Kuang Ji's personal experience

While many old broadcasters have returned to Guangzhou, 81-year-old Kuang Ji has just prepared for his trip to the South Pole. According to the plan, he will leave Hong Kong on December 19th, spend 24 days visiting the Antarctic continent, and land at the center of the South Pole by ice plane. By then, Kuangji will become the oldest tourist in the world to reach the Antarctic center.

Impact on the Antarctic Center

Kuangji, who is 83 years old, was the former deputy governor of Guangdong Province. After retiring, he traveled to dozens of countries. He accepted an exclusive interview with this newspaper yesterday and told the colorful life of a retired old man. For non-professional explorers, it is nothing new to visit the North and South Poles, but it is absolutely rare to really reach the center of the North and South Poles. Because if you go to the North Pole, the general icebreaker can only sail to the Arctic Circle, and you need to take a nuclear-powered icebreaker to the North Pole; To go to the South Pole, the average icebreaker or cruise ship can only help tourists board the Antarctic continent, and it takes more than three hours to get to the center of the South Pole by ice plane.

The reporter saw that this "old donkey friend" plans to take a small ice plane to the center of the Antarctic continent in Puntarenas, Chile. The one-way flight time will exceed 3 hours, and after landing at the center of the Antarctic, he will visit the center for about 4 hours. The 24-day tour fee ranges from 59,8 yuan to 8, yuan, and the cost of flying in a small plane needs to be paid separately, which is 3,299 dollars per person.

"In order to protect the local environment, starting from next year, the Antarctic will no longer accept cruise ships, and ordinary scientific research ships will no longer allow ordinary tourists to board," Dr. Huang Ming, a senior donkey friend who has traveled to and from the South and North Poles many times, told this reporter. "This old man will be the oldest person to reach the center of the Antarctic." Hearing about traveling all over the world, many citizens will think that it is the luxury life of the rich, but it is not. "The most important thing after retirement is to have a healthy body," Kuang Ji said to the retired elderly. "Even for low-and middle-income groups, it is no problem to save 2, yuan or 3, yuan for a lifetime, but 2, yuan or 3, yuan can travel all over the world."

Wang Hongchang also agrees with Kuang Ji's point of view, "Generally, if you go to Europe for free travel, you can take public transportation in Europe, and you can travel all over seven or eight countries in Europe. About 2, yuan is enough." Wang Hongchang explained, "Going to America is more than 2, yuan; In addition, I can spend 3 thousand yuan to travel almost all over many countries in Asia; Spend another 3 thousand yuan to travel all over Africa; It costs about 3 thousand yuan to go to South America, and 15 thousand yuan is enough together. Another 15, yuan can go to the South Pole and the North Pole. "

This is still a waste. If you are a poor traveler, the budget cost of traveling around the world can be lower. "You can easily travel around the world with the money of buying a room in Guangzhou." Wang Hongchang said.

Kuang Ji's daughter works in an American hospital and has many holidays. "Every holiday, it is very troublesome for my daughter to go back to China, and it is also very difficult for us to go," Kuang Ji said. "My daughter knows that I like to look around, so before each holiday, I make an appointment with the destination country. My daughter will wait for us in that country first, and then we will fly from China. In this way, I have gone to more than a dozen countries since I retired. " Almost all the travel expenses are borne by his daughter. Kuang Ji and his wife have been to the North Pole twice. In October 28, Kuang Ji arrived in Argentina, which is only one step away from the South Pole. But it is only in the Antarctic summer that we can go to the Antarctic continent, that is, in December and January every year, Kuang Ji missed the time to land on the Antarctic continent.

"I've been uneasy since I came back," said Kuang Ji, who has been to the North Pole, but the South Pole is just around the corner, but I can't get there. I always feel like I owe a debt to the South Pole.

Later, Kuang Ji told Wang Hongchang of CITIC International Travel Service about this idea. With Wang Hongchang's help, Kuang Ji's trip to the South Pole is no longer an ordinary trip to the South Pole, but a trip to the center of the South Pole.

"In addition to preparing professional cold-proof clothes, my daughter will accompany me all the way to the Antarctic center," Kuang Ji said. "I have been to a very cold glacier before, and there is no problem. Plus my daughter is a doctor, so I won't worry about physical problems at all. "

For Kuang Ji, after retirement, traveling has become the main job of life. "What do you think is a qualified China person?" Kuang Ji said: "A person who has never left home and has never even seen the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, if Kan Kan talks about China, I think it is really an armchair strategist. After retirement, I am determined to become a' China native', at least to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland first. "

Soon, Kuang Ji traveled all over China. While traveling, I also studied photography, and now I have published two photo albums. After becoming a "China native", he wants to be an "earthman". "I have been to the North Pole twice. If I successfully reach the center of the South Pole at the end of this year, I will be a qualified" earthman ","Kuang Ji said with a smile.