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April 5 Batang - Markam clear 104 kilometers total 3163 kilometers out on the car 7:20 pm, do not rush too Batang, there is no time to a careful look at this place, Batang earthquake in 1989 completely destroyed, is Later contributions to the reconstruction at home and abroad, the roads are pretty neat new house. After 1 hour and 20 minutes by car, came to the Jinsha River Bridge, the People's Liberation Army investigation documents on the train, foreigners can not be over the Jinsha River, thus we must return. Over the bridge to see a monument, inscribed with the words there are 72 km away from Markam.
Batang Valley is located in Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, at the junction of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Tanggula Mountains originated in the Jinsha, Lancang River, Nu River, in this region within the past several hundred kilometers parallel to competing streams of influence, constitutes the so-called "Two Mountains and folders 1 River, two rivers clip mountain "in Sanjiang area. Here endlessly rising peaks, deep ravines cloth, since ancient times as "ten-mile different days do." Looking up from the bottom up, towering steep, the mountain on the confrontation between the King is more than impressive.
Recognizing the vehicle seen in the Litang the two guy. I asked: "Do you come to travel it?"
"Yes, My name is Yang Fei, the beard is called Echi-ming, from Chengdu to."
We exchange names, it is natural to talk about their experiences.
Yang Fei said: "The day we saw you, I know that is also to travel, but guess you are Japanese, there is no past, say hello, we are sitting is that you can not get of that bus."
I said: "I saw you, still see you holding pump, strange, and that pump to come why?"
Yang Fei said: "We are ready to ride a bicycle to Lhasa, bicycle pump is used to cheer for."
"Wow, riding a bike to Lhasa." We exclaimed in unison, to go to Tibet Sichuan-Tibet line has been a friend said to crazy, and now more than we met mad.
LC asked: "do you bike?"
Echi-ming, pointing to the roof: "on the bus roof, we have come all the way from Chengdu car, ready to Lhasa from Markam Riding."
I look at the car without a car now, the curious and asked: "So you recharge car? Is not a first-Markam wait for you."
"We do not supply cars, all the luggage had this." Yang Fei package pointing to the ground.
Once again, we exclaimed: "You have to use a bike carrying all the luggage at an altitude of several kilometers on the bike, this is not the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, intends to spend a few days."
"About 25 days to use it."
cat asked: "Are you ride less than a day, the next stop, half-way to live there for?"
"We live Tao classes and depot, have good contacts."
Road, highway maintenance worker class was living in a house, built on the roadside, to facilitate road maintenance worker at any time. May be thousands of kilometers in the big cities do not have one, can be everywhere in the Sichuan-Tibet highway, dozens of kilometers there is one, the shortest one in every three kilometers. General road maintenance workers, are living in a Road class, road repair appears the situation is one family, one can often see a couple of kids and their parents clean up the road with boulders. The Sichuan-Tibet Highway can be seen just how dangerous, but also shows how dedicated track maintenance workers. Depot is also similar, generally in 2 to 3 rows, but are built in the advantageous position, should not overlook the 2-3 rows, as long as they keep here, you have several divisions of the army are not even think about the past.
12 points had to Markam, Markam in Tibetan means "good wonderful area," Sichuan-Tibet Highway and Yunnan-Tibet Highway on meet. Because there are early, we are looking for cars to the next Zogang. From here on the way are not terminal, and only take the truck. Truck's cab with the driver and his assistant, has no room, only to sit there is no pont cargo box. To turn the Sichuan-Tibet Highway to Zogang one of the highest pass, 5 more than 1000 meters, a bit worried, do not want to freeze the hand railings escorted out immediately to buy a pair of military gloves. The driver did not hear that we had to take a flip over the Snowy Mountains Punta cartons, and asked whether we crazy, no one is willing to take us. I do not know whether, therefore, alerted the local Public Security Bureau, a public security of the identification documents to us: "Can we take a look at your ID please?"
We handed him ID, police carefully read it again, laugh: "You know that I have had, I thought you are Japanese, foreigners are not allowed to come here, as if there are two, I learned to ride on Lhasa, is not with you in it? "was going to put us as we are all trying to feel out the bottom.
Finally police told we must pay attention to safety and walked out.
