December 31, 2017, Li Yaxi mother and son arrived in the Sahara Desert as scheduled. Here, the two said "goodbye" to 2017 and "hello" to 2018, completing a unique New Year's Eve. "On the eve of New Year's Day every year, I used to welcome the New Year with my family and friends as long as I was in Chengdu," said Li Yaxi, adding that such days lasted for many years until 2012, when the family traveled to Taipei and celebrated the New Year in Taipei's 101 Building. I realized that it was not necessary to stay in my own city all the time to celebrate New Year's Eve, but I could try to change the place, to celebrate the old and welcome the new year with different people in different countries and different cities." In the five years that followed, Li Yaxi never gave up traveling to different countries to try new ways to celebrate New Year's Eve.
In 2018, he showed up in the Sahara Desert with his mother. "I had been here 20 years ago, but this time I found the Sahara even more beautiful." Li Yaxi feels that because he did the trip he wanted to do, his mother's passage made driving Morocco mean something different. Open the folding table and chairs, take out the tea set, Li Yaxi brewed a pot of hot tea, and his mother wandering the desert scenery, contentedly tasting the flavor of happiness.
That night, mother and son stayed in the desert side of the hotel, together with the hotel to participate in the New Year's activities organized. In the bonfire, ethnic minority bands, wine drinks, villagers laughter, initially sitting quietly Tang Jiacui, and later was infected, followed by everyone, square dance played to the fullest. "Thank you mom, there are always some days worthy of us *** with have, there is always that day is a good memory." Li Yaxi wrote down the words, but also Tang Jiacui want to say to his son.