You get a photo, you pay, but what can you give to the locals? You are just a passer-by, they will wonder why they come here, why they want to take pictures with us, are you weird? Please think about it.
I spent every day chatting and relaxing in the hotel. Occasionally, I would meet a few people when I went to cook. One of them was from Zambia selling second-hand shoes, and there was an old man who was white.
The piano tuner told Yunluo that he was the only piano tuner in Namibia. The others were all from South Africa. Yunluo was very surprised. There are more than 1 million people in Namibia. But the old man was in good health. He was still working in his 60s, which was not bad.
The day he left, he was pulling a small cart with his luggage and tent inside. To be honest, Yunluo felt very upset at the time, and didn't know why. In fact, Yunluo had racial discrimination against white people in his heart, because he had stayed in Southeast Asia for a long time and saw a lot of so-called hippies.
A gangster, very vulgar and rude, but when Yunluo saw the old man, he admired him very much. He was sincere and kind. Although he was a bit talkative, he was indeed a good man. Yunluo was eating noodles there and he shared canned fish with Yunluo. There were many small details. What a good man!
Yunluo and Erick lived in Sva for a few days. Yunluo suddenly wanted to skydiving, so she went to sign up. Oops, the time was 2 pm. Yunluo paid the money and went there immediately. Because she was wearing slippers, Yunluo could only jump barefoot. Before boarding the plane, Yunluo took a look at the plane, which was really shabby.
Yunluo was really afraid of accidents. The coach repeatedly told Yunluo what to do, but Yunluo still couldn't help getting nervous. Yunluo was extremely afraid of heights. Seeing the German guy jump down and blush like that, Yunluo got even more nervous. But he couldn't not jump. If he didn't jump, he would lose $300.
Now that we are here, let's go, put on our equipment, take off our clothes, and get on the plane. Looking at the scenery in the distance, it is really great. The coach said to Yunluo, "Get ready." Yunluo was so scared when he put his legs outside the cabin. He looked down and his pupils dilated instantly. The coach behind Yunluo pressed Yunluo's head 4 times to make Yunluo go back.
After the fourth time, Yunluo fell down, and instantly lost weight! Yunluo kept cursing Yunluo, Yunluo, Yunluo, Yunluo, Yunluo. Yunluo was really scared to death, really. Yunluo saw the person filming the video coming down from the opposite side, and quickly made a few moves. His face was twisted by the wind, and he drank a lot of wind because he kept yelling.
I had no time to appreciate the scenery of desert on one side and sea on the other. About 15 seconds later, the instructor opened the parachute and pulled me up instantly. Then I lost weight again. Yunluo said to him, "Your job is really a fucking crazy job. You're still playing with Yunluo, swinging left and right with the parachute open."
Every time I swayed, I lost weight. It was so fucking helpless. When I landed, I felt relieved. Since I was not wearing shoes, I landed on my butt. Erick came to see Yunluo and said, "Fuck, you're okay." Yunluo said, "It's okay, it's so fucking exciting." He told Yunluo that he was the most nervous, and Yunluo said, "What nonsense! I'm afraid of heights."
Yunluo's coach asked Yunluo if he had found water. Yunluo said water? What water? He said, didn't you keep shouting "water"? Yunluo said that Yunluo was shouting "Yunluo grass", which is similar to "**".
The Italian guy who came down with Yunluo was even more awesome. He actually brought a camera with him, but it fell from the sky. It must have landed in the desert. He was very upset. All the photos were gone, so Yunluo told him about the theft of his bag to make him feel more balanced.
Skydiving is so exciting, Yunluo will never do it again in this life. Yunluo didn't wear a helmet, just goggles. Yunluo felt that Yunluo had broken through the limit. He had been in a bad mood before, but he felt more relaxed after the skydiving that day. He felt like he was reborn from Nirvana.
The two of them went to Whale Bay together. Yunluo had a friend in school, and his friend Xiaohui worked in Whale Bay. He helped Yunluo contact Xiaohui's company, and Yunluo stayed at Xiaohui's company for two days. I went to the hotel with Eric. The owner was really nice, a white man, and upgraded the room for free.
