We set out from Bangalore before nine in the morning, passing through several small towns, all of which were shabby Indian-style towns. The convoy only stopped briefly in these places to replenish some food and fresh water, and then continued on its way. Finally, at around six in the afternoon, after nearly nine hours of bumpy drive, we arrived in Xiacun County.
Xiacun County literally means a small county town below the waterfall, abbreviated as Xiacun County.
Next to it is Allen's destination this time.
Not far away, I could hear a faint buzzing sound in my ears. It didn't sound like the sound of a bee vibrating its wings, but the buzzing sound of a waterfall.
Since it is an inland attraction, locals usually don't come here to visit. Due to the recent environment, not many foreigners come here to travel during this period of time. After giving them some money, Alan booked a small hill opposite the waterfall with the best scenery.
Holding Aishwarya Rai's hand, Allen took her slowly along the plank road to the top of the waterfall as she limped slowly.
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The Jorgfalls Waterfall is not the common segmented waterfall in the past, with one layer after another like stairs. Instead, it is straight up and down. The entire side of the waterfall is more than 200 meters high, rushing down. From a distance, it looks like a river flying in the sky, which is extremely spectacular.
The width of this waterfall reaches more than 400 meters. Just imagine what this means. It is longer than a standard track. When people stand on the edge of the waterfall, their ears are filled with the deafening sound of the falling water, a bit like a galloping horse.
Alan looked at the Jorgfalls Waterfall. If he could move this thing back home and place it by the stream not far from his home in Wales, that would feel... like a crazy feeling just thinking about it.
But standing here at this moment, Alan felt a rare sense of relaxation and emptiness. Although he felt a little deafened, he felt as if all the negative emotions and thoughts in his body were washed away by the rushing water.
When people relax, they feel comfortable. When they feel comfortable, they will have different ideas. Allen leaned over to Aishwarya Rai's ear and said, "Let's spend the night here tonight. Look over there."
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Aishwarya Rai looked in the direction of Allen's finger. About a few hundred meters away, on the flat ground on a small hill opposite the waterfall, some people had already started setting up tents.
It’s hard to say whether you can have a good rest if you stay here overnight. After all, the waterfall falls from a height of several hundred meters, and the noise is still very loud. When you come here to visit, it’s okay to just see its magnificent scenery. If you have to be surrounded by this kind of noise all night, it feels...
Before Aishwarya Rai could object, Allen put his arm around her waist and said, "Tonight, there are only two of us on the entire hill. Just imagine, there is a waterfall across the way... We are facing the waterfall, just like we did on the balcony yesterday..."
When Aishwarya Rai heard Allen talking about this, her face turned red. She was a very conservative and traditional Indian girl. Yesterday, Allen took her to play a bold sport of lying on the balcony. She didn't expect to run hundreds of kilometers away and play opposite the waterfall again today...
She had no idea how to describe her current mood.
Slightly opening Alan's hands on her waist, Aishwarya Rai glared at Alan, causing him to laugh.
Allen likes to watch Aishwarya Rai, who is conservative at heart but can't bear to reject herself, so she can only raise her upper limit step by step and slowly liberate her heart...
Is this a process of slowly unlocking and developing?
As expected...unlocking games is still the most fun and gives the most sense of accomplishment.
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In the evening, the Jorgfalls Waterfall, with a width of hundreds of meters, reflects the moonlight. The overall night is not dark, and there is even a bit of brightness, which looks a bit magical.
A wild tent, facing the waterfall, with the door curtain rolled up and a large inflatable mattress placed under the door curtain...
Under the moonlight, Aishwarya Rai, dressed in a purple sari, a silk veil, and beautiful jewelry, was barefoot in the open space outside the tent, performing the Indian dance she had learned since childhood for Allen.
There is no accompaniment, and the sound of the waterfall behind is the best background sound. The bright moonlight is reflected by the surface of the waterfall, and bits of moonlight fall on Aishwarya Rai's body. Her graceful dance moves, white little feet, light water droplets on the stones, and the subtle water vapor brought by the falling waterfall make this wild Indian solo dance look magnificent.
