Tiger Leaping Gorge Travel Notes
Jinsha River by the first bend and entered the Yangtze River Shigu bridge, rushed into the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (elevation 5598 meters) and Haba Snow Mountain (elevation 5386 meters), because of the extrusion by the Yulong and Haba, the original open at once the river has been compressed to 30 meters about Canyon, legends Tigers leap through the river rock before, hence the name Tiger Leaping Gorge. Tiger Leaping Gorge 17 kilometers long, is divided into the tiger jump tiger in the tiger jumped and the next jump, a total of 18 dangerous shoals, the river drops 200 meters, the Peak to the river drops nearly 4,000 meters, is one of the world's deepest canyon. Lijiang already heard about it when the daimyo, as the internationally renowned one foot line, do not walk around tiger jumped then it is too bad.
August 29, see the weather has improved, Mangxiang innkeeper inquire about Tiger Leaping Gorge on foot line. Foot tiger jumped a total of three lines: one from the bridge - 28 Daoguai - Local Bay - the tiger jumped - jumped under the tiger - Great tool; the other one to go in the opposite direction: large with - under the tiger jumped -- in the tiger jumped - Local Bay - 28 Shui - bridge. That is the traditional path of backpackers, full are winding Road, nice scenery. There is a gravel road along the newly opened walk, also known as Low Path, better to go some, also a straight road, you can also go by car, but the scenery a lot of difference, but also greatly reduced on foot through the fun. With the road bridge to large mostly uphill, to be more difficult to walk, and large with the bridge were mostly downhill. The more difficult the more flavored, of course, I chose the first.
Had heard that Tiger's trip-hop, mostly foreigners, while the little people, and listen to Tiger Leaping Gorge Inn boss said that more residential areas along the Inn, do not need to bring luggage, even with only a little foreign devil, just to prove that they are not worse than the old ghosts , I decided to bring all my luggage (total 40 kilos) on foot tiger jumped. Come to some of my people are now dead are also some cheap, and passed in is a reason. Unfortunately, that can not be living together with my colleagues on the 3rd of Canada's beauty, maybe on the road to a hero to save the United States eventually. (Really the case, and later on the road to see foreign Kameko are carrying a packet, and never more than 15 kg)
August 30, starting early morning, or six and a half days also daybreak, washing is completed, I was eating dinner with a back pack to take over from the Inn of the hand-drawn map to the Tiger Leaping Gorge set foot on the car (26 per ). Vehicle forward slowly along the winding roads on either side are loaded with corn, fruits, smoke fleeting, school of rural scenery.
The voyage, 11 finally to the bridge, bought a ticket (30 million) do not eat on the go up the mountains. 3 Mix encountered on their way (one of Xi'an, one British, and one of New Zealand) together go hand in hand. Since, first out of the dirt road, there are sparsely farmhouse a few families on both sides of the corn planted with sunflower walnut pear all the way there is to delay launch. It takes heavy pear, heart can not help but itch, and to climb the tree contains four, see those who have taken one person one. You Diansuan, but taste good. Road, become narrower and narrower, as is particularly rained mud and one foot stuck down by half.
More narrow winding path all the way up the mountain, there are many forks in the road, but the way all painted markings along the innkeeper must have been painted. Along the way, who started Jian Zhao 3322 foot, or in or ocean, or to the office or go to far over to greet non-stop. Because carrying a large bag, I started a bit behind, and accompanied by a few walk in the front, later to catch up with a MM in Shenzhen and a local guide and a very fat old ghost. Old ghosts quite miserable, and take off fast virtual, and packages still wet with sweat hanging from a sweater, step a few drops of sweat. Miserable Na.
After the three hour walk to the well-known at home and abroad 28 Po, 28 Shui can imagine is that turning on the Peak 28. To breath up is not possible at this time can not really hate my mother with me two mouth to breath. Stop-take a rest at last to the top of the hill, standing at 28 Shui Office, suddenly stood not far from the majestic Jade Dragon Snow Mountain once printed on the eyes, while the golden foot of the mountain like a snake in the Jinsha River. The face of such beauty, I suddenly stunned. All the fatigue also disappeared in an instant without a trace. Moment, with regard to travel insights are also fully understand them - meaning of travel, in fact, a kind of suffering experienced after going through hardships to see the kind of beauty when you feel that feeling of the soul from the heart from the and sentiment.
In the 28 Shui break for a while, they began to move toward Halfway along the way to view the scenery along the way, accompanied by the Yulong Snow Mountain, and the Jinsha about the idea is a beautiful sight. And Shenzhen, MM also talk that the wizard stop-and snacked on a walk, not feel it is 18 o'clock, the legendary traveler's paradise Halfway Inn is up.
Now do not eat lunch, tired and hungry, I burst into the courtyard. Best in the world on the balcony of that together and I had a few people back in to enjoy a sumptuous dinner and wine. Half Way Inn Feng boss quickly opened square table, long bench, one cup of hot tea for the last, and then get on a roll of bamboo, I almost thought it was the Qin and Han antiquities, there is a surprise to see the top foreign language know that this is the menu, in the bamboo on the inscribed in Chinese and English menu, but also great originality. I did not think of this backwater place not only drink beer, has the gall to eat Western food (because of crossing over Tiger Leaping Gorge, the old ghosts reason), but did not think there's pretty affordable price, and a night pass shop 10 yuan, a heap Egg Fried Rice pointed only 5 yuan (where the remote mountains, the vast majority of raw materials had to come from the mountains external basket carried on the back, not strange to open a high price). Devoured the finished, called for a bottle of beer, sitting on the balcony while drinking known as best in the world while listening to sound of the Jinsha River rushing river Yulong while watching the setting sun and moon, it did not feel words can express. Best in the world worthy of the balcony! Has been only reluctantly sat night 12 o'clock the back room, night, looked on the surging river sound sleep at night, fairy!
