tenth year of teaching

Chapter 50 Travel
In July 2009, the modern Hong Kong Airport was noisy but orderly.

At gate 41, Chu Xia and Zhang Jing were chatting excitedly. They had agreed before the vacation that they must have fun during the summer vacation to make up for the graduation trip that was canceled due to military training.They consulted a large amount of travel information in advance and chose Mauritius, which is 9085 kilometers away from the BJ Straight Line, just because the old lady who had their favorite structure in college praised the blue-green coastline there. .

After booking the air ticket and hotel, Chu Xia talked to Dr. Zheng anxiously.As she expected, the screaming and cursing beyond the three notes of a professional soprano almost deafened her ears. Ten minutes later, Chu Xia stood on another foot.Twenty minutes later, Chu Xia secretly rubbed his neck, which was starting to become sore from bowing his head.Three or ten minutes later, Chu Xia peeked at the saliva in front of her eyes, which tended to decrease.Four or 10 minutes later, when she heard that Dr. Zheng was breathing unsteadily, she quickly helped her mother to sit on the sofa, made a clean cup of green tea and handed it to Dr. Zheng.He used the flattery he used to beg for New Year's money when he was a child and started coaxing. Five or ten minutes later, the family finally regained some peace.

"You said you go out to play, I'm not restricting you. The key is what kind of fur do you want? What kind of ball? What kind of thing is a fur ball? I've never even heard of it."

"Mom, it's Mauritius, an island country in the southern hemisphere on the edge of the African continent."

"I don't care what you do! Really, if I had known that your salary card should be confiscated, I couldn't have kept it in your own hands. It's so far away, you don't even have any acquaintances, and you're not even with a group. You're a big girl, why did you lose it? manage?"

"Mom, Zhang Jing and I are alone."

"I'm not familiar with this place. Oh my, I don't know where it is or who's there. I really can't rest assured..."

The two talked about their mothers' reactions at the boarding gate and burst into laughter.Mothers are worried when their children travel thousands of miles. There is no parent who does not worry about their children traveling far away. However, young people are more and more eager to travel far away as they grow older.

The two first flew to Hong Kong for three hours, and then transferred to Mauritius for about nine hours.It was already midnight during the connecting flight. I had been unable to sleep due to excitement before, so I slept particularly soundly on the second flight.

There was a noisy sound in her ears. Chu Xia took off her blindfold. The light was dazzling. She frowned, squinted her eyes and patted Zhang Jing, who was still sleeping soundly.After the two of them finished their breakfast on the plane, they looked at their watches and it was almost eleven o'clock, and the sunlight outside the window showed golden light.They were confused for a while before they realized that eleven o'clock in BJ's time was six o'clock in the morning in Mauritius.

"Wow, we're finally here." Zhang Jing looked out the porthole excitedly, "Hey, I saw the sea, it's so beautiful, it's really blue-green."

When the plane lands, take the information form filled out on the plane.The airport is very small, and it took only five or six minutes to walk to the customs clearance area.The two people looked around excitedly. Most of them were Indians with dark skin and deep eyes, some Europeans and Americans with blond hair and blue eyes, and relatively few Asians.

In this era, the Chinese have promoted overseas travel, but most of the popular routes are Europe, the United States, and Australia, and few people are willing to go to Africa.Chu Xia doesn't like the modern cities with high-rise buildings. She longs for the primitive, rough and beautiful African continent.

Mauritius is located near the southeastern end of the African continental plate, separated by Madagascar, and located in the western Indian Ocean.Maui Qiu is known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean and also known as the Hawaii of Africa.

Maybe it’s because everyone is on vacation, even the customs staff are as calm as sloths.The queue of less than 20 meters long waited for half an hour to get out of the gate.Chu Xia couldn't help but wonder if this would cause a huge paralysis at the Capital Airport.The staff member handed over the stamped passport with a smile on his face and said softly: "Enjoy the holiday! Have fun!"

Zhang Jing looked at the long queue behind her, turned around and made a face at Chu Xia, making her laugh.

After exiting customs and exchanging U.S. dollars for rupees, the black beauty said passport, which made Chu Xia stunned for a long time before she realized that she was speaking Chinese.It seems that the conversion between Chinese and English only works for local people, and it cannot switch back to Chinese mode no matter how I look at the faces of foreigners.When I got into the taxi that picked me up from the airport, I talked half-understood and half-understood along the way. Taxi drivers in the world probably all have the same temperament: they are super enthusiastic and start using their hands and feet when encountering something they don’t understand.While Chu Xia happily chatted with the driver, she was horrified to see him dancing and dancing at high speed.

Many of the large sugar cane fields on the roadside have been harvested.

