SU Wen early July will be organized in Xinjiang - Kanas Zijia You should ideally be that we always wanted to drive the idea of travel to distant lands, so readily apply. Next Organization of work, procurement of goods, exercise, repair cars, study maps, check with the excursion spots along the way Raiders, a special reading a bit Liao Jia "play the game way those who" ... ready ... looking forward to the day.
August 6 at 6 am starting a collection of SU headquarters (a little), all the way high-speed driving, approaching Kaifeng territory, suddenly found automobile power shortage, lunch accompanied by maintenance personnel via the inspection to determine possible failure of the engine may not be able to move on. Really empty eyes Perak, Hen Buneng this broken car a split two and a half. In the SU rescue vehicles, escorted by our in Zhengzhou, locate the service station FAW began repairs day and a half long wait and continue to move forward or turn around the contradiction. (Sad)
18:00 the night of August 7
Zhengzhou, Henan Hong Kong Huaxiang very grateful to the Bangladeshi chef to help us a step by step to find the problem, debugging, and finally more than five in the afternoon, all OK, cars can also work in! Can we set off! !
A simple dinner, we 7:00 opening a multi-speed Luo decided to continue to move forward due to a car was recovering from illness, which can advance the speed of 60-70 yards, middle of the night 12:00 into the Sanmenxia City, playing 114 to find the best local hotels of a (Samsung), midnight snack, rest. (Turn for the better)
August 8
LG is a night owl, so eating breakfast, buy some items, and then on high speed nearing 11 o'clock, and during the day to see the way landscape has changed drastically different from the Yangtze River, to bear the demeanor of yellow earth, LG main drive, I was responsible for the Internet, take pictures, camera, look at the map, although not faster, to have freedom. Today's destination: Tianshui car off Tongguan a toll booth, I would see a high mountain towering flat front, feeling like I would like a little ant, it is suppressed. High-speed all the way to Xi'an, Huashan afar, many roads, often incorporated into the lane to another, and flying insects, Zhuangde front windshield glass, little scar. Shaanxi is a place worth visiting, too much culture and heritage, but hurry before the line we can only pass by, and Meet the next just for you from.
Guo Xian cars can also be accelerated now, but good times never last, and have a high-speed end of the Baoji to Tianshui Road (Po Road and beef cattle, North Road) built on mountains, Wan Yan circled the tunnel after another, but also dark, no lights nor reflective film. Along the way of the sharp reversal Wai, on the downhill, pay attention to the mountains falling rock signs, so that the road has been opened we are accustomed to high-speed, suspense, drive carefully. To North Road, LG said that his palms were sweating, which he drove for so many years the most difficult way to go in (which is saying that as early as the point) (more than 190 km with pm 4 hours). No signal can not be due to the way many online booking, or hit 114, stay at city hotels next to the Milky Way, kick down the fold 196. Very good. Next to a pedestrian street, a pleasant meal to eat dinner, where spicy side dish, not to my taste. Met at the hotel told us a local bookseller from Tianshui - Lanzhou - Xining - Golmud - Lhasa, the road fast and convenient, my bad dreams. I has always entertained the selfish to the LG guiding from Tianshui - Lanzhou - Wuwei - Zhangye - Dunhuang - Golmud - Lhasa, would like to take the opportunity to enjoy the west, Yang Guan Jiayuguan people for no reason, and a yearning for the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. Think of, they should not greedy, but also out of it next year. (The major decision-making)
August 9 clear direction on the road, Tianshui, Lanzhou, taking a day greedy senior road, road repair was good, but not closed, in the middle and no Misnomer. Ramp up and down the road and turn more, there is a way to see the warning signs: "in front of a row 13 km downhill, please check your brakes" Let's somewhat surprising. Pass Qin'an a share with a lot of fruits, binary bought 6 large peaches, a flood large and sweet peaches no worse than in Wuxi. (I go before the Metro 30 yuan to buy a box of peaches Wuxi 15. Return trip to buy a lot of back to Nanjing, the reason may be farther hot and humid, only two days on the bad part of it, unfortunately!)