Halfway Inn there is another famous tourist attractions - best in the world closets, so-called "best in the world toilet" is because the toilet Rinzan was built out of the window facing the Yulong Snow Mountain, and pour in the Jinsha River Tiger Leaping Gorge, scenery is very beautiful, hence the name. Squat toilet on the best in the world, side A look out the window peerless scenery, Oh, that would by no means a general sense, not at home, bathroom or toilet inside a hotel or guesthouse can enjoy.
Tao chicken and sound herald the break of the morning, got up early on the second day of big. Halfway Inn side of the courtyard there are "Donkey wall" Tingyou characteristics: the bar is probably in May, a few travelers from the big a departure, across the Jinsha River, under the tiger jumped across the big ditch, the tiger jumped , went to this hotel, Feng boss brought them from the Half Way starting on the Haba Snow Mountain, the road, bad weather, at night accommodation in the Yi shepherds abandoned stone house, hardly anything to eat, also it began to snow at midnight the following day, All four cold and hungry, finally stepping on the snow before returning to hotel. Some people wrote a classic travels, in order to commemorate the "Mix" (Brigade of Friends) in the expedition, von bosses engage in such a text was engraved on all routes and donkey donkey wall and follow-up activities, namely, re-take this route travelers , the first day of a walk from the Great High Path to the Half Way, Haba Snow Mountain on the following day to complete can the donkey's name was engraved on the wall of a bamboo and get souvenirs - donkey palm. Feng boss hopes to this event bigger and more people in order to introduce this tourist routes, and I wish him success, but unfortunately I'll wait for equipment, not enough, otherwise they can reach Haba has.
Feng finished off good-bye to knot the boss a few on the road does not mean that the person I met a man again Tiger out of North Korea made. Yunnan 18 is to be a strange strange - shli different days, God would be another one out of the rain while the sun. Because of this, it appears to the unique scenery. Because today is to go downhill, though slippery, but less than two hours to Tina's, and then follow the gravel on the dirt road to the Teacher Chang family. Teacher Chang family has only the Tibetan mastiff, looked imposing and vigorous figure-wai, but it is tame. Zhang teacher's house in Tiger Leaping Gorge above the gravel, from Chang in the tiger jumped into the teacher's house the road was a 23 meters high cliff, slope basically was seventy to eighty degrees, is very dangerous. Previously there is no road, and later opened a Teacher Chang, in the advantageous place to put up chain or something, so will be charged 10 yuan, right when the money from.
Under the tiger jumped the road If you do not make it natural, and danger! Rained path is slippery mud, carefully climb down, and have a half an hour was finally down to the canyon bottom. In the gorge at the end, the Jinsha River Floods from seventy to eighty-meter-wide river, squeezed between the Yulong Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain 30-meter gap at Pentium, roaring, thundering Ocean Waves, River Center, the tiger jumped due to stone block, Big Wave Tiger hit the stone jump shot bursts of up to 5.6 meters from the waves, their love of their King, turns out to be great tide, the waves hit Qian Chi, not the general gorge is capable of having. Faced with such magnificent scenery, we can not help but imagination, Yu Yu endless.
Where to stay in the valley for a while, they began to climb. Walk up the road a good point, but tiring and return to gravel dirt road was already tired of the Bu Xingle, that a very fat old ghost even worse collapse on the spot, immediately pack a car from Shenzhen, MM taken to hospital.
Heard people say that the road in front of large deep groove had been short of water will, in the past the field survey a moment, that's true: gravel roads have been washed down rapids, hobble around in a timber, submerged in water can still be single through the mountains intermittent falling stones. To way along the road and had to tread water rather than adventure, but fortunately, no trouble, but wet shoes. And I accompanied only by a backpacker in Xi'an.
Walk for an hour, and finally to the Hetaoyuan Woody hotels. Hotelier also be regarded as a legendary figure, had done some things catch on, where to open a hotel, more than 40 years of age after the death of his wife married an Australian woman. On the Internet had heard the story of hotelier and would like to visit about, but who is not, but added that his two daughters in the care of hotel business. Two children quite well-behaved, enthusiastic and polite, but also invited us to eat delicious fresh walnuts.
Hotels along the landscape well, me and be like-minded brother Xian Zhao a slap, and decided to stay here overnight, immediately asked for a two beds in this, dropped packets, to watch the exotic scenery in the surrounding. That night, once again looked on the Jinsha River of waves also made a return to god.
September 1, starting very early, back luggage began the day's journey. Because the day before exposure, and then through the backpack of friction, the shoulder began to molt, putting a heavy bag is Youteng another spicy. But in the face of the scenery of Tiger Leaping Gorge, which is nothing pain.
There are not many remaining distance, followed a gravel dirt road, more well-known attractions is the next tiger jumping and talc plates. The next hop is not in the tiger tiger jump momentum, the multi-view to be less. Talc board is a nearly 200 meters high stone ramp, very smooth, if a small stone placed on top will be able to slip in the end, it said talc board. HUASHIBANIAN under standing, feeling so great you really want to slide down to a slate-like.
Despite the severe shoulder pain, but still stay on track. After four hours of the ferry finally arrives at the Jinsha River, over the river is great with the terminal. Standing on the ferry, turn around and face the back of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, a sense of pride wells up - Tiger Leaping Gorge, I finally succeeded, I am finally down to earth to set foot on to you!
Author: duzhikai
