At 13 o'clock on August 8, 2001 the whole, we started riding retro truck opened a sealed hood, almost at the same time, I saw a very blue sky, sitting in the car truck, the I gently asked around Dunin: "Lhasa to??" is also a first visit to Lhasa in Dunin, gently nodded, said: "Yes."
We have carefully pondering over these words, they are actually very calm.
Journey to Lhasa was set off from Lanzhou, the peers is one of my friends, when reading the junior Xiao Tan, in 2000 she went to Lhasa, the following year, her internship is scheduled in Lhasa. We are not a straight start in Lhasa, but Tibetan areas in Qinghai and Tibet, Kham spent half a month old. Kham Tibetan travel this not only to us unforgettable experiences, but also right there with the deep feelings.
Everything arrived in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, from the beginning. Yushu July 25 each year to be hosting the annual Jockey Club. The Jockey Club in 2001 coincides with the 50th anniversary of statehood in Yushu Prefecture, which particularly grand. July 21 afternoon, we went to Da Xining, the simply can not buy a sleeper ticket to Yushu, even hard-seat tickets are sold out. Fortunately, there is overtime car, after many twists and turns, we finally bought the last two to Yushu berth ticket is a poor location of the head compartment capped with the final votes, more than 800 kilometers in the whole long journey, our the head is often projected into the compartment above find any. Maduo arrive in Qinghai, when mountain sickness unknowingly hitting us head pain, rapid breathing up whom. In the Bayan Har climbed over 5000 meters above sea level when the pain continues to intensify, good news is quickly down the mountain, and then go to the main pastoral areas of Qinghai Yushu. To reach the state capital of Yushu junction town (elevation 3,700 meters) of the time, it is already the second day of the Dusk. Bus driving after 29 hours. Xiao Tan knot in Yushu town has a few friends, in addition to the first night living in hostels away from the remaining five days living in the knot of a Tibetan friend nison town house. Nysogn great trust in us, take the initiative to give us the keys to residence use. Hospitable nysogn also took the initiative for us to do tsampa and yak meat. Our reaction to high altitudes after a day of rest, reduced, in the end is completely adapted. July 25 opening of the Jockey Club, this time bad weather, the next heavy rain played a Piaopo, and the body of the Kamba people who dress show they have not yet installed odd rocks, the Jockey Club on hastily, and After all, at an altitude of 3700 meters of altitude towns, due to rain and the cold, no joke things. Still later in the July 27th day of the Kham Tibetan song and dance performances, the Jockey Club held a re-fun. Yushu knot few Internet cafes in town, only three, each only 10 the machine, Internet access fees 5 yuan per hour, speed in general. The Jockey Club during those few days, some foreigners have become frequent visitors to Internet cafes, we are at the Jockey Club the day before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Internet cafes where students know Dunin, he at the Jockey Club a person intends to transfer to Lhasa after the Yushu, just with us.
July 29 morning, the three of us from the guitar town by bus to Yushu Nangqên plans to go to go to Tibet, where they ride. In the vicinity of the road map, not even that not a straight line, but we still want to try his luck. At 16:00 on the 29th or so, we arrived at Nangqian county. The town is small, the full range of less than 200 meters, arrive afternoon, we are well on the next afternoon to find a plan to go to Tibet riwoqe a large truck, and drivers of the three of us first discuss the matters hitchhiking , the three checked into the hostel Nangqian post office. A small town to the three planned to go to Tibet Riwoqe travelers, naturally caused a minor stir in the county, the three of us flew into the goal became the county seat crowd, but fortunately star Jet Li was also watching him in this town The Master, This split the town's people to our attention. The next day, we lived in Shouhou hotels in Jet Li's star-chasing, and like everyone else access to indoor and Jet Li pictures taken. Jet Li's recent visit to Yushu in Qinghai Province, in addition to participate in Yushu Zhou Qing, is also to Nangqên of a temple to see his master. According to the Tibetan friends say that Jet Li has won a very serious stomach was his master, cured with Tibetan medicine. When the afternoon, go to Tibet to find the driver of Riwoqe we say that a bad car, we ride to the riwoqe things cancellation. Learned about this, three very frustrating, fortunately coming Nangqian passenger cars, I've met a few local boys (they are in Xining reading), this afternoon, they took us to ride a motorcycle Nangqian the outskirts of a drive, where the beautiful scenery, you can also see the Lan Cang River flow upstream of the river miscellaneous songs. We drank beer while chatting.
The next second, three days, we could not find a truck to go Riwoqe all day, depressed the unhappy. Nangqên is too small, no TV watching, there is no Internet cafes, not even eat rice Han flavor restaurant. Moreover, the county's dogs are too much, Xiao Tan arrived the day was one of the wild dogs, and we had alarmed. Depression in the county seat to the third day in the afternoon, and finally led to a turning point. And I go out to look Dunin car, and finally inquire into the early morning of August 1 there are bandwagon to riwoqe. Is not one, but a good start with a few more. Care of the ride with the driver about the matters, we are happy to go to the county seat was the only Muslim restaurant to eat noodles at home. Foot the bill when the restaurant owner said that this meal we should not pay, and considered that he invited us to eat. To this end, Dunin sigh, said: "You are good ah."
August 1 at 6 am, we got on the go to Tibet riwoqe county truck, began to advance in Tibet. Nangqian to Riwoqe county a total length of 194 kilometers, the entire route to high-risk, Kawasaki known for. Near the Qinghai region, all mountain plateau 4,000 meters above sea level, until you reach the regions of Tibet Riwoqe is well-known cross-sectional mountains, occasionally there is still a high altitude meadow soil roads, dangerous journey along the road when landslides interrupted. During this journey unforgettable enough to make us a lifetime, unforgettable. I remember the cave through a muddy stretch of road, the truck has been tilted to 30 degrees, and the following is the abyss, through that part of the route, Tibetan passengers mutter prayers, seeking the Buddha bless, I and Xiao Tan, Dunin then looked at each other, pale, Mind has languished. That night, an alpine meadow in the heart of truck camping, high altitude wind cold, cold pressing. Places in the compartment where you simply will not dare to sleep in the past. The next day dawn, trucks continue to the road, this section of the route was a wading forward, but fortunately no recent rain, the river is just drowned tires, near misses. In which there is a distance, scenery especially the United States. 8 o'clock that evening, the truck finally succeeded in opening to the county seat of Tibet riwoqe.
Dawn, when the three of us then pick up the backpack, employing a light passenger pick-up truck from the county to reach Tibet's Chang riwoqe city. Chang arrived in the city when the three of us again in the city's cargo terminal Chang contacted a Sichuan-Tibet line to go to Lhasa city, the big trucks. Tickets per 120. Before starting, we are dedicated to the Qamdo Qiangbalin Monastery pray that Buddha would protect our journey safe and well. Day just to catch up with the Temple of the Living Buddha received believer, I, Xiao Tan, Dunin three Living Buddhas have been bestowed ready, and then later, we rode the big trucks in the Sichuan-Tibet line, three days four nights has been very Shun, arrived safely the holy city of Lhasa.
---- Turn taken from the E as the "Su Jin Club" Author: Quan-feng
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