According to conventional sayings, there are a total of eight recognized routes in and out of Tibet: the Sichuan-Tibet South Line 318 National Highway, the Sichuan-Tibet North Line 317 National Highway, the Yunnan-Tibet Line 214 National Highway and Bingchacha, the Qinghai-Tibet Line 109 National Highway and the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road, and the Xinjiang-Tibet Line The 219 National Highway and the China-Nepal Highway, these eight lines connect Tibet with neighboring countries or provinces, and constitute the main passages for transportation in and out of Tibet. I think these eight lines can be divided into two classes based on factors such as the frequency of use of each line, the degree of audience, and the degree of recognition of tourists. Tibet line, the second class is the Yunnan-Tibet line, Bingchacha, China-Nepal Highway, and Tang-Tibet Ancient Road. The second-class lines are either less passenger flow, not many tourists choose, or are not directly connected to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The first-class route can finally achieve the purpose of reaching Lhasa (China-Nepal Highway is an international route, basically the whole journey belongs to National Highway 318, and tourists have not had many choices in recent years). Therefore, we usually call the first-class route the main road, and the second-class route is the branch or auxiliary route. line.
Schematic diagram of travel routes in Tibetan areas
The above eight routes are generally recognized as the traditional routes in and out of Tibet. In addition to these eight routes, there are a number of relatively small routes in and out of Tibet. However, like the second-class routes, these routes in and out of Tibet cannot go directly to Lhasa. Wait for the line to finally reach Lhasa. These lines mainly include Bingchazuo (Bingzhongluo, Tibet, Chawalong, Tibet, Zuogong, Tibet, and then enter Tibet from the Sichuan-Tibet South Line of National Highway 318), which is also known as Bingchacha; Zaduo line to Tibet (go south from Zaduo County to Sezha Township of National Highway 317, and from Sezha Township to take 317 National Highway Sichuan-Tibet Line to Tibet, this line was once called the ninth line to Tibet); no one The line to enter Tibet (starting from Huatugou in Qinghai, passing through Altyn, Hoh Xil, and Qiangtang no-man’s land in turn, and entering Tibet from Shuanghu via Provincial Highway 301 and National Highway 109); The old-Xinzang line departs from Hotan, Xinjiang, passes through the old-Xinzang line, crosses the Keriya Pass, and enters Tibet via the existing 219 National Highway-Xinzang line. We usually call these four lines of entry to Tibet plus the traditional eight lines of entry to Tibet collectively known as the twelve lines of entry to Tibet.
Of course, in addition to the above twelve entry and exit routes, there are several other routes to choose from, for example: the Sichuan-Tibet Central Line between the Sichuan-Tibet South-North Line; Crossing the Kunlun Mountains and entering Tibet from the no-man's land in the north-central part of Tibet. However, these routes are either too small and unknown, or overlap too much with the other twelve routes, so they are generally not included in the twelve routes into and out of Tibet. In addition, there are various routes into Tibet. You can choose the combination of routes. Mr. Raiders has gone through no less than 20 combinations of routes into Tibet. For a while, it was quite inflated. At one time, I thought that there were no routes in and out of Tibet that could attract me. Until last Saturday, July 6, something happened. changed.
