Shangri-La Snow Mountain Tour
Time: 2002 4 30 - May 12
1. Kangding join forces
1st day: April 30, Shanghai: heavy rain, Chengdu: Cloudy
Shanghai - Chengdu - Luding
Morning, got up early, out of the window, under the downpour, I set off back of the luggage, but also just arrived Jiangwan light rail station, Lily has hit me call, and asked if I can time travel, Lily and Xiao Huang 2 girls sitting 10 points last night plane to Chengdu, my trip should not be a problem.
In the Yan'an Road light rail station out of the car, hurriedly looking for TAXI, As the next heavy rain, but also to work the peak time, I waited for half an hour on the roadside did not see empty, my heart more and more anxious for fear of misuse of aircraft . At this juncture, I stopped at a TAXI 10 meters away, just had a lady get off, I rushed Zuoshang Ju, went straight to Hongqiao Airport. Fortunately, I got on a smooth Eastern Airlines aircraft, on the plane if there are many self-help travel passengers.
Shuangliu Airport quasi-point aircraft landed, I immediately call to Lily, they both are a friend of mine asked them to dinner, we arranged to meet 45 minutes after the South Gate Station in the new see. Chengdu is very hot this day, I am carrying a large bag, from the Minshan come a time when the new South Gate, has soaked to the skin.
Lily they are yet to come, I quickly bought the first ticket bought is good, they are accompanied by friends to go. It seems the station management was a mess and we waited a long time before got on, but also in the car to wait longer. Around 3:40 or so, we only slowly out of the car bus. Along the way the weather became overcast, and by the time rain Yaan city is completely cloudy day, and mountains are shrouded in thick clouds. Dark, when our car into the well-known Erlang Mountain Tunnel, when out of the tunnels when the sky completely black, and 21 o'clock number, and finally reached our destination - Luding. Selected a Tibetan hotel stay there, ready to go tomorrow Hailuogou.
1st day: May 1, cloudy
Luding - Hailuogou - Luding - Kangding
Early in the morning at the hotel we called a car door into the Hailuogou, today we are playing with three originally planned to be at least five people do, talking about the reasons for Dao Shi quite humorous.
Xiao Yao is an old companion, but she is in accounting, the company whenever they have to close off the end of the last day, so she could not leave yesterday. Originally, we also plan to start until May 1, but think in this way we go to Hailuogou the time is May 2, 51 of the flow of people is always 2 to 4 day is the peak Hailuogou is an old scenic, and well-known, but must sit Hailuogou see icefall cableway, our past experience tells us that encounter 51 and 11 peaks, a certain paralysis within the scenic area ropeway. Therefore, Xiao Yao decide the overall situation, she was a person starting May 1, join with us directly to Kangding.
And our journey was accompanied by an old friend Xiao Zhou, he had one day earlier than we have to Chengdu. Before leaving, he bought a new mountain kits and sleeping bags, do not want to pack the night before last departure actually cracking the next day, an early Quhuan, and therefore the aircraft, all flights were sold out before 51, he had to sit on the 29th The train to Chengdu, so to go to 1 in the morning to get to Chengdu.
Beijing, Ms. Li was Ms. Huang's friends, she had the night to Chengdu is 29, but on the 29th in Beijing, Premier Zhu's visit to the event back, near the airport, the temporary traffic control, she missed the plane, they can only purchase 30 days the aircraft to Chengdu in the evening.
So we really twists and turns of this journey ah, today we not only have three to Hailuogou play, but also keep abreast of their three trips.
To the Hailuogou, the heavy baggage placed in a ticket, we will up the mountains. Glacial vegetation of protection, we walk through the forest toward the ice tongue advance. Xiao Huang apparently healthy general, did not take long to get on the Pole. I started to have felt the impact of altitude, begin to slow down his pace. I treat my body is able to adapt to the highland, in fact, not faith, because I have had a strong Zhongdian in Yunnan plateau, although the response that his poor health, but think there are more than 4000 meters below the Gulf of Aden to to go, or pay attention more is better. We began walking the edge of the ice tongue, a lot of ice, sand, dirty, and there is no imagination in the glacier is beautiful. Ice is very slippery and I slipped several times above, there is one and fell heavily, people Daoshi no injuries, but my sunglasses heavily threw a rock and broke. Every trip I always have to sacrifice a pair of glasses, not lost, that is broke, and this is already a law, so I do not think what a pity.
There are many cracks in the ice, the ice, the staff asked visitors not to move forward, and we can backtrack.
Miss Lee to a new station south gate, but go to Kangding car has no seat, and she wisely chose to find the driver, and finally Gaoding the driver, ride got on. She was on the phone will tell this to us, so we immediately notify the train just a small week, so he followed suit, and finally Xiao Zhou also used this approach, an hour later to catch the next bus. Such as 13:00, Xiao Yao arrived in Shuangliu airport, we dialed her phone, this experience has taught her, and Xiao Yao also used this method, the catch of the day the last one to Kangding car. Three of them actually aboard three shuttle toward the Kangding away, which we did not expect!
The three of us continued our journey Hailuogou, sit rope, we went to a big ice waterfall, this is the world's largest icefall, drop 1,100 meters, and was very spectacular. In the Great Falls before the ice from time to time heard the roar of Bingbeng, soul-stirring! There are 3,800 meters, we began to feel the thin air, the first began Some Zhang Tong, then sat down rope. Then we went to the hot springs, hot springs are open-air Hailuogou, great, very clean, hot springs flow at different temperatures of the pool, you can do its proper temperature choose a different pool, soak in the hot springs in the comfort of a multi - hours, fatigue and headache feeling completely gone. But the time is not late, and we have set out.
Luding looking for a car to go along the way are all across the oncoming tour bus, we are glad that they are the wise, if a day later to Hailuogou I do not know how many visitors can be today, I am afraid that the whole Hailuogou only 100 to a tourist bar.
We changed to Luding to Kangding, a taxi, but he drove out of Luding also take a great effort, a large number of tourists has been the influx of Luding, Luding Bridge side packed. Luding to Kangding from the road in repair, Chengdu, there are a large number of vehicles heading towards the direction of making this road has been jammed with traffic, I Miss Li, who made the three messages exchanged information on the location of his car. Quick ten-point, when our car to the Kangding, is almost the same time, not long before Xiao Zhou, also went to, we began to look for tonight's residence, the whole city of Kangding, is estimated for all of the hotel this evening full of the hotel faster. Have not yet found living, Miss Lee has also arrived, so we broken down into smaller Road, Lily and I went to hotels, they first go to solve three dinner. Finally, we encounter exactly Kangding hotel was because of traffic jams that can not Kangding, and canceled the scheduled three rooms, we immediately paid the money, the room Qiangliaoxialai, even 10 seconds late and then there is no room.
We went to a restaurant for dinner the three of them, when Xiao Yao has also arrived. We toast to celebrate the twists and turns, we finally join forces the foot of Happy Yo-Yo city of Kangding.
Author: willryun
