I once thought that I wanted to see the most beautiful Cangshan Mountain and the sea, I wanted to hike in the deserted wilderness and snowfields, and I wanted to taste all kinds of delicious food in the world. Only then can I know that I have seen the world, and I can live up to the saying, "You come to the world to see the mountains, rivers and seas."

Therefore, I long for all unknown destinations.

From the first year I left home, I felt like a fledgling that had finally left home, feeling like I could finally take control of the decision-making process. I wanted to go to Xiamen, I wanted to go to Shenzhen, I wanted to go to Guangzhou, so I went there, and I wanted to have summer vacation without going home so I went to Xitang. The so-called "out of reach" often means that in order to prevent my parents from worrying or "blocking" me, they often realize it only after I have returned from the trip. For this reason, I resist the urge to post photos during the trip.

You know, when I was eighteen or nineteen years old, I wanted to tell the whole world when I did any little thing out of the ordinary: what interesting thing I just experienced. Pursue excitement, pursue strangeness, and pursue everything that seems crazy. Even if you are scared to death when riding a roller coaster, you still have to post a confident and awesome selfie after you get off, pretending to be calm and satisfied.

However, I was still a poor student at that time (I am still poor now). No matter how close I go, I have to spend money. The old people always say that "poor families get rich," which is actually a bit wrong. Reasonably, even though my budget is very low every time I travel, I will definitely bring enough numbers for psychological support to provide a guarantee for emergencies.

In line with the principle of reducing all unnecessary expenses and satisfying all curiosity, my standard for measuring the satisfaction of each trip is:

I have no regrets about coming here, nor have I ever regretted coming here. It's a pity all the time and money wasted.

As for whether the journey is always happy or not, it is not the most important thing. I may have missed the best departure time because I did not catch the scheduled bus, so I will be depressed and sigh, "I will never be happy when I arrive at the station." The last bus has just left." You may encounter a "Mickey Mouse" who pulls you for a photo at the beach and makes an exaggerated pose with you, and then asks you for money. We just look at each other and smile awkwardly, and hand it to the cartoon guy opposite who is wearing a Mickey helmet and is always "smiling" The doll costs 20 yuan, and I warn myself to be more reserved in the future!

That's not funny, but it's impressive.

At that time, I thought that traveling is about taking more roads that others have not taken, seeing more scenery that others have not seen, and being satisfied. My own endless curiosity.

Later, the increasingly similar ancient towns and identical high-rise buildings no longer brought me any novelty. Zhao Lei sang "Walk with me on the streets of Chengdu", Ma Di sang "Southern Mountains, Southern Autumn, Northern Autumn~" before Song Dongye was arrested, he sang "Falling in love with a wild horse but there is no grassland in my home". A group of folk singers made popular small towns growing quietly one after another.

Selling souvenirs that I have never bought before, it would not feel out of place to copy the entire street Ctrl+C to any ancient city. There are also the songs "In a Moment - Lijiang Xiaoqian" and "Little Baby" that are played repeatedly in folk musical instrument stores. Believe me, you will understand when you hear the prelude...

So I found that I seemed to want a simple trip "facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming".

This idea came about on the first day when I arrived in Dali and faced the Erhai Lake. It was winter that day, and winter mornings in Dali didn’t start until 9 o’clock, because it was still dark at 8 o’clock. Braving the light rain, we took a bus from the train station to the booked youth hostel. The youth hostel was located in a small building facing the sea in Caise Town. When we arrived, the volunteer had not gotten up yet, so he opened the door for us in a hazy state. It was about 9 a.m. At some point, the rain gradually stopped, and suddenly a volunteer brother called out: "Look, a rainbow~" As a "rough guy" who has grown up in the north for many years, he saw a rainbow with his own eyes for the first time. He lined up excitedly on the rooftop and looked at it. Don't let the cold wind take out your camera to record this moment. This feeling is no less exciting than when southerners see snow for the first time.

Near noon, the sun finally came out, sweeping away the cold weather. The pictures are real shots without processing.

I really like the design of the youth hostel room. The large floor-to-ceiling windows really face the Erhai Lake, and it really shines with light. Only then did I realize that the four-character idioms I learned in elementary school are not enough to describe it. The sight before my eyes.