At 8:00 p.m. on July 6, Brother Shan, a member of the no-man’s-land crossing team in the first half of this year, sent me a WeChat message asking me about the route plan for entering Tibet from Zaduo, Qinghai. From the background of the WeChat voice, Brother Shan seems to be driving. It turns out that he just set off from Jiangsu at 6:00 p.m. Sezha Township on National Highway 317, and then follow the traditional route to Tibet along National Highway 317. I recounted the relevant road condition information to him, and emphasized that the road condition is very good. Basically, it takes 5-6 hours to go from Zaduo to Sezha Township, and then go west to Nagqu and Lhasa after arriving at Sezha Township. Just go. Zaduo’s route to Tibet became known to the public at the end of 2017, and gradually became known as the ninth route to Tibet in addition to the traditional eight major routes to Tibet. But what Cheng Xiangshan asked is not this route at all, what he is asking now is whether there is a straight line from Zaduo to Amdo, Tibet. I asked him why he wanted to take this route, and he said two reasons: 1. He has already completed the route including the no-man’s land into Tibet, and he didn’t want to take the repeated route. He wanted to find some new routes; The car inspection was too severe, his car was modified too much, and it was too troublesome to pass through Nagqu. He wanted to avoid Nagqu as much as possible and go directly from Anduo to Ali Dabei Line. This idea seems to be no problem. I asked him how he knew that there would be such a route to Tibet (Qinghai Zaduo-directly inserted into Tibet Amdo). His answer made me a little embarrassed: Amdo and Zaduo have similar names. Both have a multi-character; these two places have similar latitudes and are not far apart in a straight line, so they should be connected by traditional roads since ancient times; a high-scale map he brought showed that there were roads at both ends, and the situation in the middle was unclear. He intuitively felt that this There should be a road connecting the two places. He wanted to try and see if he could find a new route to Tibet.
the cause of the matter
To be honest, I am very disdainful of this kind of practice of relying on maps at home to make strategies and talk on paper (just like some of our colleagues, they just look at the map at home and make routes for guests. I think this is hooliganism, especially for travel routes. It is because the travel route in Tibetan areas must be walked by yourself to be more convincing. If you can make a perfect travel route just by looking at the map, then Zhao Kuo, who is talking about it on paper, will not be defeated), so I told Brother Shan a few times Point of view: the two places belong to different provinces, Qinghai and Tibet, and there is less movement of people and vehicles between the two places, so it is unlikely that the line will be connected directly; Later, due to the low utilization rate and no motivation for maintenance, it may be possible to wait until the weather and road conditions improve in autumn. In addition, many places in Tibetan areas seem to be very close in a straight line, but because of the trend of mountains and rivers, sometimes we have to drive two or three times. God, this is very normal. You can't take it for granted that there will be roads connecting the two places just because you look at the map. The two issues of the mountain pass and the iron bridge across the river must also be taken into account; if you want to take the Ali Great North Line If you don’t want to go through Nagqu, you can go on the Qinghai-Tibet Line and turn to the 301 Provincial Highway and the Great North Line before arriving at Nagqu.
But Brother Shan's meaning is very clear: the Qinghai-Tibet line and the northern Sichuan-Tibet line have been traveled many times, and he really doesn't want to repeat it if it is not necessary; in addition, he firmly believes that there must be a line connecting Amdo and Zado. I can't find any news on the Internet about how Zaduo got to Amdo to prove it. I originally wanted to go to the company to check the track map the next day and then give him a clear refusal to reply, but after thinking about it, Brother Shan is considered a veteran of Tibet, and it is impossible to do things only based on subjective guesses. There must be some reason why there is a road connecting the land. I opened the track map on my phone, zoomed in to a scale of 200 meters, and traced the lines starting from Zaduo one by one to see whether it was a dead end road or actually connected to other villages in Tibet. After more than an hour After tracing the route, I found a key node in the itinerary: Chadan Township, Zaduo County, Qinghai Province. There is a small road in Chadan Township that leads to Tibet. Then I entered the keyword Chadan Township in the Hand Map APP, and I actually found a trajectory from Chadan Township to Tibet (the starting point is Chadan Township, the end point is Nierong County, Tibet, and it doesn’t matter after arriving at Nierong County) It is very convenient to go to Amdo or Nagqu, and there are already mature routes), the uploader of this route track (network name: Shanren) defines this route as the thirteenth route into Tibet, and I don’t know What kind of immortal routes did the first twelve entry routes of this divine man coincide with the twelve entry and exit routes we defined?
According to the route trajectory data uploaded by the user named Shanren, it is about 150 kilometers from Zaduo to Chadan Township, and about 300 kilometers from Chadan Township to Nie Rong. The total time is about 20 hours, and the average speed is 22. From left to right, combined with the topographic map, it can be inferred that the overall road condition is not very good. It is mainly a mountain canyon section. There is a big deviation between the route taken and the traditional Tang-Tibet ancient road to Tibet (that is, the 214 National Highway Xining-Yushu-Nangqian-Leiwuqi line), and there is no consensus on who is right and who is wrong.