Liu greedy highway into a very good and kept a great sigh road workers, so that we can easily gallop Central Plains. Soon enter the Lanzhou, playing 110, ask for directions, tell us a local guide-way telephone traffic to Taiwan, to guide us to the airport highway to go Zhong-Xining, Ring by. High-speed way line, on both sides of the mountains bare, in particular, yellow, and feel very uncomfortable. From a distance, as if the city of Lanzhou is also in accordance with the mountains gray, the Yellow River water is really muddy to yellow again, feeling the city dirty. 15:00 more in high-speed service station to eat lunch, LG-point of a winter melon soup and a few cooking ribs, saying that the past no longer eat pork. Tastes good, the price is not high, especially good appetite.
High-speed opening was smooth, to a toll station was opened 20 kilometers to know more, to fold back to go see the toll stations were hesitant to our car on the road (not too clearly that their words), specially came out to our guiding and deeply the people's enthusiasm for the West.
To the export down and started along the dirt road the following high-speed bumps, visible high-speed can not go up (not built), really depressed. Lanzhou, that the city really long, way worse for a long time walking along the Yellow River, but also belong to Lanzhou (I hope next year's high-speed can be repaired). Green A, gradually becoming more visible on the road car, the result with a lost one, we are not used to the road here, and so many big trucks (trucks than the south have seen much larger and open was also fast) can not keep up, so that LG dealt a heavy blow, questioning their own driving skills. Heard so much about buying the white jade melon daimyo suddenly discovered a hidden A, car, LG and interaction with the road situation and the necessary time to Lhasa Meet ibid. Can be an open car was found, he did not for a while in front of the drill into the shadow, LG said that seems to keep up with retro possession of A's car, or it ourselves go. Contact him at night to lift the convention. To the people and finally high-speed, and high-speed carefully to find the entrance can be found: and cattle and sheep, passers-by a total line, the road uneven. If not by the people really do not know if it is pointing high-speed entrance. On the road to see more of the white hat.
To Xining, high-speed are very well along the way too many tunnels and bridges, (tunnels and in the 2-4 km long) can be seen during high-speed is not easy to repair. 9pm more to Xining, the city roads straight, asking directions to hear the most is "straight away." Check-South holiday, Daxin Road, teach you a bit the night stand, mostly the Hui and Uygur people in Xinjiang, try a bit string of hand and lamb pilaf, lamb chops, there is no legend delicious.
Back to the hotel view online about Tibet Travels and Raiders, on the road, a variety of altitude sickness at it. 既来之则安之, has decided to try.
August 10 Check-out is already up more than 11 o'clock, the weather was a bit cold to wear long-sleeved shirt. Will send a car to service station to replace three filters and checks. Cheng Kong stroll a bit in Xining city center, in a bookstore to buy a book on the Qinghai books Shaft in the water tasted several local snacks: Niangpi, lamb, surface films, there is a bowl of yogurt, at first glance Like eggs, soup, especially acidic sugar. To the drugstore asked what, in addition to Rhodiola seems to have been no other medicine can bring, bought a bottle of Rhodiola, more than half the price of Nanjing. We are in Nanjing bought three boxes (per box 24 56 a copy), where a bottle of 30 23 yuan. Xining is the big shopping malls where you can see a lot of apparel brands, discounts are also quite powerful. Sense than the entire city of Nanjing clean and fresh. However, we are told, because I did not see when the wind from Xining.
Day afternoon, Warrington, feel the sun's glare, after all, is the elevation of more than 2200, but run and jump freely, but feel that a lot of dry skin.
3:00 to take on more cars, asking directions to the huangyuan direction, road good, but strange, seemingly high-speed roads, happens from time to time the emergence of T-junction and four-fork junction signs, as well as crosswalk lines, roads also got a bad bend Either look at road signs, I really doubt we are in Xining City, turn it around. Out of the last toll station suffered a heavy fog, only Fangmanjusu slowly forward ... ...
Suddenly the fog dissipated, the immediate Huo Ran bright, blue sky and white clouds, grassland, cattle and sheep flocks, road, overturned, stands one of the signs to Golmud. Seems to enter another country, completely different from the mountains just overlapping the road circled. We both very excited, despite the cold days of big, parking camera, we have finally embarked on a legend of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway ... ...
Totally unfamiliar scenery, few cars on the road and saw two of the Tibetans had been walking against the wind picks up a cotton coat, and hurried the end of the chat with online friends to start running around in circles of four photographs, video, Hen Buneng have more eyes to a few .