Suddenly, I strongly want to stay here, not just for a New Year's Eve, but also for one year, two years, or even for a lifetime. What's wrong with that. Maybe it was because I had accumulated too much pressure at that time, and I didn’t want to continue to carry it, and I was eager to release it. I began to feel: there is no purpose that must be achieved, no wish that must be realized, no so many pursuits and dreams. , and it doesn’t mean you have to be successful in the eyes of others.

My impression of Dali is far greater than that of Lijiang. Half of the reason is due to the Erhai Lake. The feeling of riding around the Erhai Lake is far better than that of riding around the Xiamen Island. If I say the riding around the island in Xiamen is refreshing, A journey of literary and artistic style, the cycling around the Erhai Lake is a heroic journey with rippling blue waves.

That was the first time I rode an electric bike and took someone to ride with me. It was also the only time so far that I was severely disliked by my classmates who were born in Hainan and rode electric bikes all over the streets.

On New Year’s Eve, we and our friends from the youth hostel prepared a large table of home-cooked food. The long table was put together into a square, and about twenty people carried rice bowls and walked around the table to eat. , secretly observing whether his plate of food has been eaten. For the first time that day, I experienced a small sense of satisfaction. This is probably the happiest thing for a chef - the food he cooked was eaten up by the diners without reservation. Action is praise.

Just like the sentence written by Zhang Jiajia in "Passing Through Your World":

"We want to see the infinitely calm lake, see the snow-capped peaks, see The grassland where the sun sings. Go far away, and the mountains and plains are home.”

Perhaps the best state of travel is to make travel a life.

Now, I will never do a casual trip again.

Without the long vacations and opportunities to skip classes as a student, all time has become so tense and expensive. Traveling is a luxury activity that lacks not only money, but also time. We may have more financial support but at the same time we have lost a lot of free time. Every time I take a quick trip, I am burdened with the pain of losing 300 yuan a day, a negative increase in money and a positive increase in weight every day. Even if I just stay at home on the weekends, I still make money!

Don’t tell me that talking about money is vulgar. The spiritual wealth gained from traveling is more important. Bah, I can't eat, I can't pay the rent! Okay, let’s go out and stay in a deluxe ocean view room for two days, post two photos on WeChat, and then sleep on the street when we come back. It’s so expensive to pretend, a photo is 1,000 yuan, a like is 20 yuan~ I don’t have that expensive vanity .

Therefore, every time I travel is carefully planned and I feel safe and hold everything together, whether it is as big as buying cheap air tickets three months in advance or using time to grab a hard sleeper on a train, or as small as getting good reviews near an inn. What time does the local restaurant with the highest rates stop serving food. I can picture the entire trip in my head before even packing my suitcase.

This does not mean that I must follow the plan one by one. It just allows me to have a final choice when I arrive at a strange place and I am confused. This is very important for choice phobia.

The status of the entire travel cycle is probably like this:

“Wow, it’s so beautiful here, I want to go here”

“It’s finally time to set off, pack your bags ! ”

“I’m so happy, the sky is so blue, the scenery is so beautiful,

The authentic rice noodles are delicious”

“I’m so tired, tomorrow I have to get up early”

“There are so many people, I have to wait for a seat to take pictures”

“It’s better to be at home, I want to go home and make money”

“ Yeah, I’m leaving tomorrow, I’m so reluctant to leave.”

“Hey, I’m back to smoke the smog again.”

Then there’s a simple question, the destination is so good, but I’m so reluctant to leave. You should stay, but in the end you just go home and go to work to save money for your next trip.

Don’t ask me what the meaning of such a trip is. Travel does not need to be meaningful at all. There are too many things in life that are meaningless: knowing clearly that it is useless, but still putting down your attitude to save them; going out for a meal in the middle of the night. I insist on walking home after a hot pot meal and say I want to lose weight; I persuade my gay friends who use King Pesticide to put down their mobile phones.

The same goes for traveling. It can be a healing journey to let yourself go, a blind date journey looking forward to an affair, or a way to escape life and let yourself go. Where is the meaning of so much travel!

Just like Tan Weiwei sang in the song:

Let’s go to the lake in the prairie,

Waiting for the migratory birds to fly back,

When we all grow up, we will have a baby,

He will grow up and go away, and we will go away,

I am writing to you,

You won't write back,

That's it.

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Love traveling, I love photography, love life, and am determined to become a happy little fool, sharing with everyone the little things that are warm or dark, the most important little things.

If you don’t pay attention when you are here, are you waiting for me to wish you a happy new year?