Departure - Lhasa It has been said: that would also like to travel. For me, want to go to Tibet, it is.
April 21, 2002, after nearly 4 hours of flying, Southwest Airlines flight, dazzling sunlight in Lhasa, landed at Kunga airport. Out of the plane, the sun bright and unique plateau blow against our faces, deep blue sky set off the airport, the hills around the ring, showing a warm ocher yellow. Has not yet been the best season to travel, the airport, I was the only passenger wearing a Jackets, carrying mountaineering bag, mixed with a group of his face among those who have Gaoyuanhong. An airport, there are buses waiting for civil aviation, passengers can directly pull down the city of Lhasa mother land of civil aviation ticketing station. The airport to Lhasa road, well, that is what I walked in Tibet, the best roads. The beautiful Lhasa River, on the waterfront road extension, excellent slow flowing water, clear blue. It is the dry season, a number of shallow exposed out of the lush growth of Populus euphratica. Unknown white birds, from the surface of the water passing. Several Tibetan children paddled a leather cutting the child in the water leisurely. The air flowing lofty plateau unique, quiet, leisurely atmosphere, my heart actually feel that it is so close to Lhasa, I was not as if the early arrival of tourists, but a wandering stay away from home.
With the emergence of markets, commercial building with row upon row, people can not help feeling that, after all, is the 22 century and known as the capital of the world's last piece of pure land, and not more than 1000 years ago, to show in the 18-year-old Princess Wen Cheng in front of that wild of the Tubo Dynasty. Car in a busy urban road Guailiaogewan, eyes suddenly see the light, majestic Potala Palace Mougin emergence of the phenomenon is even more than solemn, imposing extraordinary.
Out of the car, I have spent money to hire a car three, it went straight to 8 Long school mountain hotel. There, I have an appointment online go to User Ali's two Shanghai Kobayashi, Xiao-Jun. 8 Long learning should be in the eyes of more established self-help tourists preferred to stay, but heard that auspicious day, jak is also good. This is a few hotels away from the very close, all the way in Beijing.
Night, and the other girls, Xiaoyun also went to Lhasa, we have a car people in attendance, in order to celebrate the first time we met, we went to the hotel side of the bar. We package the driver of the Toyota 4500 Lausanne, have come together to discuss the itinerary and route, will be a good line into the south, the northern route out. He told the same as most of the Tibetans, honest, and kind. Gathered in the bar a lot of people, we are reluctant to leave an encounter, they pack the two vehicles; the same time, there is a small profit, Xiaoxuan the four individuals, they have to go Ali, we decided to go with a couple of cars, There is anaphoric on the road, cycling into Ali is still quite dangerous. We are also ignoring the beginning of the plateau can not drink a note of caution, asked for a beer, drink a toast to celebrate here know so many friends go the same way in the coming days, we will be sharing weal and woe of the.
While we are all together, talk, when Kobayashi asked me: What is the border card, what use? I was surprised: you do not do? Jin-Ali have to pass checkpoints, no picking on the border card. He frustrated said: They do not know, we had to do. We started asking around about how to do at the local border permit, when introduced his cousin Lausanne Tang song, he was reluctant to leave the package in a two car driver, he is said to have relatives in the Public Security Bureau. Tang song is very silent, Chinese apparently did not Lausanne good, but he promised border card is no problem, the next day at noon to get the prospective. However, we do not matter sorted out with everyone depart the next morning, and the driver should be replaced Tang song, of course, cars have changed. We have just became acquainted with the Lausanne felt good to others, and the car is a few more in the car the best, we are not willing, Lausanne and Tang song Two of Driving Status repeated assurances that they like, but because the car is still depot Don Qu where to do maintenance, it can not immediately open to us to see, we did not find some way to permit others to do the border, how can we not do other people's car? Had agreed.
The next morning, four of us, bored wandering in the streets, went to the bar the night before, where no one quiet. Lhasa, the sun shines bright in the house, like the Tibetans of the vision, bright, clear and without any impurities, people moved. We have to wait until 12 o'clock, Tang song had not come, they take turns to give him a call he said he did not in the relatives, it is necessary in order to get to the afternoon. Our psyche a little bit skeptical, plans to buy on the road with the first food, asking him to come take a look at the car to open and decided to get the border as long as the card will start to catch the first few cars.
We are a small shop in Beijing on the road to select foods, have been the clear sky, overcast up suddenly, it began to bean large hail, 10 minutes, the clouds closed sunrise, as it once was. We bought two boxes of mineral water, two boxes of instant noodles, a box of sausage, 10 pounds apples, 10 pounds oranges, 10 bags of pickled mustard tuber. In addition, we have taken to Lhasa, chocolate, beef jerky, raisins and other high-calorie food, and prepared to wash your face on the road can not be used in wet brush and the gum tissue. In fact, all along the road to buy mineral water, and do not necessarily require, for each stay, the available irrigation; ham is to buy less, we have only gone three or four days, they eat, and later re-buy , and also expensive and distasteful.
Sun goes down, Tang song again and again in our next call, his drive to learn the eight Lang. Us to use the light or the dark muddy room to see out of the car very old, but also with the car not the same as in Lausanne. Tang also brought a personal song, the squat rear facing the car muttering, full hands sludge. We suspect that the car has yet to fix the problem because we are anxious to see, Tang song, then you had to open out from the repair shop. A total of four of us on the right they are emotionally moving, convincing people with reason and hope that he will tell us the real situation of the car and hope that he can fix a responsible re-start. We are also a Beijing dialect, but also in Shanghai dialect, Jiliguala said pile, not knowing that he did not understand, finally broke his silence Qu Tang said: In short rest assured your car, and I with you together, I was in the car呀. We are one, relieved, like: Yes, he also have to consider their own safety呀. Moreover, the Tibetans also are very honest and does not like the Han Chinese. However, our border permit is not obtained, Tang Qu assured that the next morning you can get. We need urgently to say, asked him at 7:30 the next morning on time to pick our departure. He was one agreed. We still hope to catch up with the first few cars as soon as possible.
The next morning, we have four individuals, 7:00 get up, close sleeping bags and other things the previous night had been packed better. Lhasa generally to 8 am, and talent shine, 7:00, or a black. This time, the Tang song has not kept his word, he scored very early came, and brought the border card. Xiaoyun downstairs and I waited a long time, but no Kobayashi and small army, go to their room to find the two men are decumbent flashlight to find the name of something, the original, eight Long Xue-gang power outage, when Kobayashi was wearing contact lens , lost one, and we had pulled out a flashlight, followed by looking, touching all over the ground, but also looking for sight, seeing brighter days faster, and we had to give up, and hastened to Sheung. Xiaoyun later said: how do we find it so not smooth. Deep down I had a similar idea, listening to, I feel that there are shares of the photograph of the shadow of my mind. The future difficult, but maybe we had a car to go Ali.
Our Toyota finally carrying four thousand miles distant desire of young people in Tibet to leave Lhasa who is sleeping. Experience of waiting, anxiety and expectation, in the twilight dawn of the 23 morning, we finally embarked on a to Ali.
Author: rommo