She covered her forehead with her right hand and covered her mouth with a scarf with her left hand, leaving only a pair of beautiful big eyes. In Allen's opinion, these eyes seemed to be able to speak, full of magic to seduce the mind, with a hint of shyness mixed with charm, tut tut...
Let’s end this dance here for now!
At this moment, Alan could fully understand the story of the ancient times about wine and meat. Nature is so interesting, and people are so harmonious with each other!
"Little baby... stop jumping and come here."
Alan waved his hand and patted the inflatable mattress, signaling Aishwarya Rai to come over quickly.
He has no interest in Indian dance now, but is only interested in the traditional Indian dress - sari.
What is this thing constructed of?
Oh...it turns out to be made of gauze, a thin layer that can protect against the sun and is breathable. And speaking of it, it's a bit like a monk's robe or a cassock, which is wrapped around the body. As long as it's not very thin, the inside is not transparent, which means...
For some things, you can choose not to wear them if you want to, even without any cover, because no one can see what's inside from the outside. This makes it much more convenient when you are doing serious work, as some steps can be omitted. It is quite similar to the traditional Korean costumes that Alan had seen before, but compared with the ladies' kimonos in the island country that come with small pillows, it is still slightly lacking in convenience and thoughtfulness.
But now he has a tent and an inflatable mattress, which can make up for this only shortcoming.
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Alan worked hard...
The sound of the waterfall blocked out many other crackling sounds. The water vapor from the waterfall blew towards him like a cool breeze. The sweat on his back mixed with the blowing water vapor. He couldn't tell which water was which. His heart was hot but his body was cold. He got a stitch in the side when he took a deep breath...
As the old saying goes, carry your calves on your shoulders, and I'm the wildest tonight.
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How to write ancient poetry well?
Why stop the car? It’s late in the evening in the maple forest, the frosted leaves are redder than the flowers in February.
It is February now, and Alan can already appreciate the mood of this ancient poem. He is now parking his car under the waterfall to rest. It is also the waterfall night, but there are no frosted leaves here that are redder than the flowers in February...
But he has a small pink flower.
This feeling of having the sky as his blanket and the ground as his bed, he felt that his whole body was fully integrated into nature.
If you stay in this kind of environment for a long time, you will become a waste.
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After spending a night at the Jorgfalls Waterfall, although Alan didn't get a good rest, he was extremely tired. When he was sleeping, he no longer paid attention to the sound of the waterfall around him. Early the next morning, he felt full of energy again.
Take a deep breath, the air here is so humid and refreshing.
Half an hour is enough for washing and eating. There is no such thing as a big deal in the wild. He doesn't plan to stay here any longer today. Resting in such a humid environment for a long time is not good for the body. It is enough to play and have some excitement occasionally.
Today we will continue to head northwest towards Goa, with our destination being a train station somewhere on the west coast.
Allen is taking Aishwarya Rai on a train to her hometown, Mangalore.
This is the boutique route that Aishwarya Rai thought of last night. Although the trains in India are very rubbish, there are still some boutique routes, such as the Konkan Railway Line, a boutique train tourist line starting from the small town of Tehokur near Mangalore.
The railway line passes through the Western Ghats, the west coast of India, Goa, and finally extends to Harrow Railway Station.
There are mountains, forests and waterfalls along the way. The train travels through the mountain streams, which is very exciting.
Such tourist trains will be full of people in the first half, but once they enter the mountains, people on the train will get off consciously.
It's okay if the train on flat ground is not fast, but if you go into the mountains, you will have to walk on an elevated iron cabinet dozens of meters high. If you fall down accidentally, you will die.
This route is a special tourist line. The interior of the train is relatively luxurious compared to ordinary trains. There are king-size bed rooms. When you open the window, you can see endless mountains and green forests outside.
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They set off from Xiacun County at around eight or nine in the morning again. It would take another four or five hours to get to the train station on the coast. This time they did not take the train from the starting point, so the ticket price was still the original one, but they got on the train at the intermediate station. The "room" on the train there had been booked in advance.