Sometime we are not careful and take the fork of the road, until a gas station 40 km away I discovered that the wrong to the republic, had to backtrack, re-turned an altitude of more than 3700 meters of the hill. Then on the right path, forward soon saw the Qinghai Lake - China's largest inland lakes and lagoons. The setting sun overlooking Lake Qinghai grasslands at the end of Lake Tianyi color, America!
Time is 8 pm more, stay accountant Qinghai Lake Hotel (Jiang Zemin title words do), each is an independent house from the outside look like a yurt, pushed open the door see the lake, which has been for space heating, and facilities also very spacious, and we lived in a Lake Villa said with a smile. Replaced grasp Fleece and Jackets, side walk while looking for dinner and found to come here travel Zhenbu Shao. At night it began to rain, it seems do not see the sunrise of tomorrow, LG happy not to get up early. Elevation of more than 3200, all normal, but LG said that he greatly reduced the amount of alcohol.
August 11 was found outside the door the morning wind and rain tight, cold pressing, and only 2-3 degrees, who believe it is August days, then put on all the clothes, I do not know whether the road behind the colder, do not regret bring down shirt.
9:30 Sheung (these days we are starting the first day), but fortunately the rain stopped gradually getting smaller, you can open the window for a photo, see one or two Tibetan riding the line and made a deep envy. Gradually away from the Qinghai Lake on the road are sometimes straight, sometimes hovering, but often very often time not seen a car in the past, only one received a lingering cloud of distant mountains, empty the grass Liao quietly we continue to welcome and send off the front line, well miss the city traffic lights and the car to drive to. More non-road mobile phone signals, even more lonely, but sometimes it can be seen over the hillside, and 32 cattle herders tents. Dulan from Qinghai Lake to repair a very smooth way, all kinds of tips are also in a very comprehensive, and timely. Should pay attention to crossing the road for the rubber Mountain (elevation 3,800 meters): a continuous spiral more than a dozen kilometers up the mountain and then a continuous spiral more than a dozen kilometers down the mountain.
Noon to Dulan (there is half the distance from the Younger), the sun came out, filling meal and found that although a small town, but quite expensive to eat.
After a Dulan into the Qaidam Basin, a gradual change in scenery, mountains farther and farther, more smooth, more and more of the yellow sand, into the desert. More and more direct way is really the first to see the sky apart, Wang Dan. One of my repeated plea LG gave me the next 40 kilometers, and only a small bend, plus along the way cars and fewer really lonely road. The sun, the temperature has climbed up, long sleeves can be worn alone. Blue sky white clouds desert natural and murdered a lot of film. (We are fortunate that while the road to go silly, and a quiet desert, if there are strong winds there are still difficult section of track)
18:00 into the desert, surrounded by the city Golmud, where about and Jiangsu have three-hour time difference, 6 points of dazzling sunlight is strong, living in Wales Hotel, 100 yuan (are catching up with the festival, usually 80), very good. The hotel provides an oxygen bag, 50% glucose water and inosine being prepared oral liquid. Price is lower than in Xining. Hotel security had happened in China Railway 18 Bureau (majoring in Qinghai-Tibet Highway Tanggula pass), he tells us that the road not to eat greasy food, eat the best pasta, more sugar. After the early dinner break, ready to get up early tomorrow, hurry. (Excited and disturbed)
August 12 is the 4:50 alarm may be out of a black (forget the time difference factor), simply went back to sleep for a while. To get up at 6 o'clock, outside, or Hei Yaya, and ready 7:00 the road, day and let light (where it seems likely that the bright light). Yellow card in the road to see all the way 1155 kilometers away from Lhasa, at heart, the way today to pray for a smooth, safe to Lhasa. The last one off the Qinghai-Tibet road toll station (5 million) we have out of Golmud City, Qinghai-Tibet Railway to see the command center, wait until 2008 for delivery in the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Lhasa, perhaps no longer so mysterious. There will be more people can easily overlooking the broad and fast-changing style Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is a taste of the plane can not.
