“从来不报团旅游的我，知道有一个目的地是一定要走团的：美国黑石城的Burning Man。在爽约火人节朋友团两次邀约之后，2015年8月28日，我终于坐上了开向Black Rock City的房车。

After missing the festival twice, on 28th August 2015 I was trailing behind an RV, and I was finally on the road to Burning Man.”

----【处女火人】西游记

第一站，Walmart超市。

儿童自行车、车尾架、车锁，水袋，手电，基本厨具，塞满房车冰箱的食材、水果、果汁、牛奶，各种零食和杂件，感觉就跟搬新家入住一样。那辆粉色的“小可爱”将陪伴我度过Burning Man的每一天。 First stop, Walmart. After stocking up on some essentials: a snazzy pink bike, water bottles, flashlights, kitchen utensils, we then filled the car with fruits, juices, milk, and a variety of snacks. Enough supplies for our new home. Looking at my new pink bike out of the window, I wondered what adventures my little pink vehicle had in store.

第二站，24小时水站，对，不是加油站。在去火人节的路上，水站是一定要补给的地方。买了多少桶10L装的真数不出来了，总之房车里的淋浴间几乎被这装满了。 Next stop, the water store. We collected enough for the week and filled up the bathroom in our trailer.

下面一站，就是黑石城。从公路拐出来就上了沙土路，离活动场地还有几十公里远，地面就用路标隔成了多条入场路线。 Next stop: Burning Man. The road sign read 10mph and the road soon began to split into 6 different lanes.

越接近场地就越是堵车，还好隔一段路旁就有移动厕所，不用像国内黄金假期高速路堵得大家得备纸尿裤了。旁边的车上也经常能看到各种好玩的，看得出来大家都是有备而来。 We settled in line to join the throng of people in the queue on the wide desert roads. Toilets were well managed, and frequently placed along the way.

风沙中浓妆艳抹的检票员们欢迎辞和动作都很夸张，他们叫我“Virgin Burner”，哈哈，终于入场啦！按地图到达我们的营区，IDEATE ! Out of the window, we caught glances of the weird and wonderful “mutant vehicles” alongside us. Finally, we arrived and the campsite officials handed me my tag of Virgin Burner! In our first year, we chose to set up at IDEATE, the largest camp that year.

别以为这就可以开始戏耍了，换好工服，干活儿吧！每一个人都要参与营区建设，人人有责，在这里真不是空谈的口号！ There was no time to party just yet, however, we spent the first part of our trip constructing our campsite.

来自世界各地的“工友们”边聊边喝，营区完工标识也立起来的时候，已经交了几个新朋友了。 After a full day of building, some workmates had already become friends.

第一天劳动过量，决定就骑车简单转转熟悉一下地形。骑了几步就要停下来拿出手机拍照，没办法，这世面确实之前没见过呀…… We biked around to familiarize ourselves with the area, but were often stopping to take photos of everything we could feast our eyes on.

这个有龙形旗帜的营区后来知道还真是中国朋友的营地，但当时门口的几位“坦诚到底”的老外让我望而却步了。拍一张走吧。 We spotted a dragon flag erected outside one tent, that later turned out to be some of our fellow countrymen. But on our first day, we were a bit too shy to say hi…

先骑到中央服务区喝点儿冰奶茶，解解渴也补补能量。国内都说火人节只卖咖啡和冰，那也是过时消息啦，柠檬水、冰茶、奶茶、红茶，小费收集罐儿，其实都有的。(dART贴纸也留在了咖啡机上) It is an urban myth that only coffee and ice cubes are sold at Burning Man! In fact, there were wide ranges of refreshments on offer.

在这里我第一次现场看到了Acroyoga（杂技瑜伽）。之后也在这里给自己上了第一节杂技瑜伽课。 Here, I came across Acroyoga for the first time!

夕阳西下，跟中央服务区高大的守护者说了再见，在骑车回营区为明天积蓄能量的路上，虽然凉风吹得我起鸡皮疙瘩，心里还是暖暖的----从旧金山机场直接跑到黑石城，Burning Man，我真的来了。 At sunset, I decided to save my energy for the next day and said goodbye to the tall guardian of the camp.

然而，从第二天开始，黑石城连着几天都是沙尘天气。自然的洪荒之力在第二天就告诉了我Burning Man并不是那么好“混”的。 Day two: the city went through a few days of sand storms.

接下来发生的故事，想听吗？

We will be lighting the fire again soon, until next time...