After experiencing Huhhot's Mongolian influenced culture and sampling a varieties of dumplings for lunch, we continued our southward bound journey towards Shaanxi Province. To see Terra Cotta!! The self-proclaimed 8th Wonder of the World! "Bingma Yong".
Reaching a small town, Da Yong for a farmer's style home cooked dinner, we had an equally unpleasant "toilet" experience. If you think the bucket system of yesteryears was bad, this will make you think again. It was all the way ~~ hold your breath, do it quick and don't even bother to look down situation!! :( :(
We decided to continue on and we had packed eatables to sustain a battalion but we did not anticipate what awaits us on the road.
At about 1am we were suddenly enshrouded by a menacing thick white fog that seemingly appeared from nowhere. Nil visibility!!! We were ill prepared but were forced to continue for fear of the 2 evils....the fear of slaming into a front vehicle or being banged by some huge truck from behind. We chose to drive on guided only by the white lines dividing the 3 lanes.
Despite the poor visibility we had trucks, lorries, and other bigger vehicles zooming passed us. We were amazed and even tried to keep up by following their tail lights but were defeated and left the lone car by this foggy mess!!
The fog cleared by 4am and our poor driver was physically and mentally exhausted. We stopped by the ear of the highway for a quick "power nap" with the hazzard lights on... but ended being chased away by the highway police.
We managed to reach the next rest stop without much incident and got our deserved 2-hour undisturbed sleep in the cold autumn weather in the car.
We arrived at Xian, our destination with a great sense of relief and achievement. It was indeed a great adventure for us city folks!!
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