However, the route trajectory in the APP was uploaded in the first half of 2017, and two years have passed. We did not find any relevant information about the changes in the road conditions within the two years, and the road traffic conditions in summer. In the evening, I sent a circle of friends to ask about the road conditions, asking if anyone has passed this route, or who knows the latest road conditions, but I didn't get an ideal answer. But this is not important. When I told Brother Shan that he could go directly to Amdo from Zado, Brother Shan told me that he was going to do this line. We bring the latest road condition information broadcast on this road to Tibet.
It was the peak travel season in Tibetan areas at that time, and there were many things to do. Although Brother Shan sincerely invited me to explore this road with him, I was still hesitant in my heart. I sent a WeChat message saying: They walked the route I consulted in Moments last year, because the second half of the bridge section has a wading section, which is more exciting overall. After passing the Tanggula Pass, there are wild hot springs on the roadside, so it is still worth walking. one trip. If it's someone else's words, I'll just listen to it. The old wolf's words are quite reliable to me. This also reminds me of an incident last month, when three female colleagues and I explored a new road between National Highway 317 and National Highway 318 in Tibet, from Jiali County to Zhongyu Township and then to Bomi Bagai Township, and then go to National Highway 318 via Yigong and Tongmai. At that time, there was not much information on the road conditions, and the road conditions were relatively complicated. In the early morning, we were lost in the rapids and rapids of Yigong Zangbo. We didn’t know where the road was. We saw a fork We can only choose based on feeling and experience. When we were confused, we saw the signs of China’s self-driving geography and Shanghai Blade Off-Road on an abandoned building. This shows that we are still on the right route. Everyone’s spirits are lifted. Finally, it went smoothly. Arrived at Bagai Township. At that time, before seeing these two signs, I was still bragging to my colleagues: this kind of extreme special off-road route, no one of our peers has ever walked it, and we should be the first commercial line treading group to take this route, I was slapped in the face before I finished speaking, but I didn't feel any pain in my cheek. Sometimes we think we are doing something awesome, but in fact these things have already been done silently.
After listening to the introduction of the old wolf and the photos he showed me, I think I should start. This route has a lot of attraction for me: this is a route to Tibet with a story. It is said that Princess Wencheng walked along this route. This route is not clear, the scenery is fair, and it is worth a visit; this route crosses the Tanggula Mountains from the other direction, and enters Tibet from the nearest straight-line distance, showing us another side of Tibet; the most important What's more, not only have I never walked this route, but I haven't heard of it. As a self-proclaimed know-it-all in Tibet, I am really embarrassed.
Map self-driving geography--Old Wolf
Map self-driving geography--Old Wolf
Map self-driving geography--Old Wolf
Map self-driving geography--Old Wolf
I asked Brother Shan, where is he, and if there is a place for me in the car, I want to go with them. He said that he has just arrived in Shaanxi and there is still space in the car, and he warmly welcomes me to join. If I can go to Xining to meet them tonight, I will rush from Xining to Yushu overnight. It was one o'clock in the afternoon when I decided to leave. I looked at the air tickets from Beijing to Xining. The nearest flight also arrives in Xining at 10:00 or 11:00 in the evening. Considering that if it arrives too late, it will delay Brother Shan and their itinerary. Car people, rubbing against people and cars is already very troublesome, it would be bad if it caused additional trouble to others. I took another look at the combination of airplane and high-speed rail. There is a high-speed rail departing from Beijing West Railway Station to Shijiazhuang Zhengding Airport at 3:00 p.m., followed by a Shijiazhuang-Xining flight from 17:10 to 19:30. I quickly placed an order. I hurried home to grab some things, packed a backpack and rushed to the subway. I’m in a hurry, but I’m basically on schedule. I don’t have any extra time. I caught up with the high-speed rail and the flight to Xining. Although the journey is tiring, Shijiazhuang Zhengding Airport also has its own core advantages. : Compared with Capital Airport, Zhengding Airport will not be delayed due to traffic control, so Shijiazhuang's flights are rarely delayed.