"Sugarcane. Sugar factories. It's fish, like snake in this river..." The driver introduced the scenery on the roadside and slowed down his speech to accommodate their poor English.After gradually adapting to the unique local accent, the communication between the three people gradually became much smoother.

The hotel is located on the southwest side of the island, facing the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean. The waves on the beach are relatively large. Many European and American people surf on skateboards and hang banana umbrellas like kites.Occasionally, a group of single-sail skateboards appear, and a two-person boat shuttles among them.After providing the information, the beautiful front desk lady reminded that check-in could only be done at three in the afternoon. The two of them were a little tired and hungry, so they asked where they could eat and rest.The front desk directly put Riu's bracelets on the two of them and pointed in the direction.Before meal time, the two of them helped themselves to some sandwiches and fruits at the small bar by the pool, and sat on the lounge chairs in the spacious lobby to eat slowly.

The lobby and restaurant are all covered with straw roofs, which retain the local characteristics very well.There is nowhere to go, and colorful birds occasionally fly in to beg tourists for food.The waiter handed over an orange drink in a tall glass. I didn't know what it was made of. It had a sweet and sour taste and was extremely cold.After eating and drinking, the two of them leaned on the recliner and squinted.

The summer in BJ is the winter in the fur ball located in the southern hemisphere. The temperature is around 25 degrees, neither hot nor cold.After noon, the sun gradually slants, and the waves of sea breeze passing through the hall wake up the early summer on the lounge chair.She touched the goosebumps on her arms, stood up and covered Zhang Jing with the blanket she brought with her, who was still sleeping.

She got up and went to the front desk to ask for the room number, tipped the waiter to send her luggage back to the room, and left a note for Zhang Jing.I wandered around the hotel leisurely. Riu is built along the coastline. As long as you don't leave the hotel with a bracelet, all food, accommodation and entertainment are included. It makes people feel like they have entered a communist society.

Walking barefoot on the beach, the sea breeze blows my long hair, and I look at the dark and white people surfing in the sea.In the distance, the green sea gradually extends from shallow to deep to dark blue. Against the completely blue sky and cotton-like white clouds, a place in my heart that has been blocked for a long time "pops" open.

Feeling relaxed and happy in early summer, she took a deep breath and walked forward. At the end of the beach was Mount Mona, connecting the mountains and the sea.In such a pure environment, people will slowly blend in, forget about language, be attracted by an indescribable natural force, and walk towards it step by step.Just like mountains and rivers flowing into the sea, wind flowing through the trees and returning to the clouds, all the fatigue caused by the human world is dissipated in such a beautiful and quiet natural landscape.Open your palms and hold up a handful of slightly rough sand. It is not so delicate and white, but it has a primitive and natural atmosphere, inspiring the living beings in this world to continue moving forward.

"Excuse me, Chinese?" Chu Xia came back to her senses and realized that someone was saying hello.

Standing in front of me is a man about 1.8 meters tall, with yellow skin?Chu Xia tilted her head and thought for a while, then realized that she should reply in Chinese: "Yes."

"You stepped on my line."

Chu Xia hurriedly lowered her head and saw that the banana umbrella hanging string was at her feet. She was just looking at the scenery, but she didn't notice anything after standing for so long.

"If you stand for a while, I'm going to give you the umbrella." The man joked.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"It's not easy. Meeting Chinese people is like winning a lottery." The man smiled, showing his neat white teeth. "Hello, my name is Zhang Dingbei. My friends all like to call me Dabei."

It was rare to see a man who was not shy. The two shook hands. Dabei had just returned from surfing in the sea.Wet hair, a tight diving suit, a tall figure, and the rugged beauty of Africa.The two chatted happily. Dabei and Chuxia graduated from college in the same year. They were young and unburdened. They were sent by the company to work on infrastructure in Africa. They just happened to go on vacation with their friends on the weekend.

The vacation days are always short. I meet interesting friends, see beautiful scenery, and relax my wrinkled mood after working for a year. Eight days passed quickly, and Chu Xia embarked on the return journey with Zhang Jing with reluctance.

Dabei planned an itinerary for the two of them, introduced reliable taxi drivers, and even contacted the local travel agency to help arrange a catamaran trip.The two of them snorkeled, Deep diving, Chased dolphin, and Swimming with turtles. The taxi driver took them to Casela to see elephant tortoises, play zip lining, chase zebras in a four-wheel drive, and have close contact with lions.

Before leaving, the two exchanged contact information.Sitting in the taxi, Zhang Jing was still chatting with the driver, but her thoughts in early summer were drifting away. What a wonderful opportunity it was to see people from her hometown again thousands of kilometers away from home?
(End of this chapter)