Departure Ali
Find a partner or even looking for cars, although a month before departure began, but until the departure, the two projects is still not implemented. Fortunately, the same dream came to Tibet are very many, to Lhasa the next day, on the eight studies found a walking gallery Ali, Mt's partners and set the cars 62. So the third day morning, we will proceed according to plan.
Partners
Side dishes - the beginning of Journey to the West River partners; a little self-tour of the girls, but learning fast, but also eager to learn photography; the trips are actually her first proposed by the thought, or asked me to arrange various matters .
A butterfly - that I am. Whose real name is Kocho, feel more old-fashioned, then I will follow after the dishes as side dishes a butterfly. Now thought, Why not in front of side dishes, called it a side dish?
Big fish - Shenzhen work? People. Appearance, such as 40-year-old middle-aged, but a very curious and adventurous spirit, but it lacks the sense of community, so break a better settlement. His name is with a butterfly-and-coming side dishes, and another companion (students) together is a "feast at the table"; two great humility, are reluctant to use a longer seniority of the "big fish", has been transferred to the latter part of the North line only by everyone under the appearance finalized.
Great meat - Beijingers to work in Shenzhen. And the big fish are students, together with some traveling in Tibet, but there is no specific route, so I decided to travel entirely. Be careful to maintain good appearance, even in strong winds and walk through under the hot sun, a bit foolishly and hesitation constant do not like group activities.
Roger - This line of Ali Tibetan driver. 20 small group to climb to four years of age there is the experience of three years to go Ali leaving every year five or six times to Ali, which has almost become an expert in; all the way to see peer-Kung said the master must, since it is often the other much older than he . Which way to the care, which can not be hard to open, which should be bent to avoid the deep pocket of mud ... I remember Roger is 11, like a radar detection in general, safe passage. Roger read-only junior high school years learning to drive a little Mandarin; speak Chinese as foreigners in general, a length a length, and special simple and direct, frank. He's good with the common Tibetans, passion, simplicity, and the young and lively, very likable. Roger's world, only about three types of people: friends, people who do not like the guests. Where he knew the same family are basically friends; do not like the Kamba tribe; guests should seriously reception, can not afford to offend. Although many people have said that Roger met a friend, but said a friend special simple words carefully, there is no means casual. Roger on the road has its own specific restaurants, hotels, are basically cheap and also clean, unnecessary for them to bother to find our own.
In a trip to Ali, we have a car and another partner, when they are in a hurry, directly from the south line of back, so only the partner of 8 days. They happen to have a car biscuits, bread, cakes, chocolate, four, so we have a car called a family of Chinese food, they call for a car on the Western owners. Their driver is called Gesang.
Road
September 22 cloudy. Departure from Lhasa had not earlier, climbing on the way, several cycling foreigners, although supply vehicles followed behind, but also admire them. Reach the pass to see Yamdrok Lake, blue-green water, long, such as rivers, but static, such as at the child, gentle and graceful and restrained. In this lake walk for over an hour, go to the mountains on the other side, maybe it is, or sheep, lake, when it is faint blue, and the vague shapes of green mountains, blue sky, white clouds, extremely flirtatious, attracting a person can not remove the line of sight ... ...
The afternoon to reach Gyantse, overcast to light rain. The road leading to baiqoi monastery was being renovated, walking Rusi, the fare rose to 30,8 were not a bargain, they will not enter, change Deng Zongshan Castle. Castle about 200 meters high, at 4,000 meters above sea level on the mountain, is very hard to top but to see baiqoi monastery of the hundreds of thousands of pagodas and the hills behind the strong defensive walls, distant harvest fields; stemmed clouds in addition, is the clear sky, projecting a bright sun.
Stay overnight in Shigatse. Tibetan leather book describes two guest houses are demolished.
September 23 Warrington. Shigatse is Tibet's second largest city. With many domestic cities, divided into the Old City, Metro two parts, the old city is bustling as usual, more. The morning walk to the Tashilhunpo, nine to Bell, there better tours at home and abroad, and most people crammed; simply find their own path. And yet did not wear leather, the only way to use the brain to remember, go back to reading contrasts. Tashilhunpo the sect's largest temple, created by the Dalai Lama I have expanded from four Panchen Lama and the Panchen Lama to become an ex-officio ancient France and Taiwan. Because it did not with the tour guides themselves what is seen groggy, in a narrow alley temple at all inside of the temple through the Jing-tang, the temple, endless, Xianfo it wants to worship. The Dalai Lama Panchen Lama with the only difference is that the former is the preservation of integrity of the flesh rather than the ashes. I do not know enough not think that my sincerity, under the stone steps out of the Tanglin when Hualeyijiao ... ....
Multi-noon, tourists have become rare, only devout believers are still kept Tim lamp fuel. The sky was finally clear up, bright sunlight shining on the tall red walls, projecting the shadow of an alley, unlimited extend the ... ...
Pa afternoon, the front seat, wide vision, especially for road conditions at a glance. Xigaze between the Lazi, mostly Tahara, a large one large tracts of barley fields are being harvested. Barley was indeed very blue, the trees with the rice grains look similar. 17:50 to Dala Zi checkpoint, only Roger took everyone to check the identity cards and passes. Then wait for refueling, there are two small street singer, a piano unknown piano, sang inspirational songs.
On the road to see a very beautiful lake, could not help but sing the song on the "magic of the paradise, the magic Jiuzhai" toward her. The other side is a yellow dazzling mountain, gently flowing in the sun, panting ran a peninsula, but were unable to find a good performance of the lens. After the land through the colorful, colorful mountains, and my heart for the beauty of acclaim, but only by the car ahead. Thought car stopped and repair a wide zguilma river, surrounded by little scenery. One little girl passing by looked at us with curiosity, academics can not understand our words; bread and would like to tease her to sing, to the chocolate, nor play a role. Vehicles continue to prescribe less than an hour, then stopped. Happens to be the sun sets, the glittering sunset vague shapes of tiny water, magic charming beaches ... ...
Dark days will soon go on, because they have to arrive Sang Sang, opened the lights continue to walk. Then began to frequent wading, Roger and sense of purpose, carefully drove cars, but it goes a nearly 60-degree tilt of the mountain down, in the night, they do not feel afraid. Go to 21:00 in the mountains to the Da Sangsang finally. Junctions on end more than a very light hostel card. We insist on first went to Kraft introduced Sangsang Bin restaurant, but is already occupied by those who train, there are two 4500, one day later than we start to walk a new path come. The results or by the telecommunications Roger took to the House, the local is also clean, but also a pretty quite in the cement to build toilets. Went to eat outside of the Sichuan Museum. Two tables of people who dish beginning with the first race; meal down, but also cheaper than anyone else here ... obviously the consumer with a high level of local production of many, a few stir-fries have to 10.
Today, finally we can see the stars at night, and it seems to flicker a bit sparse. This late recognition of a multi-Cassiopeia, was W-shaped.
September 24 was overcast with occasional light rain in the glow of Sang Sang Ying was brilliant sky, the only quiet several houses, there are crows on the ground looking for food, a few dogs lazily Guang Zhao; vacant parking space Then the big trucks, but some people get up before we see a car full of Tibetans and luggage falling asleep - presumably this is the "carry a large box of" the.
8:30 departure. Sang Sang out of the clouds on the celestial dome, gray, groups of sheep and yaks have been scattered in the grass. Starting soon, we stopped to repair, mainly engine oil embolism, no ventilation, and incumbent, down.
All the way through many streams, one red and off and did not know Roger was walking in the river bed, or walking on the road,. After 22 class, there is no clear sign, because the way there are similar small village - a few mud houses, a highway sign, next to a tea house, houses, children, and it would have passed. Thought no more of this in the past on the village, until 2:30 p.m. to the saga before stopping for lunch.
Saga looked a bit large, there is a concrete road and a cross slide two rows of shops, I heard that only pass this year's car; foreign population is a lot of the city while a ditch filled with piles of garbage. After dinner out, Roger with Kelsang disappeared. Then went to post office stamp, and then left to stroll right stroll to see in the streets of major meat to send pencils to the children. Three more years to find Roger, in the line refueling. Gas station oil cans with cement house, locked out from the window, pipe, which people switch, the driver stopped himself; may have altitude sickness while refueling the car, waving to the oil had to shake, Roger is warming up to to help shake the car. Before the two vehicles is 8 Guangzhou, prior to, together with the bread came from the Qinghai-Tibet line, and no communication. Slopes of the river under the tent support the better, there are Tibetans dressed in colorful event. Hesitated a moment, or washed down the slope, although the language barrier, I was quite friendly camera, let me get closer to see them silver. Roger said they Kham tribe, has been transferred back to the mountains; he did not like Khampas, and his grandma is the Kham tribe, every back is dodging not see; Roger grimaces and saying the side.
4:30 re-start. Has been a rainy, over a pass, rain intensified, down misty one can only see the car at the golden grass; Later rain eased off, the fog back, Toyama in the sun shines, colorful multi-color, the mountains waft the strands of clouds, such as the see the fairy ... ... 7:30 came to the old Zhongba, Roger directly parked on the roadside into a hidden residential hotel. Curious and friendly villagers gathered around, the children shouted, "Gujiguji" ask for something, only to find out of sugar with a pencil in order to get off. One child took me to the toilet, a small dwarf wall, such as Guangzhou, the old landfill area, there is a pits, surrounded by objects covered with gold. Barely squatted, I heard footsteps and loud shouting, someone, there is still a little girl came to me laugh probe.
Eight people to eat a la carte dinner, the boss to open the price bluntly. Everyone had finished playing a few "killer" game. Previously heard that in Beijing, Shanghai office is very popular, did not know how to play. We randomly selected but it was a killer, a policeman, and then by the killer in the crowd when you kill one person with eyes closed, and then by the killer killed, guess; not guess if the police have been killed or killers, killers even win. Play several rounds have been no chance to kill or killed.
Hum in the wind blowing outside, and even then there is a dog-stop. Originally heard that there are many wild dogs in Shigatse, come here only to find they really are everywhere. So when I find a convenient office, the one to want to avoid people, and secondly to avoid the dog, Xu far away, almost to the edge of the village, to find ideas. The length of the worrying.
Old Zhongba not have any lights, especially the black night.
Note: Gujiguji - Tibetan, poor pitiful me
September 25 clear very early 7:30 departure, the days still dark, in the car jolt the sleepy. Suddenly a big fish called the park, pointing to the left Wawadajiao, the original there is a corner of the Sunshine Peak! Far and near mountain also slept there, stemming the flow of a fresh hint of dawn; the distant snow-capped mountains are surrounded by mountain dew is only a mysterious golden dressed in gray is especially fascinating world of Shen ... ...
Road sand dunes, desert, grasslands alternate with. 10:00 close paryang, the sky, rolling snow-capped mountains, sand dunes, grasslands, sheep, cattle; white, blue, yellow, green, red and harmonious intertwining, first thing that strikes such as the dream, I do not know how to describe ... ...
Sheep eat the big bowl in the Pa, is today's breakfast and lunch, and everyone hungry not, say good taste. Paryang have a little turn through the room, new paint murals, vibrant. Old people sitting alone with a corner chanting, very welcome to visit us; discuss a donation to us, after allowing us to freely take pictures and continue concentrating chanting.
11:30 left paryang to Daikin departure. The way the blue sky, such as the dome, greatly white clouds, Didi De hung around, circle the far distant mountains. Our car, such as the scene of the movie, in the vast grasslands of the front of the mad rush toward the endless ... ... on the road to see less grazing, most of the time through the sand dunes, wilderness.
After a bridge, a Dongfeng truck carrying at least daily necessities and crush the bridge, but it is stuck with the tire burst blocking the road. The bridge is about two meters from the ground more than Roger, under very carefully opened the bridge embankment slope, and shallow open too far to find the other side. We walked off the wind whispering to blowing, yellow earth, blue sky and white clouds, strongly attracted me, having left on the train.
Grass or the Gobi Desert, the original has countless sparrows, gray small, like pebbles. Two vehicles race to move forward, a beach has no intention of startled sparrows, which makes me think about the "war driving war drive, startled a beach Sparrow" sentences.
Quick 19 points when allowed to gaze longingly to the holy lakes - Manasarovar Lake. 1 Bay blue mountains embrace.
Foot of the mountain there is a new depot opened, Roger want to add the oil walk, there are a few more in the queue 4500. According to prior experience, this line refueling, at least half an hour, so get off their own path. Just saw the scenery, it is estimated over the mountains to walk half an hour should also arrived. Surprisingly, the experience of the plateau on the plains will be against a brick wall. In the thin air and high altitude clean, the distance is estimated that the distance far beyond the plain.
When the hard climb up the hillside in front of, it was found to go again to another high slope than along the road you honestly tired of the big meat more. On the high slope, but do not see the holy lakes. Shallow depth step by step forward walking, the holy lake in front of the flickering, strokes called to us; a long while, she still is so remote. The distant mountains, snow-capped mountains silhouetted against the sun in the West Ramp red, gold, beautiful anomaly. Lunacy blowing, when found in the hands of the camera indicates that the power shortage can no longer move, they must cover their down it actually is useless in and watch beautiful scenery, hoping to branding in mind. Continues to tumble to 20 minutes away, in front of a large Mani Dui, there is a Dongfeng truck loaded with Tibetans, turning three times to leave. I am worried that sunset before the lake was still time for less than a saint, it is only through the look only; front of the still do not know how far the distance ... ...
Roger's car finally came on, cold and tired, and quickly get on the train sat for a good battery. Drove for quite a while before finally reached the shore.
Then sunset tide, the water surging to beating the shore. Vast Manasarovar, the deep blue, there is an ineffable mystery to it. Distant Gangrenboqi, rounded hills dressed in snow, stands among the many mountains. Spent about half an hour, the sun slowly sink into the surface of the water and hide in thick clouds. Really can not stand biting cold wind, can only enter upper others.
After Hall when the days have been black, Gesang Scheme Begins Mt, today must be rushed to the Daikin stopping places, so a direct open too. 10:30 to eat noodles to hungry now just looking forward to get to Daikin. Roger said that there had to go 10 kilometers to, it is estimated to one hour. An hour later, we indeed saw the light, one, two ... ... the lights growing gradually, gradually clear, belly drum and more energetically, and endured endured, 22:30 Daikin has finally arrived! The dark Roger left pocket to find stay right turn and parking areas. In Tibet have never seen so many cars, so many tents together - 62,80,4500, Dongfeng and stop into the rows of neat, large and small, dense mass of an open tent. On the road is nothing but come across four or five cars, I really did not expect there will be brought together so much!
First accommodation. Daikin hotels remaining a two room, 80 / bed, can add two ground floor shops, 40 / shop. At this point only give money's sake. Meanwhile the men to the other side of the car found a pass between the shop. Zhang looked at the hotel and then have a post at the end of the edge of Sri Lanka restaurant still open shop, which also sat two tables of people are extremely busy. Side dishes such as when you listened to people saying the next mountain, the original is finished today, just turn back, as well as companion did not return, admonished the driver was going to pass to pick up. Look at a woman's pretty feet in the air, it is easy to look, very envious. Husband on the one hand has to come back the business. Restaurant boss is a young Sichuanese, from time to time to remind us in good faith, but also pledged to allow in his shop looking for business back-fu, is relatively honest. So on the set of four porter, chocolate itself is also a large back pack.
Packed his things in the evening. I only put on cold medicines, chocolate, dry and wet paper towels, chewing gum, water bottles, flashlights, cameras, a pair of socks and sleeping bags. Although the main purpose of this excursion is to switch to Hill, prepared packages of things, but ultimately was chosen to play for but can not be too much to send.
Author: venela