Before I got on the plane, Brother Shan sent me a WeChat message saying that they had arrived at the designated location: a hotel in Ping'an District near Caojiabao Airport in Xining. Now they are resting together, and when I arrive, they will go directly to Yushugan. After the plane landed, I sent a WeChat message to Brother Shan asking where he was, but he didn't reply. I think he was tired and fell asleep. I'll take a taxi and go directly to the hotel to find him. When I got downstairs, Brother Shan still hasn't replied to his WeChat. Then let him sleep a little longer. I'll get a haircut, wash my hair, and have a meal around the hotel. It's just after nine o'clock in the evening. Brother Shan finally woke up, and we met again after No Man's Land. Brother Shan and his teammates warmly welcomed the arrival of me, the so-called "Tibetan travel expert".
set off in the dark
After discussing the route, we decided to leave immediately. When we came to the front desk of the hotel, the young lady at the front desk looked at us with crazy eyes: You are about to check out, so there will be no refund. We didn't bother to explain to him. Eight people in two Raptors set off in the night of Xining. The composition of the crew this time was not very ideal. Except for me and Brother Shan, most of them have no experience in high-altitude travel, and two of them are elderly people in their sixties. Except for Brother Shan and me, the remaining six of them have no idea about the next route. The concept is that we only know that we are going to Tibet, Lhasa, and the Potala Palace. As for how to get there and when we will arrive, they don't care much and don't bother to ask.
The road from Xining to Yushu is a high-speed road, and the road conditions are not as good as the roads in Tibetan areas. We set off from Xining at 11:00 p.m. on July 7, and arrived in Yushu at 9:00 a.m. the next morning. A few years later, I came to Yushu again. I felt that the city had basically not changed. We found a place to have brunch: ramen + beef. Considering the unknown road ahead, Brother Shan and I planned to buy some emergency supplies. Brother Shan bought two 30L oil barrels and filled them with oil, and bought a lot of food; I bought two shovels , ten hemp bags, and a set of leather trousers for catching fish in the river. This time we encountered small-scale landslides, mudslides or wading sections, and we could go there on our own without waiting for the construction team or being forced to go back the same way. On the surface, it seems that we are very thoughtful, but in fact, the later practice proved that these are not necessary. It just increased the fear of the other six people for no reason.
Xining - Yushu
I made up a picture in my own mind: I was wearing leather pants, standing in a waist-deep turbulent river, holding a tow rope in my left hand, and a walkie-talkie in my right hand, shouting to them with my handset, the road conditions have been measured, and it is OK Pass, quickly across the river. My teammates took a picture of my heroic appearance, and then I changed my WeChat avatar to a new one. Everyone asked me what route you were taking. It was so exciting, we also wanted to sign up. It's a pity that these pictures are all produced by myself, and none of this happened.
picture of imagination
According to the plan, we were going to Chadan Township, Zaduo County on July 8, but before arriving in Yushu, several other team members began to have opinions. The symptoms of altitude sickness began to appear, and there is no way to go to Zaduo County for today's trip. Zaduo is a big county of Cordyceps. It is said that the world’s Cordyceps refers to China, China’s Cordyceps refers to Qinghai, Qinghai’s Cordyceps refers to Yushu, and Yushu’s Cordyceps refers to Zaduo. To a certain extent, Zaduo’s Cordyceps indirectly affects the entire Cordyceps trading market. The beginning of July is already the end of the Cordyceps trade, but Zaduo County is full of Tibetans collecting and selling Cordyceps. It was after two o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Zaduo. According to the usual style of me and Brother Shan, let alone Chadan Township, even Nierong County, we dared to venture into it. We had no choice but to consider the physical conditions of our teammates, so we decided to stay in Zaduo. This was the first time I checked into a hotel when the sun was still so high in a place since I traveled in Tibetan areas for more than ten years. This is my second visit to Zaduo. The last time I came was to take the route to Tibet from Sezha Township. In fact, Zaduo County is not big, but it is divided into a new town and an old town. The old town is the main residential area, and the new town It is basically the location of the administrative unit. We asked the locals and said that the best hotel in Zaduo is Zaduo Hotel, which can supply oxygen at night. We went all the way west to live in the slightly desolate Zada Hotel.
