南美洲開箱文 (3) 海拔超過三千的市郊小山丘Monserrate.
First time in South America (3): a 10,000-ft hill by the city
到達哥倫比亞的第一天傍晚,在當地同事的推薦下,決定上市區旁邊、頂上有著地標教堂的小山丘Monserrate(加泰隆尼亞語裡「山」的意思)。雖然看起來是座小山丘,海拔高度卻挺嚇人的——3,152公尺,畢竟光市區就已經高達2,625公尺了。幸好這500公尺的高差不需要用爬的,搭個來回21,000COP(6.15USD)的纜車,10分鐘就到山頂啦!上去的時間是下午17:45,正好拍完夕陽拍夜景。.
老實說,每次出門旅行打包時,我對於是否要帶腳架往往都猶豫再三——這東西在背包裡超占空間,用到的機會卻很少,主要就是拿來拍夜景(或是上次在撒哈拉沙漠拍星空)而已;但每次到了最後,往往都因為不想面臨「美景當前卻拍不得」的窘境,還是決定把腳架帶著。而Monserrate山上的波哥大夜景也沒讓我失望,好久沒拍到這麼壯闊的城市夜景了!.
It was my first day in Bogota, Colombia. Recommended by local colleagues, I decided to visit Monserrate, a landmark "hill" next to downtown Bogota. While looking like a hill, it has a surprisingly high elevation -- 10,341ft (3,152m), about 1,500ft higher than the city (8,612ft; 2,625m). Fortunately, you don't have to hike to the top. Getting to the top takes only 10 mins by the tramway, and costs only 21,000COP (6.15USD) round-trip.
To be honest, I'm always debating whether to bring my tripod when I travel. It takes quite a bit of space in the backpack, and is only useful for night shots. However, almost every time my decision is YES, since I don't want to miss the chance to get good night photos. The view at Monserrate didn't disappointment me -- 1,500ft above the giant metropolis does give an exceedingly spectacular view.
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9 common phrases you didn't know have dark origin stories
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Riding shotgun真的跟霰彈槍有關
"Riding shotgun" is the ideal place to ride during on a road trip. But in the Old West, the person sitting in the passenger seat was required to do a whole lot more than find the perfect radio station.
在現代,riding shotgun指的是汽車上路旅行的理想座位,也就是副駕駛座。在從前的美國西部,副駕駛座上的人要做的可不僅僅是調到一個好電臺那麼簡單。
Stagecoach drivers in the Old West needed a person to literally "ride shotgun." The passenger would carry a shotgun in order to scare off robbers who might want to attack them, according to Reader's Digest.
根據美國雜誌《讀者文摘》的文章表示,過去在美國西部趕馬車的人需要有人在旅行途中保護駕駛。副駕駛座上的人要手持霰彈槍來嚇阻想要攻擊馬車的強盜。
Highway robbery真的是搶劫
Most people would agree that paying $10 for your favorite cup of coffee is highway robbery. But the original definition of highway robbery once meant literally robbing travelers on or near the highway. The first known usage of the phrase was in 1611.
多數人會認同一杯可口的咖啡要價10美元(310元新台幣)是highway robbery(敲竹槓)。但是highway robbery原來的意思就是在公路上或公路附近搶劫旅客。這個片語的使用最早出現於1611年。
Painting the town red來自醉鬼的惡行
For you and your crew, "painting the town red" probably means getting glammed up for a fun night of drinks and dancing. However, the phrase originates from a night out that makes dancing on the bar seem tame.
對你和你的朋友們來說,painting the town red的意思是打扮得光鮮亮麗,晚上出去喝酒、跳舞。但是,這個片語原本的意思比在酒吧跳舞還要勁爆多了。
Back in 1837, the Marquis of Waterford went out for a night of drinking with some of his friends, according to Phrases.org. Afterward, the group went through the streets of a small English town destroying property. They broke windows, knocked over flower pots, and damaged door knockers. But things got really crazy when they got their hands on some red paint and literally painted the town red, including doors, a tollgate, and a swan statue.
http://xn--phrases-901ow6v.org/ 網站的記載,1837年,沃特福德侯爵和幾個朋友夜出喝酒,後來他們經過一個英格蘭小鎮的街道時開始搞破壞:砸碎窗戶、打翻花盆、損壞門環。這些酒鬼拿到了一些紅油漆後,局面就開始失控了,酒鬼們把整個城鎮都塗成了紅色,包括門、一道關卡和一座天鵝雕像。
Pulling someone’s leg並不總是在開玩笑
You probably think that pulling someone's leg is all in good fun. After all, what's the harm in a little joke, right? This commonly used phrase that today means playing an innocent joke meant something a lot more sinister years ago.
