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April 2 Zhongdian - towns and sunny morning, 138 kilometers total of 2722 kilometers up and felt quite cold, a look at the thermometer, and only 8 degrees, the car has not yet broken out Zhongdian, the only other car repaired, listening to the driver muttering repair does not go well today, my heart was shocked. The car was originally 7:30, 8:55 pm just pulling out, only to lay down their stone hearts.
All the way are mountain, the lush trees on both sides, as if feeling a little bit of spring. Convenient stop over, the driver actually the dug a fungus, there is such a big hand, I call on the LC and the cat in the vicinity of hard to find, ants can not find one, do not know how to find the driver.
Auto start up mountain climbing, snow-capped mountains in the distance stretching to survive, is see that God has already climbed a small mountain village grid咱above the snow line. Living in the south of us, is the first time I saw snow on the ground and pretending to get off easy, but the purpose is to stepping on feet in the snow. I do not know the depth to step on up, soft snow, and click on the end of the knees, shocked, quickly retrieved.
Small mountain of snow and over the mountains all the way forward, after some small Tibetan villages, people on both sides of the initiative and we waved smiling, very friendly. The house is a typical Tibetan style stone Quartet, are floating above the streamer seen to have entered Tibet. 4:30 into the towns and it is built on a small town on the Mid-Levels to see the mountain of sallow, it appears spring has not yet blown here, we estimate the error of this trip. Towns and small, come to the stage two steps encountered Zhongdian know that Dutch girl, in her now, which is almost confirmed Inagi, we have only to give up Inagi plans. Coincidentally, a shuttle bus to Chengdu tomorrow, we immediately decided to take the bus to Litang, where there's no regular shuttle bus, a car is necessary to seize the opportunity, the Netherlands has also told us girls to sit the same bus back to Chengdu.
Towns and 68 per ticket to Litang
April 3 Xiangcheng - Litang clear 157 kilometers total 2879 kilometers
7:30 pm to leave the towns and the plateau of the morning exceptionally cold, the way of the bumps, 2:30 to Litang, Sichuan-Tibet line we have finally embarked on State Road 318. Vehicles were also stopped to rest about, and then the direction will be embarked to Chengdu. We are looking for car to the next stop in the terminal Batang, the defendant's afternoon a bus that will arrive tomorrow Qamdo, let's take a look at night. Dutch girls we bid farewell to the county went to find hotels, towns and larger than, and only three road, roads on both sides of the house are new, government agencies, departments have in them.
We found a hotel, only 7 yuan a person, very quiet, and no other person, from the window to see behind the primary school, a group of children are playing, and then behind that is snow-capped mountains.
Settled went to the station for information, in the Sichuan-Tibet road trip is very important, not every county has a shuttle bus between, there are bus are not fixed, and if missed may be no cars, etc. After a few days have encountered collapse , and so a couple of months are not unusual.
Wait until 5 o'clock, car finally came, and we approached the first time, the driver asked: "Your car tomorrow to go Qamdo it?"
Drivers to take a look at us: "Do you want to go to Qamdo?"
I said: "We can not Qamdo, only thought of Banda." Qamdo in the Sichuan-Tibet Northern Line, we take the Sichuan-Tibet Southern Line, Banda is the bifurcation of the North-South line, mouth, take this car to Banda, and then looking for another vehicles continue to go to Lhasa.
LC to bargain with the driver: "Can a little less."
"You waiting for me tomorrow morning at the intersection after the car, I can let you get on the train half the price." Whispered the driver told us.
cat asked: "Tomorrow a few?"
"In the morning 7 am, obsolete is not Hou."
An appointment with the driver, you can ease back to hotels, Litang is too small, less than one hour left finished. Here more than 4,000 meters above sea level, and we have not yet any signs of altitude sickness, I learned to the more nights, to the more dangerous, not to the effect, the anti-altitude sickness medicines are placed in the recent Department, early fall asleep.
11 pm and more began to clamor outside, the room lights eliminate an open one, could not sleep. Out of the corridor and saw a dozen men and women affectionately Kham walking, woman heavy make-up man holding a flagon to drink a crack in the door were still in our look inside to see. Here, the room light switches are housed in the door, just now, he must be our light and off. Back to the room, lights flash again in a flash, but also that guy, LC simply take down the light bulb, we can safely return to bed to sleep.
I said to them: "This evening such a good business hotel, suddenly来了这么多people, the morning the three of us呀."
"May just arrived in a passenger car bar." Cat guess.
LC said: "it is impossible, such a dangerous mountain road, and if late, the average driver is stopped on the road until dawn walk, can not catch a late train is so late to come here, as if the locals."
cat laughs: "shot in the dark, the locals live in what the hotel."
I suddenly thought of what the sit-up is to: "If we do not go home to sleep in Guangzhou, but go live in hotels, we are doing?"
Two of them at once pop-up, apparently they thought I have in mind: "Do they come to open room?"
We all went outside the door to listen to static and dynamic, the door is really joy of spring, wave sound of laughter.
I understand: "No wonder the morning and not off the evening, but so many people, this hotel is a lewd sinus, we have moved into licentiousness sinus."
LC said: "It's so late, and is difficult to ask the other hotels, but also outside Tianhan to cold, I see only a zero."
