In the Spring Festival of 2020, a sudden epidemic swept across the country, and medical workers turned into soldiers, paying tribute to them.
Most of the people are quarantined at home. Apart from cooking and sanitation, they have nothing to do to write a travel note of their self-driving trip last summer and share it with friends. It is also an account of themselves.
first a few photos
The following introduces the protagonist of this travelogue
1. The heroine of my family: a Pisces woman, romantic and heroic by nature.
2. In 2018, the concubine, JEEP imported Grand Cherokee
3. My baby is a 16-year-old boy.
4. I, a Scorpio, like to travel, work hard, and like a simple life.
The 17-day itinerary is as follows:,
1. Tianjin to Shaanxi Hancheng
2. Hancheng-Xi'an-Hanzhong
3. Hanzhong-Shimen plank road-Qingmuchuan
4. Qingmuchuan - Baima Tibetan Township - Paxijia Ancient Village
5. White Horse Wanglang-Huanglong-Chuanzhu Temple
6. Chuanzhu Temple - Zoige Grassland - Tangke
7. Tang Ke-Seda
8. Seda-Baiyu Yaqing Temple
9. Yaqing Temple - Ganzi - Guoluo - Nianbao Yuze
10. Nian Bao Yu Ze - Gannan Langmusi
11. Langmusi - Zhayana
12. Zhagana - Cooperation
13. Xiahe - Labrang Monastery - Lanzhou
14. Lanzhou Yellow River Stone Forest - Zhongwei
15. Zhongwei-Ansai in Northern Shaanxi-Yan'an
16. Yan'an-Mianshan-Jiexiu-Pingyao Ancient City
17. Pingyao Ancient City - Tianjin Binhai
Seventeen days of travel, 5880 kilometers.
Total cost: Not too detailed records. About 15,000 yuan. (Oil costs, highway tolls, accommodation, meals, tickets, simple shopping), mainly travel expenses and accommodation, in fact, you also need to eat and shop at home.
I don't know when I fell in love with self-driving. It feels very good to drive on the road with a family and a car. In order to meet the needs of self-driving, I chose JEEP Grand Cherokee when changing cars. When I was in middle school, I saw a domestically-made Jeep Grand Cherokee after school, and I felt like a special man, and vowed to drive it when I grew up. Now everything is imported and the quality is very good. (I also sell American cars, forklifts, and I know the advantages of American products)
The choice of self-driving vehicles is also a bit particular. Generally, four-wheel drive is required to meet different road conditions. It is best to have a self-priming engine that is smooth and does not have too many requirements for oil products. In Inner Mongolia and Tibetan areas in Xinjiang, there are no high-grade oil products, and you must be able to eat coarse grains. If you want a panoramic sunroof, you can watch the stars and the boulevard. It just so happens that the Grand Cherokee is satisfying. So he took a concubine. (such as title, a concubine)
My son is on summer vacation, and my wife and I are on annual vacation. We packed our bags and prepared to drive in Gannan Beichuan.
A week before departure, start packing your bags.
Before departure, I shaved my head, which has been my wish for many years. The usual work needs cannot be fulfilled. This time I went out for 17 days. In an unfamiliar environment, no one knows you, so you can be free. It also saves you the time of washing your hair every day. When you come out of the barbershop after shaving your head, it's cool. It's such a good feeling. In addition, I don't have much hair, and I heard from an old man that shaving can make my hair grow. It later proved ineffective.
Self-driving travel does not require much planning, as long as there is a destination, the most difficult thing is the first step of the itinerary. When the journey begins, everything will go with the flow, enjoy whatever you encounter, and be at ease with the situation. It's right to reach a state of almost wandering. Isn't life a road trip?
On the first day of the trip, we set off from Tianjin Binhai New Area at 7 o'clock. Experience has proved that don't start too early, sleep until you wake up naturally. To maintain enough spirit, driving is still safety first. When the car got out of the basement door, when the access control lever was raised, it automatically said: safe journey.
I usually don't pay much attention to this sentence, but when the family embarks on a 6,000-kilometer trip by bicycle, this blessing becomes particularly appropriate.
After crossing Hebei and entering Shanxi, I will drive. At high speed, switch the driving mode to cruise mode, and the speed is about 110. The Grand Cherokee is actually not as fuel-intensive as it claims to be. The high-speed full-load summer cruise mode is less than 9 fuel. The self-weight is nearly 2300 kg, plus luggage and 3 adults, fully air-conditioned. The fuel consumption is very satisfactory, the comfort is also very good, and the sealing and quietness are good.
Entering Shanxi and taking the Taihang Mountain Expressway, several service areas along the way were either closed or had no fuel. Fortunately, the fuel tank of the car was relatively large at 94 liters, and the theoretical battery life was 1,000 kilometers. When approaching Hancheng, Shaanxi, the navigation shows a distance of 60 kilometers, and the remaining mileage on the dashboard of the car shows 100 kilometers. I don't dare to bet on those with family and mouth, just get off at high speed and refuel.
At around 5:00 p.m., we arrived in Hancheng. Stay at the hotel and book the hotel in advance on Ctrip. The room is a large room for 3 people, more than 200 including breakfast.
After checking into the hotel, simply rest. The three of them took an online car-hailing service and took a stroll around the ancient city of Hancheng.