你大概以為pulling someone's leg(開某人的玩笑)都很好玩。畢竟,開個小玩笑無傷大雅。這個常用片語在今天的意思是開個沒有惡意的玩笑,但多年前的意思卻邪惡得多了。
Thieves in 18th and 19th Century London would drag their victims to the ground by their legs in order to rob them, according to Phrases.org.
http://xn--phrases-901ow6v.org/ 網站的記載,18和19世紀時,倫敦的小偷會拉住受害人的腿將其拖倒在地,然後搶劫財物。
Paying through the nose北歐海盜真的做得出
You won't be happy if you think you're paying through the nose for something. Although you may feel like you're getting ripped off, at least you get to keep your face intact. The roots of this commonly used idiom come from a brutal tactic of The Dane Vikings of slitting someone's nose from tip to eyebrow if the person refused to pay their tax, according to Grammarist.
如果你覺得自己paying through the nose for something(為某件東西花了很多錢),肯定高興不起來。不過,就算被「剝皮」,至少你的臉是完好無損的。根據Grammarist網站記載,這個常用片語來自於北歐海盜的一種殘酷手段,如果有人拒絕交稅,就將此人的鼻子從鼻頭到眉毛間劃開。
如果有人read you the riot act 那你就有大麻煩了
After your parents "read you the riot act" for breaking curfew, you might have been facing a few weeks in your room without a television. But in 18th Century England, being read the Riot Act meant you could be facing time behind bars.
如果你的父母因為你深夜不歸而read you the riot act(責罰你),你可能將面臨幾星期的禁足,還不能看電視。但是在18世紀的英格蘭,being read the Riot Act(宣讀《暴動法案》)代表著你可能要進監獄。
The Riot Act was implemented in 1715 and stated that the British government could consider any group of 12 or more people a threat to public safety and be ordered to break up, according to Atlas Obscura. Anyone refusing to disperse could be arrested or forcibly removed from the premises.
據Atlas Obscura網站記載,1715年實施的《暴動法案》指出,英國政府將會把任何12人以上的團體視為對公共安全的威脅,並勒令其解散。任何拒絕解散的人將被逮捕或強行驅逐。
Letting the cat out of the bag可能是陰險的行為
Today, "letting the cat out of the bag" is used to mean spilling someone's secret. But one of the supposed origins of the phrase was rooted in deceit.
在現代,letting the cat out of the bag指的是洩露某人的秘密。但該片語的原意和欺騙有關。
Supposedly in Medieval times, farmers would go to markets to purchase pigs. Most of the time, their bag would contain the animal they paid for. But if they bought from a shady dealer, they would open their bag to find an unpleasant surprise - their pricey pig had been swapped for a much less expensive cat.
據說,在中世紀時期,農民會到集市去買豬。大多數時候,這些農民付錢後就會拿到裝在麻袋裡的豬。但如果他們是從不良商販那裡買的,農民打開麻袋後會驚愕地發現高價買來的豬居然被偷龍轉鳳成不值錢多的貓。
But as Mental Floss notes, there are quite a few holes with this theory.
不過,Mental Floss網站指出,這一說法漏洞百出。
Baker's dozen是為了查驗麵包師傅的誠信
You may be thankful to count on that 13th roll in your baker's dozen, but you can think a rather sinister rule for its creation.
從麵包師傅那裡買了一打麵包,結果一數有13個,你可能會挺感激的,但是baker's dozen的起源卻和一條殘忍的規定有關。
It all traces back to a 13th-century British rule called the Assize of Bread and Ale. The rule stated that if bakers were caught selling smaller or low-quality bread to customers, they could have their hands chopped off.
這要追溯到13世紀英國一項名為《麵包和麥酒法令》的法規。這條法規規定,如果麵包師傅被發現賣給顧客不足量或劣質的麵包,這些師傅們的雙手就會被剁掉。
That's why it was just easier to throw a 13th piece into the pile — thus creating the baker's dozen.
所以往一打麵包裡多放一個就更保險一些,於是,麵包師傅的一打(baker's dozen)就成了13個。
Meeting a deadline曾經真的是「死線」
When you get that big report to your boss on time, "meeting a deadline" is a good thing. But the phrase was coined during the American Civil War and had some deadly consequences.
如果你準時將重要報告交給領導,meeting a deadline就是好事。但這個片語是在美國南北戰爭期間被發明的,當時可是會招來致命的後果。
The deadline was apparently a line inside of the area where Federal prisoners of war were kept. If a prisoner attempted to cross the line, they would be shot, according to Bloomsbury International.