"Well, there are a few hours, big was the hijab, when did not hear anything." I says with resignation.
cat suddenly nasty against us laugh: "Now come, you two do not try?" and then put on a great hawk look, said: "Today I am inviting the guests, the cost of your package I had."
LC and I laughed: "When are you going so generous, you know that more than 4000 meters above sea level here, not to do strenuous exercise, do you want us to die of a heart attack?"
cat still want to make fun of us: "those outside of not more than 4000 meters? others, is not the same as strenuous exercise!"
I laugh: "If you want sports, we would treat can also be呀."
After everyone laughed, and the atmosphere is less tense, and outside noise is also a small down slowly, it seems high altitude, intense exercise, or not always do so.
April 4 Litang - Batang clear 180 kilometers total 3059 kilometers sleep well last night, an early wake up, and pick up the luggage to leave the sex done to accelerate sinus, he reaches the entrance waiting for a train. On the ground end up with a layer of thin ice, almost slipping, street cars are covered with a layer of snow on the windshield. A look at the thermometer, there are only zero, we have frozen at the junction straight stamping. I thought car Kuailai Ya, otherwise we will be frozen into the ice.
At this time two wearing down of the small group walked, they wore dark black sunglasses, her hands holding a bike pump and baggage, with the locals totally different, very eye-catching. Here is the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, it seldom visitors that our luggage is also very prominent here, and we looked at each other each other, all visitors to guess whether the other side, they quickly went to the passenger terminal direction.
We're afraid the car too, so come early and so on, half an hour after the car arrived, the driver told us that: "Yesterday, there was a bus to encounter landslides, rock the whole car glass were smashed, and cars were broken and could not walk, had on my car. Now this car at full strength and can not put on you. "finish on the turn to pull away, leaving only three stand-ray vision of the ice crossing.
Miss this car have no idea when we will have our car, we pack up the feelings of disappointment, on her own all the pieces of luggage on ice and snow looking for the next four to Batang vehicles. From 7 am to find 9 pm, Litang on every vehicle would ask the times, and most of them are open to the direction of Kangding, chartered to go to 600 Da-Yuan Batang, Batang direction away Khampas trucks without is willing to take us, I heard that this section of track where pond to the Batang robbery very keen.
The sun has slowly risen to the sky, our hearts have fallen soles of the feet, only went to terminal and other vehicles information. Station, like the cold, the body does not feel the sun warm and bright outside the snow reflects the sunlight, a little sign of melting at all. What can be done, take luggage at the station in front of a daze.
cat depressed, said: "If you can not find a car today, I catch a ride to Chengdu tomorrow, changing to go to Tibet Qinghai-Tibet Highway."
1 Lama came to the station, and we chatted up with him: "Where are you going?"
Lama said: "I'm going to Kangding, go there to pick up some Buddhist scriptures. You downcast look, like where to go?"
I said: "We are going to Batang, but no car."
"Go Batang Why?"
"We're going to Lhasa."
Lamas clap hands and: "You go to Lhasa? Great, do not worry, I will pray to the Buddha bless you."
"Have you ever been in Lhasa it?"
Lama laugh: "far more than Lhasa, India, I have been to many temples." Lamas began to talk about his experiences, and we listened with relish, slowly relaxed mood up.
I wonder if the Buddha heard the monks pray, 11:00 noon, a group finally know from Kangding to Batang cars to go through, outside the snow began to melt, we can find a car, happily on the roadside Shaokao Tan's appetite.
13:00 From Litang car out, roads are asphalt, cars and speed of flight, the way the snow-capped mountains, there is wriggle blue sky and white clouds, the magnificent unparalleled in the morning displeasure were swept away. If you ride from Litang to Batang, the best option left on the left, most of the beauty of snow-capped mountains on the left.
Thought that the road can always go on, only to happy 1 hour and 15 minutes to embark on gravel roads. After the car turned a corner, they saw a Snowy Mountains, a few high peaks flooded with snow, blue sky behind the clouds on Jiduo firmly leaning mountain above the foot of the mountain is a lake, knot the ice, smooth as a mirror, with peaks embraced wind Piaowu Mani Dui street there is a sudden there are two eagles flew from the front, good beauty Haizi Shan.
The way back on the bad, from time to time there are landslides and small-scale sediment flow, is really difficult roads of Shu extremely difficult for, our purpose is to heaven, the earth-polar world third highest peak - Tibet. In such a road transport fuel vehicles come there are still constant over us, driving skills can be seen. After 5 hours, 18 minutes after the jolt has finally arrived in Batang station, there are guest houses, but also unnecessary for them to find everywhere.
Our next stop questioning at the station's drive: "When a car to Markam?"
Who would have thought to ask the conductor: "You are not Chinese people? Foreigners had not allowed the Jinsha River." Sichuan-Tibet road is too dangerous, and do not open to foreigners.
We answered: "We are Chinese, and trust you."
Conductor is still somewhat at ease: "Foreigners can not buy a ticket on the train."
We ID card to show her, she confidently tells us: "Tomorrow there is a shuttle bus to the Markam."
"Re-do the next bus?"
"It does not, and when a car to have."
We quickly bought tickets, and then stay there in the hostel. There is hot water supply, but there is no bathroom, no we left Zhongdian bathed, RBI hot water washing of the head, it is doing to erase some of the road tired.
Litang to Batang Batang ticket 60 yuan to 45 yuan tickets to live Terminal Markam House 8 yuan
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Author: raycat