yushu
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Except me and Brother Shan, everyone else was exhausted. After receiving the room cards, they all went to sleep. I asked Brother Shan if he could sleep? He said he couldn't sleep, and I said let's go eat. After drinking and eating, I proposed to go to Zaduo County to see if I could get some suitable caterpillar fungus. There are not many taxis in Zaduo County, and we are deep in the new district, so naturally we couldn’t get a taxi, so we waited. After half an hour, I saw other team members coming out to look for food, and then took us to the old district of the county. Although it is the end of the Cordyceps trading season, the streets are still very lively. Some people are looking for buyers with three or five fresh Cordyceps, some are holding plastic bags and dustpans to dry, and some are looking for sellers with a bag of cash on their backs. Miscellaneous Cordyceps really lived up to their reputation, they were big and bright, and the most important thing was that they were cheap. They usually sold more than a hundred worms, but they usually only asked for six or seventy-one. Brother Shan didn’t know much about Cordyceps, so he asked me if it was necessary to buy some to eat. I said that it was basically useless, it was used by rich people to pay IQ taxes, but I happened to know a few friends who like to pay taxes very much. I'm going to buy a thousand sticks and bring them back.
I asked a few Tibetans who sold Cordyceps, either one or two hundred were not enough, or the price was too high and unsuitable. During this period, several Cordyceps dealers followed us and followed us all the way. Later, we found out that we only needed a few hundred. After the Cordyceps, several dealers dispersed and never appeared again. We met a simple-looking Tibetan on the corner of the street. He opened his nylon bag and showed us. I guessed that there could be three or four hundred pieces, so I asked him how he sold it and what price he said. There are all of them, the cheapest ones are five or six yuan, the better ones are twelve or thirteen yuan, and the most expensive ones cost 20 yuan. Brother Shan and I looked at each other and smiled, it seemed that we had met a simple Tibetan, so I told him how much you have in this bag, we all want it. The Tibetans grinned when they heard it, and sold it to you, sold it to you! Then the Tibetans started counting: 30's, 40's, 50's. When I saw something was wrong, I reached out and stopped the Tibetans. Didn't you say that the most expensive one is only 20? How come there are still 40, 50. The Tibetan is obviously a veteran, 20 years old, yes. There are also 50 ones! I said, what about five or six yuan, and ten or eight yuan? The Tibetans picked out a few rotten grass-like things from the inside in a hurry. Well, it's cheap, very cheap. I understood right away, a routine, definitely a routine! I didn't talk too much, I stood up and ran with Brother Shan, who was still squatting there to shoot a small video, why don't you buy it? How wonderful! I said no, let them go back and boil eggs to eat, anyway, the molecular structure is basically the same.
It was past nine o’clock when I got back to the hotel, and it was still very bright. I told Brother Shan that this is one of the few times I have been to Tibetan areas so many times, and I rest before dark. Brother Shan nodded and said yes. Our personalities are very similar, we are the kind of people who drive until dark and can't get there.
On the morning of July 9th, I woke up as soon as it was a little bright, and Brother Shan woke up too. I said let's go, Brother Shan said let's go. Then we got up and asked people to leave from room to room. There were no restaurants around the hotel, so we had to go back to the county town to have breakfast. On the way to breakfast, a Lexus 570 followed us until we entered the breakfast shop. The car didn’t leave. I I thought I met a fellow traveler and wanted to go to Tibet with us. Brother Shan said that he saw clearly that it was the Cordyceps dealer who called himself Lausanne who chased us yesterday. It is estimated that the Cordyceps dealer got up in the morning and saw two raptors wandering on the street, thinking that there would be a big business, so he followed them all the way, but when he came to him, he saw that it was the two dicks from last night, and left angrily. Well, that's how it should be.