It was past three in the afternoon when the convoy finally arrived at the train station at the foot of the mountain. The exterior of the train had been washed very clean. Occasionally they would pass by some small waterfalls along the way. The train would pass between the waterfalls, and the splashes of water from the waterfalls would act as a free car wash for the train. So this train line was very clean and interesting.
After two days of careful guidance, Aishwarya Rai became more and more obedient to Allen. She did whatever he asked her to do without resistance. Even if she didn't like it, she would try her best to satisfy Allen.
The duet under the moon last night was very meaningful. I wonder what it feels like to take a train tour today?
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When we arrived at the booked room, it was not too big. The corridor on one side of the carriage was compressed to be barely enough for one person to pass through, and on the other side was a standard single room with a toilet and bathroom.
Although the decoration is not too luxurious, there is a standard large bed by the window in the private room. Sitting on the bed, you can look out the window at the scenery along the way. It feels...
Alan took out the eye mask he had prepared long ago from his pocket. It was the kind that looked a bit like the one Zorro or some people wore at silver parties.
Allen's own is black, and the one given to Aishwarya Rai is purple. Wearing this thing does not affect vision, but people met along the way outside the window, even if they can get a glimpse of the people on the train, they cannot see who is inside without wearing the blindfold.
With this kind of insurance, you can feel free to do something more exciting, such as traveling a thousand miles in a day?
Last night, the hill below the waterfall was booked by Alan, and he had bodyguards guarding it. There was no one around. But now that we are on the train, things are different.
From the station to the mountains, there are several inhabited areas along the way, tsk tsk...
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In mid-to-late February, on the West Coast Bridge in India, some Indian untouchables would walk along the train tracks and pick up garbage dropped from the trains, such as plastic bottles, cardboard, etc.
Sometimes if you are lucky you can pick up tattered clothes, food, etc. What's worse, you can even pick up jewelry that fell into the toilet and was flushed down the railway line.
Groups of untouchables, hunched over, walked on the railroad tracks with woven bags on their backs, facing the sun and sea breeze, staring with their bright eyes at the gravel between the rails, which contained the supplies that carried their hope for life.
A whistle sounded in the distance, and several Indian untouchables quickly jumped off the railway track and made way to the side...
A dark blue tourist train is about to pass by. Experienced untouchables get excited every time they see a train passing by. Every time a train passes by, the probability of finding supplies along the railway increases!
Standing by the railway, I watched the train swaying past with anticipation and envy. Some of the passengers in the car were Indians, but they looked down on the scavengers outside the window. Some children even leaned on the windows, pointing and laughing at these dark and skinny untouchables who looked like wild dogs.
But these...ordinary scavengers are nothing new, as they live in the same country.
But they are not of the same race at all. They are simply called Indians by the outside world. They know that they are the lowest class of untouchables who can only survive in this world. In the past... if their shadows on the ground intersected with the shadows of other nobles, they would be considered to have dirty the shadows of the nobles and would be beaten to death in the street...
Sudden……
A scavenger stared blankly at the train that just passed by.
The windows on the train can only be opened halfway up or down.
There seemed to be an Indian girl lying on the half-open window, wearing a mask? Or an eye patch?
Her skin looked so white to them. The girl leaned against the train window with her mouth open, swaying back and forth.
The train flashed by and I couldn't see it clearly. It seemed like there were two people leaning on the window to look at the scenery?
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In the private room, seeing the scavengers flash by outside the car, Aishwarya Rai lay down and tried to move, wanting to cover her face with her hands, but was stopped by Alan behind her. With a blindfold on, what could she see outside?
I glanced out the window at the bridge and the untouchables picking up garbage. These untouchables were like ants.
This kind of tourist bus is really interesting. It has a big bed. You can see the scenery outside the window directly at the beginning, and you can also experience the novel experience of traveling thousands of miles in a day.
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It was a two-day and two-night train tourist trip. As groups of people like zombies climbed onto the train again, Alan knew that the train was about to reach its end.
This place is not far from Aishwarya Rai's home, Mangalore.
After taking a shower and washing off the stickiness on his body, Alan was very satisfied with the itinerary for the past two days. This was what one should do when visiting...