We checked into hostel weather, the boss heard that we are going Zogang, said: "Tomorrow there is a car to Qamdo, if the evening to arrive Markam, they checked into our hostel to help you when I ask."
Luckily, the afternoon went to the car or bus. They are a special trip to Markam with a team to the People's Liberation Army Chang degrees and agreed to bring us peace of mind so we will stay there, waiting for tomorrow's departure. Piaowu the sky when the sky began to snow, but also growing, in sight of the mountains covered with a layer of silver makeup, the whole county has become a vast expanse of whiteness. Living in the south of us the first time I saw snowing, happily dancing in the snow. Fortunately, there is no happy while they sit open-top truck up the mountain, but for a dead duck. Yang Fei tomorrow, they would start riding, and looked at the snow outside, I can only silently wish them bon voyage.
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April 6 Markam - Zogang blizzard 158 kilometers total 3321 kilometers of the car is sitting here today has not sat since the bus journey, a row of five blocks. Drivers and assistants are tall Kham guy, tall and 1 meter assistant 9, wearing a Kangba coat, wearing a scarf, waist do a long knife, a powerful and extraordinary momentum. People's Liberation Army vehicle in which officers were Tibetans living in Lhasa. He knows that we have to travel to Lhasa, leaving the phone, so we went to Lhasa, we must find him, he can take our free to visit the Potala Palace.
8:37 pm car left the Markam, and slowly climbed to the east tadalafil Mountains Pass, elevation 5086 meters, towering peaks, strong winds blowing snow fast Piaowu, we disregard possible altitude sickness, I got to run in the snow move, have snowball fights, take pictures, played with enjoying themselves. Standing on snow-covered pass Jimuyuantiao, distant Qianshanwanhe looming, the earth a boundless, momentum is pressing.
After the peak of the Sichuan-Tibet Road, not altitude sickness, it seems we are immune to the Tibetan plateau. The following are some of mountain cliffs, roads narrow, just enough for a car, and if necessary to retreat across the car to compare a wide space for Road. Patted his chest a few locals actually said to me: "Good risk呀! Good insurance呀!" I was happy to change seats with him, sitting the window can be more easily look at the scenery. May be that we never directly confront death, dare so bold of view, they might have experienced life and death of the first-line, so it can cherish life.
11 points to the foot of the mountain bamboo card depot, continued on our way after lunch, 6:00 to reach Zogang, Zogang Tibetan means "??êú (farming) Cattle." Zogang Although only 12 Avenue, but this can be considered a big town, post office, post office, banks have, or newly built, large and bright floating in the streets come there are still street lights, set foot since the Sichuan-Tibet line is also unusual.
Sichuan-Tibet line to 81 from the town of Markam, cell phones have basically had no signal, and sometimes the county is still fortunate that each county has a long-distance telephone, and will not cut off from the outside world. To Lhasa after the know, and a half months after the Sichuan-Tibet line Markam so many landslides, alerted the central Sichuan-Tibet line has been closed for repairs until traveled to Chengdu, on seeing the CCTV news know that until June 1 opening of a comprehensive restoration to stay Next news as a memento.
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State Road, the slow pace of rescue Mangkang landslide in Tibet continues
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At 13:21 on May 22, 2001, Henan Newspaper Network
Last month on the 25th, Tibet, Markam County occurred in large-scale landslides, leading to the left bank of the West qu 318 State Road traffic interruption. More than 20 days, the collapsed body has been in a precarious state, so far, every day there are still a large number of earth and rock from an altitude of nearly 4 km of the mountain to the elevation of two thousand four hundred meters of the West qu collapse, 318 State Road, the slow pace of rescue .
Experts estimate that, at present, the total landslide is close to 1 million cubic meters, and the Jinsha River tributary of the West, formed a song Hanoi, 50 meters wide, about 20 meters high blocking dam, cutting off the West qu. Recently, the flood control headquarters, after investigation decided that, in the original State Road 318, based on the roadbed by 10 meters, re-opened up a sidewalk in order to restore the traffic. In addition, experts are still at the top of the post-landslide margin, found a nearly 200-meter-long crack, experts say, do not rule out the continuation of a larger area of landslides. At present, the flood control headquarters has sent people 24 hours to monitor the development of this crack.
(Yi Tang Eric Shih)
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