After breakfast, we walked along the track on the hand-held map. It is about 150 kilometers from Zaduo County to Chadan Township. The first 50 kilometers are asphalt roads with good road conditions, and the next 100 kilometers are sandy soil roads, and the traffic conditions are acceptable. , ordinary vehicles can pass, and there is a small section of wading road in the middle. I originally wanted to put on leather pants and go down to pose for a photo, but there was a Tibetan mastiff next to the puddle that kept barking. None of us dared to get out of the car, so we had to drive Driving in the car to play in the puddle, it turns out that it is too rough to play the surf without any problems. The front license plate of our No. 1 car disappeared during the surfing process; there are two elderly people in the No. Not too fast, we often need to stop and wait for the No. 2 car. When we can see Chadan Township in the distance, the No. 2 car disappeared. We waited for half an hour on the side of the road and they did not catch up, but the car Taiwan has been able to contact, and later they said that they seemed to have arrived in Chadan Township, we did not believe it, how could it be possible to reach Chadan Township before us by just one road? When we drove to Chadan Township, we saw the No. 2 car parked opposite us facing us. It turned out that the No. 2 car had no forward track. When it saw a fork in the road, it could only feel that it was about to turn. It turned around and didn't know which road it was on. Later, when it met a Tibetan grazing herdsman, it showed them a way, and then they were confused. From the opposite direction to Chadan Township.
About Chadan Township, Chadan Township belongs to Zaduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, with a population of just over 1,000. There is no food and lodging in the township. There is a small supermarket on the side of the road. There are two roads leading from Chadan Township In Tibet, one is the ancient road for Princess Wencheng to enter Tibet that we are going to take today, and the other is from Chadan Township to Suo County and from 317 to Lhasa.
Seeing that there was no accommodation in Chadan Township, we applauded secretly. Fortunately, brother Shan and I didn't encourage everyone to rush to Chadan Township yesterday, otherwise they would have chewed us raw. The materials prepared in advance came in handy. Originally, we wanted hot pot on the whole plateau. The temperature in the plateau is low, the oxygen content is insufficient, and the speed of boiling water in the steam pot is too slow. In the end, the hot water for the instant noodles was not even boiled enough. Only five people ate the hot instant noodles, and the remaining three people were either too high to eat, or just ate some other food from the car refrigerator.
When we were waiting for the water to boil on the side of the road, a police car approached from the opposite side. The police officer asked us where we wanted to go. We said Nierong County in Tibet. He smiled and said yes, yes! I walked by the other day. This is after we came out for two days and asked countless times for the road, finally someone gave us a positive answer. The previous answer was either that we didn’t know there was such a road, or the road was broken and we couldn’t walk; after we said goodbye to the police, After a quick lunch, we continued on our way.
The two elderly people in the No. 2 car asked Xiao Wang, the driver of the No. 2 car, why the road to Tibet was so bad and bumpy. Qinghai is the only way to go to Lhasa, Tibet, and there is no easy way to go to Tibet. The two old men didn't reply, but it was obvious to me that they didn't believe that this was the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. After all, we hadn't seen a single car except the police car since we set off in the morning. If the Qinghai-Tibet line is really so depressed, will they be surprised to see so many tourists when they arrive in Lhasa in two days? Because I didn't know what Xiao Wang meant by saying this, so I didn't expose it face to face. Later, the two old men said almost in a begging tone, take us to Lhasa quickly, as long as we see the Potala Palace, we can do whatever we want.
