Unexpectedly, nearly half a year would pass in the blink of an eye. Due to the impact of the epidemic, this year in 2022, I have been idle at home only after leaving Beijing once during the Spring Festival. In the past, I have changed from the days when I went out frequently on public or private occasions. I am extremely relaxed and suffocated. Looking back on past outing experiences, those with relatively long periods of time are the most unforgettable. For example, the ten-day Yungui Tour in November 2007 was one of them.

Cycling Race around Dianchi Lake (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

I remember that in the afternoon of November 10, 2017, the reporter successfully arrived at Terminal 2 of Capital Airport after about an hour by airport bus. With the departure of Terminal T2 of the Capital Airport, my Yunnan-Guizhou trip also started. The first stop was Kunming...

Photo taken at Kunming Airport (Photo: Wu Ling)

At 19:30 that night, China Southern Airlines Flight CZ6159 successfully arrived at Kunming Changshui Airport after a three-and-a-half-hour flight. Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan, is another city that reporters have visited N times.

Photos of ethnic minorities in the airport (data)

From April 1994 in the last century, reporters first came to Dali, Yunnan to shoot the TV series "The Soul of the Fishing City" to collect exterior scenes, to December 1998, when they came here to shoot the special film "Chinese National Sports" and later travel and conference activities. Every time I go to Yunnan, no matter where I go, I'll talk about it first in Kunming.

Scenery of Dianchi Lake in Kunming (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

It was so cordial to see those vivid pictures showing Yunnan's ethnic minorities when leaving Changshui Airport. I couldn't help but recall the arduous shooting experience of traveling in many ethnic minority villages for a whole month and a half from late October to mid-December 1998, from southeastern Yunnan to northwest Yunnan. Walking out of Kunming Changshui Airport, Koster, who picked up the plane, drove more than 40 minutes to the ASEAN Hotel near Dianchi Lake.

Kunming Street View (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Kunming is worthy of being a spring city. It was already early winter when I left Beijing. As a result, the local temperature of 19 degrees when I got off the plane made the johns I wore when I left Beijing feel obviously uncomfortable. I felt a little relaxed when I took off quickly. After putting down my bags and walking out of the hotel for a while, Kunming didn't feel a trace of coolness at night.

Kunming Sports School (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

2017.11.11 When I got up in the morning, I looked out from the window of my guest room on the 27th floor. I felt like it was a sunny day, but the sun had not yet risen, and the second day in Kunming had begun. In the morning, we will depart from the hotel to Kunming Sports School, where the Kunming Station of the China Bicycle Alliance's "CCl in Action" charity event was held.

Interactive riding exchange (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

On the morning of the same day, media reporters enthusiastically communicated with students at Kunming Sports School with the athletes of the CCL All-Star Team who participated in the 2017 China Bicycle League Kunming Finals and presented school supplies. This is a public welfare interactive activity held by the China Federation of Self-Liberation Organizations every time an event is held. It is intended to spread love and convey health. On the school's playground, the interactive cycling race between the All-Star Team of the China Federation of Self-Liberation Unions and the students was extremely exciting. The warm and jubilant scene made everyone extremely happy.

Giving away school supplies (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

In the afternoon, reporters and his party took a bus to inspect the route of the competition. Starting from the starting point of the "2017 China Cycling League Yunnan Kunming Finals and Kunming Dianchi Plateau Cycling Invitational Tournament": Kunming Hall in Kunming Administrative Center Square, we will follow the route of more than 110 kilometers. Boy, this route is more than 40 kilometers longer than the more than 70 kilometers of Fengjie in Sichuan and Yangcheng Lake in Jiangsu. There is also a mountain road in between, which is destined to be another test and exercise of will and perseverance for the athletes who are about to compete...

Photo taken at the opening ceremony (Photo: Wu Ling)

2017.11.12 In the morning, in the Kunming Hall of Kunming Administrative Center Square, the opening ceremony of the "China-China Federation Yunnan·Kunming Finals and Kunming Around Dianchi Plateau Bicycle Invitational Tournament" was grandly held. At the same time, the wonderful showdown in the final competition of the 2017 China Bicycle League also kicked off.

Dancing to add to the opening ceremony (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

This is the third event I have been invited to participate in that year after the "2017 China Cycling League" in Fengjie, Sichuan and Yangcheng Lake, Jiangsu. But the only difference from previous events is that although they have participated several times, they have been riding a motorcycle for the first time to synchronize with the team.

