进入泸沽湖 Getting to Lugu Lake

To go to Lugu Lake, most travelers take an eight-hour bus journey from Lijiang.
大部分去泸沽湖的旅客，都是从丽江坐八个小时大巴的。

But because I visited a friend in Yongsheng beforehand, I took a three-hour bus journey to Ninglang and then shared a mini-cab (mini-van) with other locals (The Mosuo).
但我因为在永胜看朋友，就从哪里坐三个小时的公车去宁蒗，然后就跟着在泸沽湖住的摩梭人坐面去。

In the minicab, the driver suggested a deal with me, saying if he could help me 'escape from buying the ticket', I did not need to pay for the cab but just the ticket fee for him. I didn't feel quite comfortable with that because I have never done this before and didn't think the ticket cost me a lot of money...but I said 'ok' finally...just wanna see how it went!

在面的上，师傅就向我提议，如果他能帮我逃票，我就把票的钱给他，不用付车费。我本来不 想答应的，因为我就是很胆小，从来没有想过逃票，而且也不会省很多钱......不过，算了吧，就试试看！

I knew that, it's not that easy.
我就知道，没有那么容易。

「下车，买票！」管理员凶巴巴的跟我说。
‘Get off, go buy the ticket' said the janitor with a long face.

「不是啦，她是摩梭人，回家去啊，不用买票！」师傅很自信的说。
'No, no, you get it wrong, she is Mosuo, she is just going home' the driver argued.

「@#￥%%…… %￥￥%……&*&」我旁边的婆婆突然把手绕在我的肩上，大概是用摩梭话跟管理员说我是她的亲人之类的。
"djkfapifnaeoifnpaeif eiapfn eapoifeio," the granny sitting next to me suddenly put her hand around the shoulder and said nicely to the janitor in her native language. I think she probably said I'm her relatives or something.

管理员当然不信啊！我那么白，又穿颜色鲜艳的冲锋衣，分明就是旅客。最后，我还是下车买票！
How could the janitor believe that! I'm too obvious to be just a tourist, as my skin was too fair to be Musuo and I wore an eye-catching windbreaker. I finally bought a ticket.