The thirteenth route to Tibet can actually be divided into two sections. The first section is from Zaduo County to Chadan Township, about 150 kilometers; the second section is from Chadan Township to Nierong County, about 300 kilometers, and we arrive at Chadan It's already past twelve o'clock in the township, so I suggest to speed up the progress of the next itinerary, otherwise you won't be able to reach Nie Rong before dark. The two elderly people put forward objections: when going out, safety first, we should try to be as stable as possible, and don't pursue speed too much. Since the two old men have said so, we have no choice but to move forward slowly. From the point of view of the trajectory, we will cross a mountain pass in the Tanggula Mountains soon after passing Chadan Township, and then arrive at Nierong County, Nagqu City, Tibet. Chadang Township, Tanggula Mountain is the natural boundary between Tibet and Qinghai. As long as we cross the Tanggula Pass, it means that we have reached the border of Tibet. But when we arrived at Chadang Township, Nierong County, Nagqu City, Tibet, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, we did not see the Chawula Pass of Tanggula Mountain. In retrospect, it should be that we have been driving at an average altitude of 4,899, and few people choose to take this road. The mountain pass is not obvious, and it should be that we did not notice it when we passed by. But it’s okay, although there is a little sense of ritual to enter Tibet, but after all, we have entered Tibet, and this road to Tibet can be passed through!
From Chadan Township to Tanggula Mountain Pass to Chadang Township and finally to Nierong County, the distance is about 300 kilometers. Among them, Chadan Township to Chawula Mountain Pass is mainly dirt road, and it is not far from the Chadang Village Pass after crossing Chawula Mountain Pass. In Tibet, the road surface has been widened and hardened. From the road signs next to it, it can be seen that this road under construction is called National Highway 345. I asked the fellow construction workers and said that it is expected to be completed in 2021. Because of the maintenance of the construction team, the road conditions from Chadang Township to Nierong County are much better than in the morning. The wading road section and wild hot springs that the old wolf told me about before have not been encountered. Of course, the leather pants I bought and The shovel was of no use either. Occasionally encountering road construction and traffic control, it will usually be released within half an hour. We originally thought that there would be dozens of kilometers of good roads before we arrived at Nierong County, but we did not expect this semi-finished road to accompany us to the county. Of the eight people, six of them were seriously rebellious. We don't know whether they really had high rebellion, or they were stunned along the way. It was after nine o'clock in the evening when we arrived in Nierong County, and it was already dark, so we randomly found a Sichuan restaurant in the county for dinner.
Now that we have arrived at Nierong, it means that the thirteenth route to Tibet can be passed through completely, because no matter whether we go to Nagqu or Amdo, there are already mature routes without any difficulty. The two old people proposed to live in Nie Rong, but they didn't want to leave. I told them that no matter whether they go to Amdo or Nagqu, the altitude will be lower than that of Nie Rong, the hotel environment will be much better, and it can also provide oxygen. It is estimated that the oxygen supply has attracted everyone. Go to a hotel with oxygen supply! Brother Shan's original intention was to go directly from Nie Rong to Anduo, and then take a few team members straight to Ali's northern line. But other team members turned their backs one after another, expressing that they only wanted to go to Lhasa and were not interested in anything else. There is no way we can only go in the direction of Nagqu.
Nierong is a county under Nagqu, and the road conditions connecting it are naturally much better than the road conditions we walked during the day. It is only more than 90 kilometers from Nierong to Nagqu, and it takes more than an hour to get there. It was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night when we arrived in Nagqu. At this time, we finally came to the real Qinghai-Tibet line. In order to make up for everyone's hard work this day, Brother Shan said that he would stay in the best hotel in Nagqu. At that time, I was driving No. 2 Car, I told him with the car station that the conditions in the entire area of Nagqu are limited, there are no five-star hotels, and at most a four-star hotel can be found. After checking the Internet, it turned out that there was a newly opened Four Seasons Oxygen Enriched Hotel that looked pretty good, so we went straight to the hotel. In the past, I was told that there was no room, and then I found a few hotels and was told that there was no room, or a hotel without oxygen supply. I used the car platform to tell Brother Shan that if I can’t stay in another hotel, I’m going to drive No. 2 car directly to Lhasa. After all, five hours from Nagqu to Lhasa is enough, and I can still eat when I arrive in Lhasa. Tibetan breakfast, and then I catch an early flight back to Beijing. Brother Shan has his own plan. He still misses his Alibei, so he can't just give in and go directly to Lhasa with us. Fortunately, I finally found a Sanyi Hotel with good conditions, oxygen supply and rooms on the side of the road. It was already two o'clock in the morning when I lay in bed.