The road curve in front of many, while enjoy the dawn of the distant mountains while breathing high altitude the morning air, and not feel the speed increase, line to more than 100 kilometers at a sharp turn and found the ground is not full of small stones, brakes late, caught the left front wheel, puncture of the. Remove the spare tire from the trunk, at an altitude of nearly 4000 on the way this tire really is a hard physical labor, good distressed LG Oh! (Forgot to shoot pictures of ZHANG Zhao). LG neat tire change is completed, continue to advance, not another easy careless. More than a dozen kilometers ahead, see a row of parking places to eat and find a tire repair Office, asked about the meeting here, can not no guts tire, we can only ask them to bring another change to the spare tire wheel, but unfortunately here for the original tire change method It took tremendous efforts not only failed to put on tires, anti into our spare tire that had talked to the pound. We dare not rush a spare tire does not move forward, and only ask them to help us down the mountain to buy two spare tire up. Kunlun Pass at a distance of 20 kilometers an area where we wait for six hours, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway has given us a Xiama Wei.
15:30, tires finally delivered, I would like to return to Golmud tomorrow, walk, can adhere to prior to the LG had to listen to him had.
Kunlun Pass elevation of more than 4700, there is not much scenery, hastily photographed continued on our way. Qinghai-Tibet Highway is the world's highest and longest of the asphalt road, just across the board in June this year, construction was completed (starting from Golmud in 4000 above sea level or above), road conditions greatly improved, apart from the magnificent scenery of the plateau of the most memorable is the way The car dragged deep marks everywhere. Particularly large cloud on the plateau, often driving driving lightning, wind and rain, out of the clouds then sunny. Difficult to describe in words the way landscape, see the photos (most of the photos were taken in the car is moving, the effect was not very good). I looked at from time to time, hopefully way to shorten a little bit faster, budongquan, 5 beams, Erdaogou, Tuotuohe be able to quickly come along ... .... Here seems to be a particularly long 100 kilometers, looking at the number 109, the road sector, increasing brand may be the subject of each location on the map is always a delay in the arrival of mouth is still so far away from the Tanggula. Unconsciously After a five beam (less traffic) and found nothing abnormal reaction, the hearts relieved (online travels, many mentioned the five beams of oxygen thin altitude sickness severe), the setting sun, crossing the ramp in the Da Hui Da riverside, had wanted to fight a bottle of water back to the source of the Yangtze River in Nanjing, now in a hurry and can not stop. Maybe we are chasing the sun away, so the sun slowly that evening at eight Shihai fortunate to see a rainbow after the rain.
Riding on the last point of light as we enter the territory of Tibet, over Tongtianhe, a block mountains and rivers, black spy watch for the reflection in the lake adjoining, an ominous tone. What day are no cars on the road, gradually over long played a large a large cargo, getting higher and higher above sea level more and more difficult way to go.
Evening 10:00 to Yanshiping (110 km away from the Tanggula pass, elevation about 5,000 meters), there is a rest, the disorder in a large parking space for goods and saw only one car: Chang'an bread stopped at a restaurant door, and we dare go to eat. Dining room light, dark, filled with the driver stopping to rest, look at the image of the eyes are straight eat people (both Hui and Tibetan people, perhaps their habits, or the role of my heart, but it does different from the mainland people) seems to television caravan inn, and later joked Dragon Inn.
We are really caught in a dilemma at this point and continue to move forward, then the road carts too much (the whole country, all the big trucks are traveling at night, dawn had no trace), and I do not know how to road conditions Tanggula pass, elevation is more whether there will be high-altitude sickness, burn the midnight oil is a dangerous step. If there will be living in the environment and conditions are scary.
Wandering the bread with Changan driver (horse master) to exchange up and learned that he was designed at the Golmud to Lhasa on the way to run passenger service, the meal will continue to move forward tonight Nagqu. If found a light in the dark, we ask that he must go with us, he gladly promised. Casual eating something and began preparations for hoisting (in fact, after a Tanggula Koudao Lhasa half way there), MA Master's driving skills is good, from time to time will be cars, corners, uphill downhill, speed still at 80 -100 or so, brakes, little (and we also like the speed of the day), either with us that he probably went too far. LG teeth close behind. This way south to our non-professional drivers who again was not easy, let alone at night. I often see that the distance a light flashes to what the depot, near to know that this is the opposite team.