At the starting line (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

As the event kicked off, the athletes rushed out of the starting line and entered the race like arrows leaving the bow. Reporters also began to follow up after the players set off. I saw that there was no one on the way for more than 110 kilometers due to traffic control. I misheard the information about the following group before setting out, so I didn't know it until I set out with the following group. Therefore, the No. 4 media car I rode was served by Wang Xiaole, a driver serving by the BMW motorcycle team, which works as a traffic police officer. He chased it at a speed like lightning.

Set out with you (Photo: Zi Qi)

Sitting on Wang Xiaole's newly purchased BMW motorcycle that has only traveled more than 600 kilometers, as it is in the running-in period, at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, I can only hear the whistling wind.

Photo taken during the race (Photo: Wang Xiaole)

Fortunately, I was prepared, so I put on both my down jacket and long johns that day. Otherwise, at this speed, I would have been frozen. But if you pay, you will gain. The most beautiful section of the race in Dianchi Lake is on the highway section. I don't have the opportunity to capture these scenery at all, so the shutter of my camera in my hand kept pressing.

Struggle on the road (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

After all, motorcycles are still fast. Although we started a little slow, we accelerated our journey to the Haikou Bridge in advance. By the time the athletes passed here, it was nearly 80 kilometers, and there were still 40 kilometers to complete the entire journey around Dianchi Lake.

You chase me (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

As we drove along the Dianchi Lake race section in Kunming, Yunnan, we were able to find different positions on the bank of Dianchi Lake in advance. We not only photographed the athletes 'competition, but also enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Dianchi Lake. Especially when riding a motorcycle during the race, it was synchronized with the drivers several times while maintaining a safe distance without affecting the drivers 'progress. It was so exciting! I truly experienced the speed and passion of lightning...

Speed and Passion (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

2017.11.13 After resting on the day, I stood in front of the window of the hotel room where I stayed in the morning and looked out. I saw a water area not far away, so I checked on a Baidu map that it was called Luolong Park. So I went downstairs and called for a beep and started the car. Unexpectedly, it was only less than a kilometer away.

During the event (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Walking into this Luolong Park, I feel like the scenery is beautiful. It is said that this is the first large-scale modern garden, leisure and landscape park in Chenggong New District, Kunming. It is a comprehensive urban center garden scenic area integrating ecology, culture, leisure, entertainment, tourism and sightseeing with the characteristics of the times and local characteristics.

The gate of Luolong Park (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

I can see that the park has an elegant environment, green trees, clear water and blue skies, beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery. It is equipped with large and small squares, pavilions, corridors, platforms and other facilities. The huge lake scenery is called "New Green Lake" by tourists.

Beautiful water in the garden (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The planning and construction of the park takes water as the main line, making full use of the water source and low-lying terrain of the Luolong River to build a water body and lake with rippling blue waves and fish swimming slowly; the park focuses on the artificially piled mountain greening landscape, forming a park characteristic of blending mountains and rivers.

Pavilions and pavilions (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The entire park covers an area of 38.3 hectares, of which 13.32 hectares are water. Wandering in Luolong Park, people will see that the park's greening is mainly composed of locally suitable evergreen trees, as well as camphor tree, Yunnan grass, osmanthus, red shirt, pistachia, agarwood, as well as smiling, magnolia, and sizzled flowers. etc.

Lake scenery (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The reporter walked around the lake around Luolong Park. It is said that it is 2.5 kilometers away, but it feels not that far. It took less than an hour to walk around the lake. There were few tourists in the park and the air was fresh. Since I didn't bring a camera, I took my mobile phone and left a few beautiful scenery in the park as a souvenir.

Corner in the garden (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

2017.11.14 At 10 a.m., the reporter successfully concluded the "2017 China Bicycle League Yunnan Kunming Finals and Kunming Round-Dianchi Plateau Bicycle Invitational Tournament" held in Kunming, and departed from the Kunming ASEAN Hotel where he stayed for Kunming Changshui Airport. I will fly from here to Tongren Phoenix Airport in Guizhou on China Eastern Airlines flight MU5881 to continue the next "2017 Fanjingshan International Road Cycling Invitational China Sinan·Wujiang Pearl Station" event itinerary. (Photo and text: Feng Ganyong)