Chapter 39: Entering Tibet
After getting up and washing up, when Ning Hao and Tang Xiaoxiao walked out of the room to find a place to eat, they found that the hotel owner had prepared a hearty breakfast for them in order to express their gratitude.
Ning Hao and the others first excused themselves, but they couldn't refuse, and in the end they could only be disrespectful.
While having breakfast at the hotel, Ning Hao finally met the father and niece of the hotel owner.
The old man was not tall, his complexion was dark, his figure was also a little thin, and he was wearing a traditional Tibetan robe, and he said thank you to Ning Hao and them as soon as they met.
The niece of the hotel owner looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, with a red fluttering little face with a pronounced plateau red, and seemed to be very introverted, and had been hiding behind the old man.
After packing up the luggage after breakfast, the new day's itinerary officially began, with Ning Hao in charge of driving, Tang Xiaoxiao sitting in the co-pilot, and the grandson who hitchhiked the car sitting in the back seat.
When he was about to get into the car, the old man also deliberately rubbed the soles of his feet on the ground, for fear of soiling the inside of the car, which made Ning Hao feel the simplicity of the Tibetan people for the first time.
Waving goodbye to the hotel owner, Ning Hao started the car and drove in the direction outside Daocheng in the drizzle.
However, the car hadn't gone far yet, and Ning Hao saw a familiar figure on the side of the road, which was the girl who had taken his car when he first came to Daocheng.
As the last time we saw her, the girl was still carrying a large travel bag and was standing under a shed on the side of the road to hide from the rain.
The difference is that Ning Hao didn't see the boy last time, and it was four other strange men and women standing with the girl.
Obviously, Tang Xiaoxiao was right last time, they are not a couple, and now it is very likely that they will be separated because of different schedules or other reasons, and they are looking for new teammates.
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Returning to Litang from Daocheng to return to National Highway 318, it is still necessary to climb over two mountains, as the altitude increases, the temperature gradually decreases, and the original rain soon turns into snowflakes falling from the sky.
The legend that there are four seasons in one day on the Sichuan-Tibet line is indeed true, and you can never predict what kind of season you will experience in the next moment.
Although the Tibetan old man's Chinese is not very good, with a strong local accent, many times Ning Hao and Tang Xiaoxiao can't understand it at all.
But along the way, the old man was still very enthusiastic to introduce them to the scenery they saw on the way, and explained the legend of the two mountains they crossed.
In the end, after a three-hour drive, they finally came to Litang, the world's highest city, again.
"Thank you!"
The old man got out of the car with his little granddaughter and said thank you to Ning Hao and them again on the road.
"You're welcome, go back quickly! ”
Ning Hao lowered the window and waved to the old man.
After saying goodbye to the old man, Ning Hao started the car and drove out of the huge gatehouse at the west gate of the Litang World High City, and continued to go west along National Highway 318.
Although the altitude of Litang is high, but the surrounding terrain is very flat, the whole process is asphalt road, the road condition can be said to be quite good, they enjoy the beautiful scenery of Maoya grassland along the way, and the car soon drove up Haizi Mountain at an altitude of 4700 meters.
Because of the bad weather, they didn't stop at the pass of Haizi Mountain, and drove directly over and started to descend the mountain.
Compared with the uphill road on the east side, the downhill road on the west side is much more difficult to walk, with steep slopes and bends all the way, and many sections of the road are still very narrow.
Not long after walking, two lakes next to each other appeared in front of them, this is the famous sister lake of Haizi Mountain, the light blue calm lake is like two mirrors lying quietly in the col.
Because they had seen the three major seas of Aden before, the sister lakes did not bring Ning Hao too much surprise, not to mention that because of the weather, they had lost a lot of their usual brilliance.
Therefore, after discussing it, the two chose to watch it from a distance, and did not stop to watch it from a special viewing platform.
Subsequently, with the winding bends along the way, the altitude also plummeted to 2,500 meters, and they finally reached the last county in Sichuan Province - Batang.
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After staying in BT County for one night, the two officially started their journey into Tibet the next day.
Driving from Batang, after passing Zhubalong Township, you can see a big river with rolling sediment, which is the boundary river between Sichuan Province and Tibet - Jinsha River.
On the Jinsha River stands the Jinsha River Bridge, which connects the two worlds, and in the middle of the Jinsha River Bridge is a sign erected, one side of which reads the border of Sichuan Province and the other side of the boundary of Tibetan areas.
I didn't have to go far to cross the Jinsha River Bridge to Tibetan areas, and I could see that there were checkpoints, and there were more checkpoints in Tibetan areas than in Sichuan Province before.
Continuing after the checkpoint, the road is not as easy as before, because the Jinsha, Lancang and Nu rivers, which originate in the Tanggula Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, flow through the area at the same time, forming a special 'two walls and three rivers' topography.
In the surrounding area of hundreds of kilometers, there are mountains and mountains, many canyons and ravines, and the terrain is very complex.
After a two-and-a-half-hour drive, they finally arrived at the first county after entering the Tibetan area, and it is also the intersection of the Yunnan-Tibet line and the Sichuan-Tibet line - Mangkang.
After a short rest in Mangkang, the journey continued, and they climbed over Kyaw Ba Mountain, Rau Mountain, and finally climbed the highest mountain pass on the Sichuan-Tibet line, Dongda Mountain with an altitude of more than 5,000 meters.
Standing on the high mountain pass of Dongda Mountain, you can see that the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and the Lancang River are like two crystal ribbons, appearing and disappearing between the terrain of thousands of mountains and ravines.
After nearly ten hours of driving from Dongda Mountain, Ning Hao and the others finally came to today's destination, Zuogong.
Today is their first day in Tibet, and it is also the first time to cross the world's most complex Hengduan Mountains and the most unique mountain and valley terrain.
At the same time, today is also the first time that he has experienced what it means: the mind is in heaven, and the body is in hell!
"How did you feel on your first day in Tibet?"
Just when Ning Hao was lying on the bed and thinking secretly, Tang Xiaoxiao on the bed next to him turned his head and asked.
"The road is really hard to walk. ”
Ning Hao sighed honestly.
Hearing this, Tang Xiaoxiao chuckled: "This is just the beginning, and the road tomorrow will be even more difficult." ”
"Won't it?"
Ning Hao suddenly had a wry smile on his face.
When he heard that the new mission was to take the Sichuan-Tibet line, he was so resistant because he heard that the road on the Sichuan-Tibet line was very dangerous and he was likely to lose his life.
Before, he thought that the road was not bad, not as dangerous as the legend, and thought that some people were exaggerating.
Unexpectedly, the real danger was gradually revealed after entering the Tibetan area.