Yunluo put his things in his room and waited for Xiaohui to pick him up after get off work. Yunluo ran out to see the flamingos again. He walked the familiar road and arrived at the familiar place. He saw the familiar car window again. Damn, why hasn't it been swept yet? Yunluo thought of his poor computer again.
But the flamingos are still very nice. There are more flamingos today than that day, and they occasionally fly a few times. It's really enjoyable. You can see them in Lake Nakuru in Kenya, but now there are very few, and the tickets are very expensive. Here is the perfect combination of people and animals, and no one is idle to scare the birds. Everything is so harmonious, except for the car window where the clouds fell.
After a while, Xiaohui came to pick up Yunluo and said goodbye to Erick. He will go to the host's house tomorrow. He has a South African visa, but his brother didn't get it. There was no way, Yunluo could only go back to Zambia. Now, maybe we will meet in Tanzania in the near future, it's unknown.
I stayed at Xiaohui's place for two days, sleeping on a folding bed, which was really nice. I happened to catch their weekend gathering, and we watched Flamingo together again and had a KFC meal. Ah, life is so comfortable. The haze of losing the computer is finally gone, gone, gone!
Nalan Shiqi came over quietly, and Yunluo was really shocked when he saw Koala.
On the European continent, a seed floated southward with the wind, passing through pyramids, prairies, and valleys. Until the vast ocean blocked the way forward, the Atlantic Ocean said: "This is a rich land, with both warm sunshine and abundant rain and dew."
The Indian Ocean said: "This is a peaceful land, with neither cruel earthquakes nor fierce tsunamis." So the seeds fell on this land, took root and sprouted. From then on, a magical country appeared at the southernmost tip of Africa.
The name of this seed is "Fengqing" and the country is "South Africa".
I don't know if it was to catch more connecting flights, but the plane arrived at Dubai Airport ahead of time at 8:20 local time. Annie, Joe, Alice, Ivy, their itineraries were basically the same as Yunluo's.
We just rented cars to travel around in South Africa. After getting off the plane, the six of us went to the information desk to check in at the hotel. Emirates Airlines gave us a one-day hotel stay and three meals, and a special car to pick us up from the airport to the hotel. It also meant a free 24-hour exit visa. When checking in at the hotel, after a little negotiation, we were given a room each.
After entering the country, I had to go to another counter to complete the formalities. It was really troublesome. Dubai Airport is huge, and running from one gate to another consumed a lot of time and energy.
Finally arrived at the airport hotel at around 10 o'clock. Breakfast ended at 10:30, and we finished our tour. We set off at 17 o'clock for a 4-hour city tour, which cost USD30 per person.
After a rest in the afternoon, we went to the restaurant for lunch at 15:30 (OMG, what country's time is this!), and then went to the lobby to wait for the car. It was 17:00, but because the hotel wanted to add more guests, the car didn't start, which made the foreigner in the car run to the front and get angry with the driver.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo figured that the hotel could only make some money when flights were delayed for a long time. 20 minutes later, they finally started this unexpected trip to Dubai.
Dubai is not big, but there is a little traffic on the road. We arrived at the mosque first, and the tour guide said we would get off in 2 minutes. Okay, we are a team.
After 5 or 6 minutes, the car started to head to Burj Al Arab, the world's tallest 8-star hotel - the Burj Al Arab. The original idea of the hotel was proposed by the UAE Minister of Defense and Crown Prince of Dubai, Al Maktoum, and was conceived by hundreds of designers from all over the world.
With the huge wallets of Dubai people and five years of time, this fantastic building was finally built in December 1999. British designer WS Atkins created an unsurpassed classic for Dubai. The hotel looks like a sail filled with wind, with a total of 56 floors and 321 meters high.
It is currently the highest hotel in the world. The car was just parked on a beach near the hotel, and we could only admire it from a distance, but at sunset, the scenery was particularly beautiful. Yun Luo's spirit finally lifted a little. <(Atlantis Resort, Palm Island). As night fell, this extraordinary building showed a more mysterious temperament. The overall style of the hotel follows the style of ancient Persia and ancient Babylon.
The essence of Atlantis is interpreted internally - miracles, ocean, and exploration, while incorporating Arabic elements. Luxury hotels, seaside habitats, water parks, white coasts, first-class cuisine, relaxing spas, and boutique shops have built this desert oasis full of imagination, fun, and luxury. Unfortunately, Yunluo can only imagine its interior through the website introduction.
