Had been meaning to go see Lao Jiang in Minhang district since bought my bike(1 yr and half?). Out of some reason, the trip got delayed till yesterday…for a very good reason of course: the Mid-autumn festival.

The 11th Mid-Autumn Festival, without family.That’s right.

As a directional moron, checking the route as detailed as possible is a must. Here’s how I got there:

中环路(West Huaxia Road)-》上浦西路(ShangPu Road)-》沿浦路（渡口过江，1.3元）Yanpu Road(ferry, ticket:1.3RMB)-》龙吴路往南(LongWu Road, southward)-》银都路(Yindu Road)-》莲花南路(LianHua Road)-》颛兴东路，据颛桥地铁不远处路段在施工(East Zhuanxing Road, some part of the road is under construction, a bit jolting, not wise to choose this road)-》颛兴路(ZhuanXing Road)

Basically, it went well, reached my friend’s at around 4 pm:

The most wonderful thing would be that the dinner was already ready:

After the dinner, we went for the movie“ 大武生”.  Awesome movie, awesome~

And the next day, i.e today, my friend cooked again. Little celebration with grape wine:

Time elapsed.  Tried a new route back:

中春路-》金都路-》龙吴路/罗秀路渡口过江-》沿浦路-》沿江路(big mistake, big)-》中环路

The road sign to the ferry  from Minhang to Pudong is  clear; whereas from Minhang to Pudong, way too obscure. You need to be veli careful.Asking the local would be advisable, otherwise you would probably miss it, as it’s located in a lesser-known path. Just remember, when you reach No.609沿浦路, turn right.

                                                                                                No.609 turn right:

The most tragic thing would be that I went for this god-damn road (沿江路) after exiting the ferry. It looks good in the map!All of a sudden, a lot of what-ifs were bottled up in my check like kidneystones ..what if the tyre got punctured,what if I got lost, what if…?

Thank god, none of these happened.

As the Shanghai expo has gone, the expo area has become a good place to cycle around.

 

Not so bad ,huh?

Besides that, I found East Hua Xia road to be a very very good route for cycling. Less traffic, great view. The most disappointing thing would be that the new-bought stopwatch does not work.  Never mind, just use it as a clock.

Four-leaf clover~ lucky finder: Helena, during 西溪湿地 tour in Hanagzhou.

The four-leaf clover is an uncommon variation of the common, three-leaved clover. According to tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally. According to legend, each leaf represents something: the first is for faith, the second is for hope, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck.

这篇日记，是在今天无意中打开某个已被废弃已久的博客中找到的。重温了一下当时徒步的感觉。感觉很是想念。

特此贴出来留个纪念。

“与小莫约定下午从万福走到假日海滩（约35公里），然后坐车返回。

五点多出发的时候，太阳还很晒。于是，决定先坐车去，到沙滩上看完日落，再走回来。

全副武装，一身运动服。轻装上阵，没带手机。只带十块钱。小莫背了个小背包。

坐了一个多小时的车，到达假日海滩。太阳已经落山。小遗憾。

许多来历不明的小贩嚷着要不要买泳衣。问了一下价钱，18块就可以买到。可是，身上只有8块5（刚买了一个玉米，1.5RMB).又一个小遗憾。算了，就到沙滩上走一走，吹吹风就好。我们此番的目的是为了走回去，而不是游泳。

天边的云很蓝，蓝中透着几道淡红的光线，很是漂 亮。小莫说最喜欢海口的云。而我，则喜欢欣赏海边那一排排挺拔的椰子树。很安详。海风吹得我有点忘乎所以。索性就把运动鞋脱了，踩在软绵绵的沙滩上。看着 在海里游得很欢畅的男女老少，想要游泳的欲望愈发强烈。事实上，我可以把长裤脱了就进去游。可是众目睽睽外加天色仍亮，始终鼓不起勇气。上半身是运动T 恤，下半身是迷你内裤。多畸形的搭配。

最后，我跟小莫说，我先冲进海里，把裤子脱了，丢到岸上给你。我游完后，你再把裤子丢下来给我。

裤子浸过水后变得很沉。我使劲往岸上丢，结果它就在离岸不远的水中漂来漂去。小莫穿着运动鞋，不敢碰水，在岸边手足无措。一个海浪拍过来，我差点就看不到裤子的影子。小莫大叫，啊，裤子快被海水冲走了，你快捡啊！

当时差点晕菜，想着万一裤子被水冲走了，我待会得怎么回去。只得光着屁屁往浅水区游去，又一个浪冲过来，裤子看不见了。我冲着小莫喊，裤子咧？看不见了！小莫跷着脚，指着另一方向，在那里！在那里！

我站起来，冲过去，捞起裤子，往岸上丢。哈，终于丢上去了。小莫抓起我的裤子，我俩笑得差点脑中风。

游了一会，就上岸。开始我们的HIKING。

全身湿漉漉。光着脚丫，挽起裤脚，沿着滨海大道 走。椰风，海韵，天边一颗耀眼的星星。小莫说我看起来像插秧的。我则笑她背着包包，轻快走路的样子像山寨版儿歌描述的“我去上学校，背着炸药包，小鸟说早 早早，你为什么背着炸药包，我去炸学校，老师不知道，啦啦啦，啦啦啦（忘词），轰隆一下，学校不见了。”

假日海滩-秀英-万绿园-滨海公园-新港-钟楼-三路-市医院-万福

总耗时约3个半小时。跟邝女士预测的时间一样。

回到家，衣服全干，腿废了。小莫也挂了。”

It was crowded, it was cold. I think I need a thicker sleeping bag. But I got to see the sunrise which lasted for like 30 seconds. And ladies and gentlemen, that’s my first time to watch sun rise on mountain top.

Another camping trip is expected to happen in the coming Labour Days. Can’t wait.

骑行路线：中环->沪南公路->南汇新场镇 全程约26.7公里。来回约50公里。

起晚了，啃了个汪妈妈洗得干干净净的番茄，把自己整装包得跟个木乃伊似的。出发~

干粮是一包旺仔小馒头

沿途风光好：

 

有末有？

风向，气温，路况还算配合。顺利抵达目的地：

只是…桃花咧？咋没看到桃花？

经询问方知，桃花尚未开放。喵~

看不到桃花，景区还是要进去瞄瞄的。（门票30元）

含苞未放：

景区里可以拍：

啊狗：

啊鸡：

啊猫：

啊鸭：

有个村民让我把这条河给拍下。

此处省略N字该村民发表的关于环境保护的评论。

基本上5分钟可以游完整个景区。说是景区貌似有点不当。个人觉得更倾向于污染区。

景区内还有个要另交费才能观赏的节目，叫东巴小猪运动会。如图，围得很是森严。音乐轰隆隆，愉悦的很。感觉很是神秘。可惜从外围是绝对看不到的。

高举相机，往里咔嚓。结果~ 这到底是神马状况？

再看看这项节目的广告招牌

。。。。。。

原路返回。回到家，打开电脑。QQ弹出一个资讯框。“南汇桃花节开幕花未开 建议一周后再看”

“Increasingly of late, and particularly when I drink, I find my thoughts drawn into the past rather than impelled into the future. I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of my earlier student days in England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi.

What is the purpose, I wonder, of all this restlessness? I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.”

Vikram Seth, From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet

Travel and Nostalgia

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Happy birthday to 鸡鸡

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Everything looks so Christmasy..even the pimple in my cheek looks christmasy too: