Chapter 893
The little student of Stealth Le is most interested in the pottery of all ethnic groups in Ethiopia. He goes shopping to find some unique pottery. Due to the geographical environment, the soil in Ethiopia is fine and the pottery is particularly strong, even if it looks rough. , and it is rare for one to have trachoma.
Undoubtedly, that kind of ceramic is the good tool for filling medicine that she is looking for. Whether it is ointment or concoction, it is better to put it in pottery than in containers made of gold, silver and other materials, unless it must be made of special materials. Generally speaking, pottery and stone containers can be said to be universal containers for the special items contained in products. After all, the ancestors of mankind originally used stone tools and pottery, and jade containers are also stone tools.
In order to buy more things, Leyun went to a store on the way to the market to buy a luggage bag with wheels that could be used as a suitcase to be dragged and pushed, and then rushed to the market to search for treasures.
It is said to be a market, but it is actually an open-air trading point with reddish-brown soil exposed. It is located in a corner near Chengxiao. Most of the stalls selling goods are villagers from the countryside of Chengxiao, and some are residents of Chengxiao. The stalls are full of items. There are knitted products, pottery products for daily use, fruits, cattle and sheep, etc. Everyone starts a small business to exchange some money for daily necessities.
It was probably a little late when she arrived, and she missed the busiest period of the market, but the people setting up stalls did not disperse. There were local ethnic groups and a small number of tourists experiencing the local customs. Tigray is dominated by the Amhara and Tigray people
. There are many Gray tribes and few other tribes. Therefore, among the men and women in the trading market, there are no naked women, naked men or colorfully painted tribal men and women.
Every item in the market is bid casually by the seller, and the price of each stall is different. It may be one birr here, and two birr at the next stall. If you don’t want to waste money, you can bargain.
After the disguise, Le Xiao’s skin is close to that of an Ethiopian. Unfortunately, she can’t pass herself off as a local because she doesn’t speak Amharic. However, no one will mistake her for an Asian. They will all think that she is a European or American. .
I pretended to be a European and American girl, dragging my wheeled luggage bag and went shopping happily to buy pottery. Because I didn’t understand the local language, it was difficult to negotiate the price. I went to several places and found a shop with a little boy who was about seven or eight years old. The girl and the little boy chatted a few words with the children next to the stall of the woman selling groceries. They found that the two children knew English. They smiled and gave the children a European English story, a writing notebook and a lead. Ask them to teach them Amharic.
Ethiopia's manufacturing industry is weak, and printed materials mainly rely on imports. Paper books are very expensive. The two children were very happy to receive small gifts. They taught Amharic to foreign friends. Their mother also assisted the children in teaching when there was no business.
Leyun imitated the locals, and sat on the ground regardless of whether the ground was mud or gray. She took out the English and Amharic reference book she bought to ask for advice, so as to remember the pronunciation of each word. Her learning ability was excellent. , taught it once and memorized it all. After studying for half an hour, she learned the simplest sentences in Amharic such as asking for price, eating, drinking water, lodging, walking, vehicles, etc. She learned it happily, the mother and son were happy to teach it, and the stall owner next to her also learned it happily
. Occasionally, I would join in the fun and teach a few words, and some children would sit close together, chattering like sparrows in a meeting. It was so lively that it even attracted tourists to come and take pictures, and then also attracted a European German who was teaching locally. The man knows Amharic. He probably thinks that the teaching of children is not very professional, so he is enthusiastic about becoming a free teacher.
After learning the language for two hours, Leyun immediately learned and used it. She picked a few items at the women's stall, bought a few kilograms of coffee beans at the coffee bean stall next door, and negotiated prices with them in Amharic. After more than ten minutes, the deal was concluded. She couldn't help but smile, and the stall owners also smiled shyly.
The German gentleman gave thumbs up repeatedly and waited for the girl to pay. He enthusiastically accompanied the girl shopping and taught her the official language of Ethiopia. In addition to bargaining for shopping, they mostly talked about the Oktoberfest in country D and the Oktoberfest in country F. red wine and truffles.
It has to be said that Mr. Germany is also a foodie, so Le Yun had a very good chat with him. They walked along the street from one end to the other and there was almost nothing to find. In order to thank Mr. Germany, she invited him to a coffee shop for coffee. , chatted for more than an hour, and then parted ways.
After separating from the German gentleman whom she met unexpectedly, Le Yun went shopping again, specializing in unique handicraft stores. She bought all kinds of clay pots, jars, and ceramic coffee cups. She bought four handmade hamburgers in a specialty store. The camel that made the camel goods is carrying things, carrying boxes, carpets and other belongings on its back, and is also full of cute little jars, jars and small items used as baskets.
There are too many things to fit in the duffel bag. Buy another bag specifically for camel crafts. Move a little further away. Move some things into the space in a safe corner. Leave some of them to drag around and continue shopping. Go shopping until noon. Find a place first. After eating, I went to a motorcycle shop to buy a motorcycle. The motorcycle I bought was a Chinese brand Lifan motorcycle, and it still had a brand.
A complete set of motorcycles, helmets, and gas costs hundreds of dollars.
Lexiao, who bought his own national brand car, did not worry about money. He tied his luggage bag to the back seat, bought drinking water and necessities, went shopping, bought all the items, and rode his motorcycle towards his destination. Set off.
When leaving the city along the highway, it is not the road to Danakil and the active volcano at first. Instead, there is a section of the road to the border city close to the border with Ecuador. Therefore, no matter what kind of car you drive on the road, no one can I don’t know where I’m going, and it’s even harder to tell whether I’m a tourist or a local on a motorcycle.
Le Yun took advantage of a small opportunity and rode her motorcycle as fast as she could on the road. After running for a while, she turned onto the road to the Danakil Depression. There were Ethiopian guards guarding her at a close distance. If you want to go to the volcanic depression, you must pass through the small village. Park in a safe place, leave the car in the empty space, and go on foot to avoid the small village.
The place guarded by Ethiopian government soldiers is a necessary place for a road. The small village is located on the plain between the plateau mountains. If you want to take a detour, you have to go around the mountains of the plateau, which is very far away.
As a traditional Chinese medicine inheritor who either runs in the mountains or thinks about getting into them, Le Xiao’s classmate is not afraid of high mountains, long roads and deep pits. He puts on a mask, packs lightly and climbs into the mountains from the plain side. Climb the mountain, pick some plants along the way, and water some plants that are extremely short of water.
Of course, what is being poured is water that has been replaced from the water shortage. Due to excessive use of space well water, the recovery speed is very slow. It is necessary to save water sources. Although the water replaced from the water tank has few nutrients left, for Ethiopia For the land in the north where there is chronic drought and little rain, a drop of rain is also as expensive as oil.
In fact, Xiao Le had not climbed very far when dusk fell. She did not return to space until she could no longer see the ground. She first sorted out the items she had bought in the city before taking care of the medicinal plants and watering several flower beds. , those newly emerged flowerbeds have not seen water for who knows how many years. Even after pouring well water for several days, the soil is still dry.
After finishing the work, I sat down to process the thorns of the cactus. Some of the cacti were collected from Socotra Island, and some were collected from Ethiopia. There are cacti all over Ethiopia, with many varieties. People just use it as a free fruit tree, picking fruits in exchange for some money, or eating some for themselves, without making full use of them reasonably.
There are many types of cacti, including fan-shaped, spherical or rod-shaped cactus, cactus sticks, etc., which are all species of the Cactaceae family. Cacti have many functions, but the native Africans do not pay attention to them. Leyun did not waste resources and collected them in large quantities. Not only did I dig up seedlings of various varieties and plant them in flower pots, but I also collected a large number of wild cactus palms and fruits. When I had time, I picked out the thorns on the cactus surface and put them in a large pot. The thorns are also medicinal materials. The meat palms are placed in a bamboo sieve or piled on the ground.
After a busy night, I found room to cross the mountains again at dawn the next day. It took a whole day to cross a series of mountains, far beyond the village where the Ethiopian guards were stationed, and rested again.
On the third day, Leyun decided to run to the active volcano in the depression. On the way, she heard the vibration of a convoy driving behind her in the distance. She looked for a place to avoid it. After seven or eight minutes, she saw a group of station wagons passing by. A total of eleven off-road vehicles, carrying large and small bags of water, fuel, and food, lined up in a long queue to go to the depression.
At this moment, she instantly became happy and rode her motorcycle to follow far behind, saving her from having to find her own way. She kept a distance of about two kilometers. She knew the team, but the team did not know her.
In the middle of the morning, the road reaches its end, and the rest is the transitional section from the Huangsha Plateau to the volcanic lava landform. The so-called road is the road trodden by the drivers of the tourist bus and the camel team. It is often blown by strong winds and a long sandstorm. Blocking out the sky and the sun, it is easy for people who are not familiar with it to get lost.
On the desolate land, there is little vegetation, the sun is even more scorching, and there is a lot of wind that day, with frequent sandstorms.
Following the convoy on the wild road in the desert, Le Yun slowed down the car to avoid being caught too close to the convoy if she went too fast. Not long after entering the desert, she was hit by a gust of wind and the world was covered in gray. She simply stopped. When the gust of wind stopped, the whole person and the car were covered with dust.
At first, the visible range was not wide, and we walked slowly. When the dust in the air slowly fell to the ground, the desert returned to its empty, desolate, and endless appearance.
The convoy had already traveled an unknown distance. Xiao Le was not in a hurry and followed the tracks of the wheels until noon. He put away the car again and walked alone along the wasteland to a point where the traveling vehicles rested on the road. Then he continued. .
Passing through a wasteland of volcanic lava landforms, you enter the Danakil Desert, that is, you really reach the Danakil Depression, the most famous lava lake volcano in Ethiopia - the Erta Ale volcano, and the geothermal volcano that forms a hydrochloric acid lake - the Danakil Depression. The Lohr volcano and the huge salt pools of the Afar region are located in the Danakil Desert.
The average daily temperature in the desert is 34 degrees Celsius. When it is hot, the daytime temperature reaches over 50 degrees Celsius. Near the active volcano crater, the highest daytime temperature reaches 70 degrees Celsius. It is the hottest place in the world and is known as the "least suitable place to live". "Door of hell".
On the edge of the desert, it is far away from the volcano and you can't see where it is. Without a guide or guide, it is easy to lose your way in the desert. If you don't bring enough water and food, you will be dead.
Others might get lost, but Le Yun wouldn't. Her nose was too sensitive. Even if she couldn't see the car marks on the ground, she could still accurately find the volcano based on the faint volcanic smell in the air.
Being too far away from the volcano, she didn't have to worry about being discovered. She followed the traces left by the convoy in the desert. She rode for a long time and collected a lot of desert soil during her break. She planted plants that like sandy soil in the space.
There are also sand mountains and desert plants in the wild desert, which bring life to the desert. Despite the harsh climate conditions, there are actually a small number of residents in the desert. They are the strong Afar people who make a living by digging salt.
It also takes several hours for an off-road vehicle to drive in the desert, and a motorcycle is even slower. Toward the evening, Le Yun saw an active volcano emitting black smoke in the distance—Erta Ale Active Mountain is an active volcano, and the volcano in the crater is When magma surges, it will form hot gas, and there will always be flame smoke in the sky.
After seeing the outline of the volcano, she could no longer follow the traces of the convoy. She took a detour and went to the dormitory area of the travel agency. There were government guards stationed there to protect tourists who came to watch the volcano. group.
We took a long detour and got close to the active volcano. In order to prevent the sound of the motorcycle from alerting the travel agency and the guards, we put the car away and walked towards the volcano on foot, collecting plants as we walked, even ordinary ones. I didn't spare any shrubs or weeds. I collected some of them every time I saw one.
The camp set up by the travel agency at the foot of the active volcano is very simple, with stone walls, no quilts, and simple beds. Tourists can put their sleeping bags on the simple beds to sleep on.
The foot of the mountain is still far from the top. The tour guides and government guards took the tourists from the camp after 6:30 to climb the volcano. When the sky got dark, everyone used flashlights or headlamps. From a distance, it looked like a fiery dragon. We are walking towards the red-red mountain top.
Le Yun was digging plant roots, but it was already dark before she reached the foot of the mountain. She saw the mountain climbing team in the distance, rolled her eyes, ran wildly, and ran to the safest climbing path discovered by the travel agency. I also followed the mountain climbing. In order to illuminate the road, I tied a flashlight to a stick and moved it close to the ground. I could see the road myself and not let others see the light.
The temperature of the volcano is so high and the environment is so harsh. However, there are still plants on the volcano. Those plants grow in the gaps between the volcanic magma deposits. Even if the land is barren, they still insist on surviving unyieldingly and tenaciously. This is shocking enough. , lamenting the tenacity and tenacity of life.
The group of tourists who climbed the mountain took a break every hour. After climbing for three and a half hours, they climbed to the active crater. They first rested at a campsite near the active crater, and then were accompanied by tour guides and guards to see the crater.
Mr. Le was very fast, and he was not far from the tour group in less than half an hour. He could only sit and wait for others to go away before climbing up. He climbed not far from the top of the mountain, quietly detoured, and carried the direction of the tourists into the space. Meditate and prepare to go out and dig plants until early in the morning.
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