Constantly turning, uphill, downhill, after a long uphill section after the turn, and finally to the Tanggula mouth, take a look at the clock at midnight 12:33. As the vehicles pass did not have time off camera, Yamaguchi poor roads in the vicinity. A few hundred meters ahead, horse master to indicate stop, tell us just over Tanggula mouth, and asked why we are so kind, there is no response. Altitude of 5230 meters, I just think people have a little numb, the reaction slowly. I asked LG from time to time there uncomfortable, LG said he was all right, (but afterwards he told the back of the head when he was so painful that terrible, breathing is also struggling) He said he would celebrate the success of smoking cigarettes walked pass can always use Dabu Zhao ZIPPO , severe hypoxia.
That will be getting better and better over the Tanggula away Much to our surprise more than 90 kilometers an There is also a mini-Tanggula Mountains, elevation 5200 has been around, bend more and anxious. Amdo is the more than 2 points, horse master to us and encouraging, Zaifan seat went to the hills there are 138 kilometers of Nagqu. We know how long the 138 ah, but can not Run! But to continue forward. Midnight who is sleepy, horse simply the name of the master double jump to the speed of 60 yards in front of the us, otherwise we can no longer keep up with him. Opened the road to see some big cargo was twisting, and think that the driver was dozing off the set. Some parked on the roadside before and after sitting unused for 10 square meters of stone tips (the morning is to give these people harm) ... ..., met a while on the road approaching Nagqu hail, could not believe my own eyes.
August 13 5:30 am into the Nagqu, grateful to do a horse master, (he was held up for us at least 2 hours, but not received a single cent, and the next day he goes back to Yanshiping access) fortunate enough to find a The hotel, a short nap. 9:00 get up, I heard that Naqu Horse Race Festival is being done, thought to be rushed to Lhasa also do not read. Nagqu town a lot of Tibetans, for the first time such a close look at Tibetans. The entire city full of people vomiting Yi Gu strange odor (and later knew that this was the taste of butter tea and yak).
12:40 we have the spirit of starting a hundredfold, and grasslands in the sun, accompanied by sheep, towards our destination: Sunshine City - Lhasa.
Gradually decline in elevation along the way, snow-capped mountains overlooking Nyainqentanglha, continuous, blue sky grasslands form a contrast, flocks of cattle and sheep as the pearl-like floating down the green, scenery charming. Tibetans can be seen uninterrupted gathering places (a bit like a village here), everything under the sun a lot of friendly, unlike the road yesterday, so desolate. Witnessed by close to measuring the land of pilgrims, or a single person or accompany the cyclists.
He was lucky yesterday, encountered a horse master, otherwise the night way as we only dare to a speed of 40-60, and carts will be what the car can not see, I really do not know how to Tanggula pass it off. There are also good Wolia body, there is no network sensational altitude sickness.
Nagqu 320 kilometers to Lhasa we had a nearly five hours, which after a while male Lhasa River is narrow and sharp turn over, to drive carefully. From Golmud to Lhasa, when we actually used to drive for 24 hours.
Samsung night stay at a hotel: Tibetan standard room, eating Magnolia Lanzhou melons, watching the Olympic opening extremely comfortable. Travel time was going to carpool with others, to streamline a lot of luggage, bath salts and bubble bath with no, or else even more perfect.
August 14 -8 18 days in Lhasa for three rooms, two hotels, remember to Lhasa after the July-September advance booking must be free from the pain of moving. If it is not encountered in the Western Regions International Hotel Niji manager, recruited a travel agency to help us in Jiangsu solve the accommodation arrangements for fellow Peng Ming, I am afraid to find a hotel room looking for a long time, it can not be discounted.
Lhasa are mostly Sichuanese, Jiangsu, several people have encountered, in addition to the Jokhang Temple have been around do not see any ethnic characteristics of the landscape. (Sites excluded), consumption of high, room and board for our visitors to Shanghai noon, more than the cost of the time without an appointment into the Potala Palace (fortunately), worship of the world's highest palace, sacred sites, which are mostly a few t Gold has also cast numerous inlaid pearls, agate, exotic gems such as the Dalai Lama (the Dalai Lama on behalf of the size of the respected level). Personally felt pious Tibetans Tibetan religion (their annual income, 60 percent will be donated to the temple).