Brief schematic diagram of the line
According to the previous agreement, I came up this time just to explore the road. I can go to the Qinghai-Tibet line. I will not go to Alibei line or Lhasa with them. They can put me on Nagqu or Amdo or even Qinghai-Tibet line. side. I want to say goodbye to Brother Shan, saying that I am going to leave early tomorrow morning. Brother Shan hopes that I can send the people in the second car to Lhasa. I don’t think it’s a difficult task for me. It doesn’t matter if I arrive in Lhasa, and I can fly directly back to Beijing. I don’t have to wait for the train in Nagqu or Amdo. I booked the flight to leave Lhasa that night, and then went to bed in a hurry. Down.
Woke up early on July 10, and it was raining again in Nagqu. I found a down jacket from my luggage and put it on. Brother Shan meant very clearly: I drove the people in car No. 2 to Lhasa, and he took the people in car No. 1 to Alibei. I asked him about his route plan, which would pass through the west bank of Dangre Yumco, where my good friend, Mr. Imaginary Enemy, had an accident. I said you can help me light a cigarette for my friend on the prayer flags by the lake, Shan Brother is also a man of temperament, he doesn't care much about these small details, so he agreed, and I hurried downstairs to find Zhongnanhai, who the fake teacher likes. It was only after eight o'clock at that time, and many supermarkets in Naqu were closed. I asked several stores one after another, but none of the Zhongnanhai cigarettes were available for sale. At this time, Brother Shan called me again and asked me to go back to the hotel to discuss things, but the matter had to be let go.
Postscript: Since Brother Shan insisted on going to Alibei, and the other team members were highly rebellious and demanded to go to Lhasa, our team had to disband in stages in Nagqu. Brother Shan took Xiao Wang out of Naqu and went straight to the Great North Line of Provincial Highway 301. ;The fourth child drove the No. 2 car and took the other four people from Nagqu, with a clear purpose, and went straight to Lhasa; but I could only be left in Nagqu silently, waiting for the train going north or south, and then transferred back to Beijing . The fourth brother and the others arrived in Lhasa that afternoon, the capital of Tibet. Gao Fan recovered without treatment. I don’t know if the two elder brothers will still remember the stalk that Xiao Wang told them that the route we take is the only way to enter Tibet. ;Brother Shan took Xiao Wang and brought us a big surprise: starting from Nagqu at 9 o'clock that morning, he drove a raptor without a previous license plate, arrived in Bangor at noon that day, and arrived in Nima at 6 pm County, arrived at Dangre Yumco at 8:00, and was about to drive to Lhasa overnight, met Sangsang for a section of road construction, which delayed some time, so he could only arrive in Lhasa around noon the next day, and completed his dream of the Ngari Central-North Line Well, our original plan was to let him walk this road in three to four days, but we didn't expect him to return to his nature of a madman on the road. A schematic diagram of the trajectory of some sections of the Ali Zhongbei Line is attached below.
Summary: This may be my trip to Tibet with the clearest goal in recent years, just to go through a route to Tibet, let’s call it the thirteenth route to Tibet. Afterwards, someone asked me if it was worth it, and to catch a plane before and after , just for the scenic itinerary in the middle, I said that as long as you like it, it is worth it; of course, it is not important whether this route is a newly discovered route to Tibet, or whether we can call it the thirteenth route to Tibet Yes, we just found a new route for off-road enthusiasts who like Tibetan areas to try and challenge, which is enough; if you know something new and interesting about travel routes in Tibetan areas, but you can’t do it yourself for various reasons Go to find out, you can contact me, as long as your route is attractive enough, we are willing to explore the way for you; there are many routes into Tibet, and there are many routes that can be played in Tibetan areas. We provide an alternative route. If you are a regular player or a friend who pursues a comfortable travel experience, it is not recommended to consider this route.
