Halfway through our trip, and I began to miss SG. I had already lost interest in the lakes, rivers and mountains by now. Instead of going to 日客则 straightaway, we detoured a bit to 江孜, as promised by ZK. As he claimed, JiangZi has nothing much to offer but along the way, there is a beautiful lake to see. One of the three holy lakes of Tibet. He better be right.
He was kind of lost along the way, claiming that the roads had changed and were different as compared to last time he entered Tibet. As the days passed, we began to doubt his words and his credibility was declining. He said he has 14 years of driving experience and told us his experiences in Tibet. But it seemed like he had only enter Tibet once, which was last year. All his stories seemed to be referring to that time only.
Still we managed to find that 神湖, and we decided to climb the hill to get a better view of the lake. Although by now we had got accustomed to the high altitude, we were still quite breathless by the time we reached the top. There was a little plateau on top and below us was the lake, shaped like an ‘S’. Very blue and still water. We took lots of picture in various pose, as if we were shooting music video. Like F.I.R. “我们的爱~~~~”, we were singing…
When we went back to the jeep, Ken suddenly shouted but we weren’t much surprised because he always does that when something serious, or not serious happened. He said he had lost his handphone. Oops, something serious this time. He searched under the seat in the car but couldn’t find. Guess he must have dropped it at another place before we reached the lake. He was very sure he still had it in the morning after we left our hotel. Sigh. First it was JH, now Ken. Losing things on a trip really spoilt the mood. CCG and I tried calling his hp but we couldn’t get through. He must have dropped it somewhere where there is no network.
We stopped for lunch and Ken was really “sian” mood. Still thinking of his hp and all the contact numbers that were lost. I lent him my hp for him to sms his sis, telling her to cancel his subscription. Poor Ken. Once an enthusiastic photographer in our group. Now, seemed like he lost his soul. Looked so damn listless during lunch that it was a bit comical.
After lunch, we entered a desert-like zone with occasional whirlwind of sand. Was sleeping throughout the ride as 江美奇 song was really hypnotizing. I only wake up when we were through the desert area and came to a grassland full of sheep (KAWAI!!!).
We reached JiangZi pretty early and found ourselves a hostel to stay. For half of our trip we had accommodation with TV. Today was one of those unlucky days when we reached a place early but no TV and the town had nothing to offer. I was still quite ok without TV. The only program I like to watch there was 超级女生, a female singing competition (I love that 张亚飞!) and 倚天屠龙记 (starring Su YouPeng, Jia JingWen, Chen XiuLi (TCS!)). I was so addicted to YiTianTuLongJi, I told myself I am going to buy the book back in Chengdu.
We were all in a very bored mood in this boring town and so didn’t want to have any SiChuan Dish for our dinner. Very sick of it. We passed by a restaurant which had English menu. One dish caught our eyes. Sweet and Sour Pork! 古老肉! We ordered all non-Sichuan food including that dish and realised it was actually 糖醋里脊.
Disappointed. And the sauce tasted like fruit jam. But anything that was non-Sichuan was good for us, except poor ZK. He was really in a poor state. No TV, no Sichuan food. Haha. By this time, for don’t know what reason, I had begun to dislike him, though I never showed it.
We shopped around and I bought a scarf and a headwear to protect myself from the cold for the Everest trip. With nothing much to do, we went back hostel and played Big2. ZK said he wanted to walk around the town some more. Better that way. We had more fun by ourselves without him. Ken’s sis replied but still Ken was very pek chek for the lost of all his contact numbers. But ZK is more sian then him I guess. I came up with a rap just to describe ZK’s mood. It was to cheer Ken up actually. Here it goes: “Mr. Zeng today going crazy, because no TV. Mr. Zeng today going hungry, because no chili!” Ha, it was very lamed but still quite shiok poking fun at ZK.
Perhaps I was really bored myself today, or perhaps after chatting with a few friends on msn just now, I began to miss home slightly. I never much miss Singapore whenever I was overseas, not even when I was in France for 6 months last year (except for the 1st few days). But now I do begin to feel a bit that way. Well, I still have the Everest trip to look forward to.
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