October 5 Zhongdian, Shangri-La (Part I)
Today the weather is nice, sunny clouds. From 8 am start, bound for Pakistan and a variety of Zhongdian's the one followed by a car crossing the road. There is no stop signs Just look at the brand of the car reaching the parking, very convenient. We went directly to Zhongdian, a Sino-Pakistani (15 / person, about 3 hours).
Is still a disc mountain, but they seem a bit different. This time we are in a forest to walk through, around us there is always a stream runs through a dense forest, for a fraction of the tales of big mountain called Aura. Quiet roads, the occasional car passing from the head. Road on both sides of all kinds could not utter the names of trees, of various shapes, high and low uneven. As is already autumn, the leaves have yellowed some trees, colorful look. As the road continues to rise, the eardrums began to feel a slight pressure.
About driving in more than one hours later, eyes suddenly see the light up. Block line of sight of the big mountain suddenly have retreated into the distance, large tracts of grassland pastures began to print your eyes. I've never seen a prairie, but now I know have not seen this piece of land, you can never imagine it is the broad and beautiful. The endless steppe, broad boundless. The topography of undulating grassland are also high and low, but the terrain is very natural and smooth transition. Some pastures backyard with groups of yak herders on horseback in robust walk through the meantime, the fiery red of the Euphorbia is the most eye-catching embellishment (only in autumn only. Zhongdian, in a small area of up to almost red in a). If it is not the distant mountains, which probably will be a wide prairie and the blue sky as a single entity. Pure and was flawless blue sky, low, almost reaching the clouds caught the big duo, dignified and tranquil mountains, a broad flat plateau pastures, a leisurely stroll of the yak, Tibetan quiet and tidy house, all interwoven into school of natural pure spectacle, and perhaps this is the real Shangri-la, right? The most beautiful scenery on the road, these words is also true.
About 11 o'clock, we arrived at Zhongdian. Town little more noisy and not very good health conditions. We had previously determined to build good pond Zhongdian Hotel rooms (a joint venture 3 star hotels; 200 yuan standard, the conditions have a good, service very good. Geographically biased or play vehicle only to 10 yuan), first settled rest. At noon in the hotel restaurant to eat rice, feeling there is only one: taste like garbage, but also very expensive (over here, had User recommended restaurant, it now appears more like a hoax). According to the plan this afternoon to visit the famous Songzanlinsi and that Pahai (that is, according to La Prairie), tomorrow, and groups all went to Bita Lake.
Out of hotel to go for a long time before hitting cars, and driver bargaining, the final hand in hand these two days of his Jetta package (spots are scattered, there is no bus to reach) to the above-mentioned attractions 240 million (Henan was a driver, people are very clever funny - just a little too clever, and advise everyone to find a local Tibetan drivers or better). Songzanlinsi away from the town very close to 20 minutes to go. Songzanlinsi eight temples of Tibetan one, building shape and structure very much like the Potala Palace. However, the actual look and feel smaller than the photos point of view of the more tourists are not many, and some deserted feeling (Note: tickets 30 yuan, it will suffer losses. But it can allow drivers to directly drive to the mountain temple, thus saving ticket money). To listen to driver said when the monks here is a very honorable thing, and were disciples of the family accept it is to commit funds to help build a temple housing.
We know nothing of religion, that is cursory, but the possession of the temple into the rows of butter lamps, portraits of a strong sense of mystery and ethereal atmosphere left me with a very deep impression. In addition, the effect of Songzanlinsi well in the photographs, it may be a few more similar photos. Si Wai is all sold knives and specialty shops, but the overall feel of the knives here, not as beautiful as I imagined, technology seems to have been rough. Saw a Tibetan girl holding a lamb for visitors to the lovely photo, I really quite interesting.
Then to that Pahai. In fact, very close from the Songzanlinsi here, but the road had to Raozhao Zou (Songzanlinsi passing through the mountain breast, when he could see a large Euphorbia). Earlier I heard it Pahai very bad scene seems better than expected, grasslands are vast, but it does not have too many features, but not cheap (tickets 20 / person, riding 40 / person. Do not ride if you do not enter do not, all a swamp).
In general the afternoon a bit disappointed, there is no surprises. Night, Zhongdian County, where there is nothing to stroll our hotel early to return to rest. Fortunately, there are free hotel VCD on-demand programming, Leileyitian, bath, after lying in bed watching TV was also very happy.
Author: isaac_lee