布魯姆斯伯里國際英語學校稱,很顯然,deadline是聯邦監獄中戰犯關押區內的一條線。如果有犯人試圖越過這條線,他們就會被槍斃。
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塔什干的考驗 Trials of Tashkent
每到一個新的國家,我往往都會經歷一段撞牆期,這段期間因為對環境不熟悉,或者現場情況和網路上說的不一樣,會有種做什麼事情都不順的鬼打牆感,而且也得花上額外的時間去解決。這就是我在烏茲別克第一天的感覺。
從伊斯坦堡飛到烏國首都塔什干,早上七點順利在機場拿到簽證並入境。正當我還在高興一切照著計畫進行、沒有意外的時候,撞牆期的挑戰便接踵而來。
Whenever I travel to a new country, the first day can always be challenging. I often have to spend extra time and effort to deal with unexpected circumstances in the unfamiliar environment. Sometimes it could be quite frustrating. This is what I experienced on my first day in Uzbekistan.
The flight from Istanbul to Tashkent landed at 6:30am, and I passed the immigration smoothly around 7am. The easy experience, however, didn’t last long.
首先,我那號稱可以漫遊130多國的手機,在抵達塔什干之後的確是連上了漫遊,但只維持了短短30秒,接下來得透過手動設定在半小時後重新連上,但同樣的30秒之後又會再次斷線;在青年旅館用wifi問了美國那邊的客服,始終無法解決。那時候心想,好吧,沒有漫遊就沒漫遊,城市裡總會有些像車站或政府機關附近有wifi吧?殊不知這個城市裡還真的完全沒有公用的wifi,最後只好靠著紙本與離線地圖在這個陌生的城市裡撐過一整天。
接下來是換錢。一般而言,機場的匯率都不太好,因此我一開始就打定主意要進市區之後在再換錢,卻忘了那天其實是個國定假日,所有的銀行都休息一天,而偏偏自動提款機在這個國家又是稀有物。最後好不容易在市中心找到了一台ATM,直接用跨國跨行提款的方式拿到了烏茲別克的萬元大鈔。(烏茲別克的貨幣som對美金大約是1:8000,拿著幾百萬元到處跑是這邊的常態。)
下一個挑戰是語言。塔什干作為一個首都,很多指標都有雙語標示,但是這個「雙語」指的是烏茲別克語和俄語,兩個我不懂的語言,這個問題在搭地鐵要看表示換車時尤其麻煩。後來我的策略是讀俄文,至少出發前背過西里爾字母,可以像日文片假名那樣先讀出來再猜意思。
First trial: no mobile data on my cell phone. My carrier claims that data roaming is available in Uzbekistan, and it was - only in the first 30 seconds. After that I could reconnect occasionally, but didn’t last any longer. Then I thought, this is not too bad. Tashkent is the capital, and it should be possible to find public wifi networks somewhere? I was wrong. It was impossible to find any public wifi in the city. I had to live on paper and offline maps all day.
Trial #2: currency exchange. Since the exchange shops at airport usually don’t offer good rate, I decided not to do exchange at the airport, and it was proven to be a wrong decision. As I arrived on a national holiday, no bank was open, and ATM was scarce in the city. After a couple of hours of search and 3-mile walk, I finally withdrew cash from my US account at one of the few ATMs in the city.
Trial #3: reading signs. Many sings in Tashkent are bilingual, but they are bilingual in Uzbek and Russian. It was particularly challenging in the subway, where you have to understand the signs to get on the right train. Eventually the strategy I developed was to read Russian first, as at least I can try to pronounce Cyrillic alphabets and guess what the words mean.
最後一個挑戰是:發現這個市區比我想的要乏味一些。這裡不像我接下來要拜訪的那些充滿歷史氣息的絲路古城,整個城市瀰漫著濃濃的前蘇聯風味:寬大筆直的網狀街道、龐大堂皇卻不得其門而入的公共建築、隨處可見的警察和軍人,走在街上嗅不太什麼人文氣氣息;幸好大街以外的世界還是有著驚喜:讓人聯想到以前駱駝商隊的露天市集、香料味四溢的抓飯、宛如地下宮殿的地鐵站。對於想要來看世界文化遺產的旅人來說,塔什干只是個路過地方,給我的整體印象也不算太好,但不可否認它的中亞融合蘇聯風味仍然是個賣點。
塔什干碰到的各種挑戰讓我對這個國家的印象不是太好,幸好當天晚上搭上了一班長途火車,這段人生至此最難忘的火車旅程將第一天的陰霾一掃而空。火車上究竟發生了什麼事情?請待下回分曉。
Last trail: this city is not as attractive as I thought. Like many other Soviet Union cities, it was rationally designed and to some extent dehumanized. This is drastically different from the Uzbek cities I’m going to visit, which are full of cultural heritage and history. Fortunately, there are still some hidden gems in the city: delicious plov (rice plate), vibrant bazaar, gorgeous subway stations, etc. Soviet ideology and central Asian culture come together here. Tashkent is not a big tourist city, but it attracts people in its own unique way.
Although the first impression was not that great, the train trip that night was the most unforgettable one in my whole life. What happened on the train? Will share in my next post :)