One of the self-driving experience is to try not to move your car after arriving in a city. The benefits are as follows:
1. You can give your car and yourself a rest.
2. You can chat with local taxi drivers and learn about local characteristics and interesting places.
3. You can have a drink.
4. If you are not familiar with the local traffic and parking, don’t be fined or violated the regulations because of unfamiliar roads, so that your travel mood will be compromised.
In Shaanxi, there are as many stories as there are years of history.
Especially Hancheng, this incomparable ancient city by the Yellow River, how many people are listening to its stories?
Once in Hancheng for a thousand years, the streets, alleys, pagodas and temples are silent
When I came to the old city of Hancheng, a living old city, this is not a tourist attraction specially for outsiders, the locals also live in it, and I like this kind of place.
The sky gradually darkened, and the stage in the ancient city began to sing big plays. It turned out to be Qin opera.
I didn’t understand after listening to it for a long time. It doesn’t matter if I don’t understand. There are subtitles and performances. It’s Yang Jiajiang.
Walking to a tea house, a teacher told the story of Dayu's flood control. Many people stopped to listen. The son listened carefully. It would be great if you could be so serious in class.
The next day, we continued to drive at high speed, and arrived in Xi'an in a short while. We stopped by to visit my uncle's house. At noon, my uncle and aunt invited us to eat mutton soup. I have been to Xi'an many times, but it is not the focus of this trip. Pass through the Qinling Mountains in the afternoon and arrive at Hanzhong.
The travel I like is not famous scenic spots, nor famous rivers and mountains. I just want to go to a strange place and see the most ordinary life of the locals. After dinner, I took a walk along the Han River and found that there are people who love life everywhere.
On the third day, I had breakfast early in the morning. (I can’t remember what hotel I stayed in. Trip.com booked a triple room with breakfast included. Usually, I book a room with the Ctrip APP before arriving in a city. I have used Ctrip for many years and am an old user. Lah, more convenient)
Hanzhong Stone Gate Plank Road
Hanzhong Shimen Plank Road Scenic Area is 15 kilometers away from the urban area. Relying on Shimen Reservoir, it has beautiful scenery,
A collection of historical sites, it is a suburban water conservancy scenic spot with excellent natural landscape, history and culture.
Leaving Shimen plank road at noon, lunch will be settled in the car. I brought a lot of food and drink, the family talked and laughed, and the real essence of the trip began.
The next stop is Aokigawa.
Aokigawa, listening to it makes people yearn for it.
Located at the junction of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan, it is different from the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and has a certain atmosphere of rivers and lakes.
Overnight in the ancient town, first-class rivers and lakes.
In the morning, wake up to the sound of rain, push the window, the air is extraordinarily fresh.
The air in the mountains is so good! Facing the light rain, I packed my luggage into the car first, and the rain suddenly became heavier.
God stays.
Run all the way from the parking lot to the market to shelter from the rain. I have a habit. If I have time, I usually go to the vegetable market in an unfamiliar city, because I think only the vegetable market is the most down-to-earth place in a place, and it can reflect the most authentic local characteristics. Daily life of local people.
Scenic spots are for outsiders to see, and life in the vegetable market is for yourself.
Self-driving travel is a good opportunity to practice driving skills. In the past, I drove when encountering mountain roads.
There are so many mountain roads in Sichuan, and my wife got excited and decided to try it.
Son, fasten your seat belt and hold on to the armrest, your mother is about to transform, Qiu Mingshan Rider! ! !
Mountain Road Eighteen Bends
Now the addiction to mountain roads is over!
With the inertia of the car, the car was full of laughter.
All the way smoothly, came to Baima Tibetan Township.
Stay at Paxijia Ancient Village. (Based on per capita charge, 120 yuan per person, 2 meals, standard room, the whole inn is just three of us, and we can live in any room)
The Baima Tibetans are a very small minority with a population of about 30,000, concentrated in Gansu and Sichuan.
The owner of the inn is very enthusiastic and cooks dinner for us, which is very rich.
During the banquet, the patriarch came to toast and express his welcome. He was very moved when he encountered this scene during the journey.
I love White Horse Tibetan.
After drinking and eating, put on white horse Tibetan clothes. (clothes are provided by the host for free)
The clothes are beautiful and thick and warm.
Anesthesia with Mead
The aroma of butter tea
the softness of music
cool evening breeze
everything is just right
Next dance to a Guozhuang
Tashi Dele
Happiness is not that you have a lot
But what you want is right by your side
one should not want too much
simpler
the happier
Drunken White Horse Village
Baima Tibetans are good at singing and dancing
I can dance as soon as I can walk
just talk and sing
Almost no intermarriage with foreigners
but can marry
The little girl in the picture is fifteen years old
The family lives in a big village
there are hundreds of cows
son
do you want to think about it
I'm thinking
Why is it so happy to walk and dance in the stockade in simple national costumes?
Maybe it's deep down in human beings that they want to change their way of life.
People by Tianmu Lake look at us with envy
I look at them with envy
There are several ways to live a person's life
if it can be exchanged
Would you drop everything in exchange?
Maybe everyone will feel unwilling!
In the early morning, go deep into Baima Wanglang Nature Reserve, all the way is the original natural scenery,
walk into the forest
A Tibetan girl walking out of a white horse in the jungle
That scene made my heart tremble
The picture looks like the elves in fairy tales appearing
Mysterious white horse, may you keep this peace and beauty forever.
Coming out of Baima, we walked along the winding mountain road to the next stop, Huanglong.
to be continued!