We arrived just in time for the water fountain to start, but the pool under the Dubai Tower was already crowded with people, so we could only hold up our camera to take pictures and then enjoy it slowly after returning home.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
If you want to go back to the hotel with the car, you have to continue to the market. After entrusting Nalan Shiqi to Alice and Ivy, Yunluo and Annie, Joe stayed behind, planning to climb the tower to see the night view of Dubai and visit Dubai Mall.
The Burj Khalifa, formerly known as the Dubai Tower, started construction in September 2004 and had its completion ceremony on January 4, 2010. It was designed by the American SOM Design Institute and built by South Korea's Samsung. It cost $1.5 billion and has 160 floors and is 828 meters high - the tallest building in the world! The construction of the Burj Khalifa took five years, and it encountered a financial crisis when it was about to end.
After gritting their teeth, they finally completed this unparalleled tallest building in the world, breaking many world architectural records. In order to thank the big brother who generously helped in times of crisis, the sheikh of the capital Abu Dhabi, who is also the president of the United Arab Emirates, personally announced at the opening ceremony that the original name "Burj Dubai" would be changed to the name of the president.
If you buy tickets in advance at the counter or online, it only costs 125 dirhams, but if you buy tickets at the last minute, it will cost 400 dirhams. This price is heartbreaking, but not to mention that advance tickets must be purchased at least 2 days in advance.
The most important thing is that you have to queue up on time to go up the tower if you pre-purchase the ticket. If you buy the ticket at the last minute, you can enter as soon as you buy it. You still have to go through a special channel. Although I comfort myself in this way, I still feel heartbroken. It hurts a lot!
You can't bring big bags into the Burj Khalifa. There is a special storage area. Yunluo forgot to take out his wallet, so he couldn't buy a commemorative badge at the top of the tower. After passing the security check, it was the place to take pictures. Joe used to play volleyball. He was about 1.9 meters tall. When he stood up, he attracted the exclamation of the staff.
Walk a few steps forward and enter a ground-level elevator, which feels very much like the Saudi Pavilion. Then take the world's fastest elevator, which travels at 17.5 meters per second, to the 124th floor observation deck, which takes exactly one minute. At such a fast speed, you can hardly feel it, it is very smooth.
As soon as I entered the observation deck, before I lowered my head to look at the scenery, I heard the familiar melody of the background music "The past is gone in the face of each other." It's not the English version, it's a pure "goodbye kiss". I immediately took out the camera to take a video, of course, the real purpose was not to drink. After returning to Sihai City, my friend said: "Did they light it up specially when they saw you enter?" Well, 400 dirhams, I'll just consider it a special treatment!
In fact, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo just wanted to walk to the subway entrance, but who knew that they couldn't stop walking. They climbed from the G floor to the 1st floor, and from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor. After 40 minutes, they finally saw the sign of the subway passage, but the tragedy happened. The passage seemed to be endless. They walked for nearly half an hour before they saw the real subway station.
On the way, I saw a shop selling che gao. There were all kinds of them, and they were beautifully made. I asked the owner the price, and he smiled and said, "It's cheap, AED 100 per pound!" (AED 100 is about Y170, 1 pound is less than 1 catty) It seems that che gao is indeed a luxury food.
The Dubai subway is open until 2 a.m. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo asked about the hotel's route at a money changer in advance and exchanged some change. They went to the subway ticket office and found a staff member to show their room card and confirm the information. After getting off the subway, they found another staff member to ask about the exit.
They thought everything was foolproof, but when they got out of the subway, they were dumbfounded. They asked passers-by, but they said they didn't know. They walked towards a certain building based on their feeling, but found out they were wrong when they got closer. Fortunately, they met a policeman, who gave them the correct answer: Nalan Shiqi and Yun Luoxia were at the wrong stop, so it would be better for them to take a taxi back to the hotel.
Fortunately, there was a taxi parked not far away. Sadly, when I showed the room card to the driver, he said he didn't know the hotel, but knew the road. Fortunately, Annie and Joe had a good sense of direction and said they could recognize the hotel as long as they found the road. (To be continued...)