) and after some moment catch a really cool car Range Rover. The door opens and I see a book of Koran in it, that somehow makes you coutius, just because TV made you so, but I can feel the good people, so I sit in and we start driving... So we start to talk, and it comes out that I need actually to go in Lanzhou city and drive through it to get to road that I need. But my friend who's Muslim name is Ismail, tells me that he will help me, just first he needs to go to pray where he goes now with his family. So I agree. And we start to drive totally other city, and then we start to drive in place where is nothing just field... that somehow is strange a little :D :D but I am calm, then we follow the super small path, where all around are Muslim people and we arrive to place with Ford Transporter (car that usually kidnappers drive)...We stop here and then starts...and then my car driver with his family goes to temple to pray...and leaves me alone in the car...

And then starts something so scary...I am bored in a car waiting for them :))) but then they come back...

So we start our way again back to Lanzhou city. So now it time to get to know Ismail.
So Ismail is driving in car with his family, actually part of family, now his wive and his son is driving with them, but he also have one more sun and daughter, and he wants some 2,3 more kids. Ismail is so interesting person. He knows Chinese, Arabic, a little bit of English and a little bit of Slovak. So we speak mix of English, Chinese and Russian. We talk about countries, travelling, business, religion...it was an amazing conversation...time flies so fast...Before taking me to the road we visit Muslim restaurant where eat so tasty food and meat.
After that actually I am taken not to road, but to bus station where Ismail buys me a ticket till city called - I don't remember... that is on the way to place I need to go Xiahe...
I forgot to mention Ismail has the most beautiful woman in all China that I met as his wife.


Today number one moment is meeting Ismail, getting to know more about Muslim culture...I am definitely taking this person for example... Very rich and successful business person, that ir religious, loves people and his family and this life...

In the bus i sit down with a nice Muslim young girl. We have a nice chat and little flirting :D :D time flies much faster...I got photographer with her...of course everywhere I go I am a star in China :) .
Girl gets out on hes stop, but I continue my way... Behind the window is an amazing views...hills, grasslands starts here, and all around Muslim temples, Muslim people and also more and more you can see Buddhists appear. Sun is slowly setting down and more and more inside myself I feel a thrill to do something crazy, I feel that I need to take risks, need to feel life pumping in my veins.

After 2 hours in the bus, i step out in ugly and small city. Till Xiahe there are still around 150km to go... I decide not to stay here and try to hitchhike more...Even the city looks ugly everyone is very friendly and smile to me and say hi...I find the road which leads to Xiahe and start to hitchhike. it is already dark, but I feel the need of risk and adrenaline. And soon I have a ride. There are 2 Chinese people who don't talk putonghua (the main dialect of Chinese), so I have some troubles...But they go the same direction so I also go :) The driver all the time talks in his language, I don't understand nothing, but he thinks I do...so i just listen...I am a good listener you know :)))))

So after 10min of amazing conversation they need to turn the other way, so I step out...Now it is so dark on the street, that I can't see my own nose ;D :D :D I mean arms :D :D so I decide to try for 10min and if it won't work I will go to sleep in a tent... I start to stop cars, vawing a hand with mobile phone like a policeman...
And I am lucky again the car stops, a taxi, taxi that is totally full of people...But they make a free place for me..I tell them no money, and they say it's OK...and all friendly together we drive drive drive... They drive to city called Hezuo that is some 40km pass Xiahe..So I decide just to get out on the turn that leads to Xiahe... So all friendly, really crowdy in the taxi we drive... And after some time they invite me to their home to stay overnight...i think a little bit...but then decide I am at this journey because of meeting people, and discovering cultures, so I agree. While driving they try to make me fall in love with one girl... :D :D

So what will happen next in next stories :)

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