The streets at night in Lhasa, Lhasa, Chi Yang chicken drink cold beer (well drinks)
In front of Jokhang Temple Tibet and Tibetan restaurants, enjoy the traditional Tibetan dumplings DCB, only tasted a little hard to swallow, arithmetic eaten.
Met online a few well-known in Tibet hotels, outdoor adventure people's gathering place.
As the LG Love drying up late did not see the Big Buddha, a pity!
Namtso holy lake in the United States, holy was spotless. Only way too hard in the morning 7 o'clock to 21 o'clock to go out back just to stay there for half an hour, (way too bad to go with the tour, and dared not drive)
Sour Milk Drinking Festival seem to have become a temple, perhaps we did not see the essence of them.
In the Drepung Monastery (one of the world's largest temple) in the row upon row of roof Upload authentic Tibetan singing light work ... ...
August 18
13:50 Meet back to Golmud, together with the horse master, and all have experienced, no longer afraid. Or Tanggula pass before 12 o'clock midnight, actually encountered blizzards, this look at night and more than 500 kilometers, when the approaching dawn, Kunlun Pass, had stopped snowing, a vast expanse of whiteness, traffic jam for two hours. To Golmud 12 noon, after lunch with the horses master parting, LG regardless of exhaustion should be straight night of Xining, Xining 12:00 3:00 late start. This section is only one night we go to Xining car. Do not experience wind and rain, how rainbow, really big different from the past driving skills. Legend of the News Attack is not as we bar. (Lhasa to Xining length of 1937 kilometers, after 35 hours, remove the 4-hour traffic jam to eat, mostly LG one come rolling in, he refused to stay, and admiration they feel bad.)
August 19 starting at noon, down the Xining-speed, dirt roads of the handlebar LG all local vehicles are left behind, and a great sense of shame before the snow. I laughed like a Tibetan, he drove fast, and unfortunately a serious traffic jam in Lanzhou, a hero of the useless weapons at! Can only live in Tianshui night.
August 20 -8 21 to Baoji, Tianshui winding mountain road two and a half hours at one go. Baoji Nanjing, all the way up to high-speed, do not stop in the morning 9:00 to find a noisy vehicles in Nanjing city. We are back safe and sound! ! !
Entire 8393 kilometers, I opened less than 500 kilometers, and others are adorable LG alone Tiaoda Liang, you say what I'll do not obey reason?
The story of traveling is over, Kexin also often go back to gold streamers sway, cattle and sheep flocks, towering snow-capped mountains, blue sky, white clouds of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. When to come back, but also by car to Mount Everest to Nyingchi see daylight Tanggula pass ... ... vast and mysterious piece of land where we still do not appreciate too much, hoping to go even better when the road, King is still Beautiful.
Friendly reminder:
1, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is now the road has been greatly improved, the beginning of the high road on the Qinghai-Tibet people face the greatest difficulty is self-challenge (physical and psychological), from Golmud to Lhasa directly open the best, these two cities relatively low altitude (about 2900 meters Golmud and Lhasa is about 3600 meters), along the elevation above in 4500. No altitude sickness too many people will be living in an odd or Nagqu (elevation about 4900 meters), some small towns along the way can be accommodation, but the safety and sanitation conditions are poor. I do not know whether the military depot spend the night.
2, drive to Lhasa, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is the best way to go, but the mainland people to the best four or more people, at least two cars came together as peers, along the way many non-cell phone signal, two cars with each other can have a anaphora, to prevent case.
3, from July to September in Tibet, as far as possible to drive during the day (6:30 am - 9:00 pm), at many large trucks, car big and fast, Zijia You like us who have been a good way south spoiled. At speed do not increase, coupled with lack of oxygen, fatigue driving prone to hallucinations, it is dangerous.
4, the plateau the weather changing, even in the summer will be goose feather snow to keep warm. If the car windows open Heating Please leave gaps.
5, ahead of taking Rhodiola, more water may often contain Ginseng mouth piece, a daily multivitamin supplement. Qinghai-Tibet highway should not eat greasy food, pasta is better, can eat more chocolate, high-sugar foods.
6, from July to September to Lhasa best booking in advance, particularly in August, from the pain of every day to find room to move.
Author: inwind
