If you do not to touch the unknown, our senses dulled, our world is so small, even the curiosity will disappear. Our eyes will no longer look to the distant horizon, ears can't hear those familiar voices.
When we live day after day in front of it, it also limits our experience of life. When finally one day when we came, you will find that the stay of this life is at the expense of our dreams.
The fear of the unknown, upon comfortable will prevent us from becoming a traveler on the adventure. However, when you make your choice, you will never regret it.
--Why do we travel,
We always have too many ties, always will own automobile went to ride off indefinitely until: come on, have the opportunity to go again. Always, once twice three times, but this is no longer. So I tell myself: If you don't go, you would think that this is the world. Some things don't do it now, you won't do it. Think about it, have the courage to go carrying bag.
Overall impression
This is pure driving in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan link via ABA, Xining, Qinghai Lake, Golden Bay, Lanzhou. Road a scenic plateau Lakes, desert, deserts, Prairies and the most beautiful most beautiful starry sky ~
This way is a real hell, past G309 like no man's land, drove the lane when the two-lane country road, muddy mountain road and over two mountain. Of course there are a lot of people when the plane wanted to car straight flat road, similar to the road around Qinghai Lake, Xining new highways. Meet the hospitality of the locals, as well as the return encounter on the road of Chongqing alone more than 5,000 square miles of fellow ...
Unknown hard hard all the way, especially when you have a few hours of winding gravel road over a mountain and found a mountain, all the way no other vehicle, and run out of time. ... Vehicles are not good. Despite this, laughing and encouraging each other but these incidents seem insignificant.
Just seven days, we crossed the mountains and the sea, passing through packed.
From day to night, from grasslands to Alpine, from lakes to deserts, from busy to wild and not stopped. I think the four of us, the experience unforgettable. Thanksgiving the way take care of each other and society, for all what happens on this road.
About travel
September 29, 2015 – October 6, 2015
Li County, Chongqing-DAY1
DAY2-greenhouse of Lixian County ditch-Hong
-DAY3-bend of the Yellow River-ruoergai, Hongyuan County Prairie in linxia
DAY4 linxia-liujiaxia reservoir-Black River Township
DAY5 the dark horse he Xiang-XI road around Qinghai Lake in Qinghai-atom bomb base-Golden Bay-in huzhu County
DAY6-12 in huzhu County Road-assistance national geological park
DAY7 mutual national geological park-Lanzhou
DAY8 Lanzhou-Chongqing
Line preparation
Essential clothing is at the bottom, on the way, from top to bottom, from left to right:
Hijab: is useful to Northwest, wind break and sand-cold
Hulk amenity bag: not much explaining, waterproof performance
Camping lights: buy on Taobao, and be cheated, especially of poor quality, completely unworthy, that seemed "BHP", bad reviews!
Lonely Planet: good books, has become my nearly 2 year break important reference manual
Mug: consider camping around Qinghai Lake, a little warm water it is important to
Dreyfus better fruit and vegetable wash: recently popular, washing fruits and vegetables, it is home, but I like to buy fruits to eat on the go, wash before you eat to prevent diarrhoea, especially in the Highlands to eat bad stomach so bad
Dettol hand Sanitizer: you can also bring wet wipes, a personal preference, away from home often have to hand or facial
Practical way is the most handy scarf, Dreyfus and dettol
Camping equipment: tent, sleeping bag, mat
Drugs: first aid kit, high resistance against drugs, cold, clear powder, bandage, disinfectant spray
Also, sunscreen, and so on, friends, and I never did.
DAY
1
Chongqing > Dujiangyan Southbridge
The year 2015-09-29
Li County, Chongqing--
"Everyone in his life beginning at the beginning, there is always a period of time, there is nothing to nostalgia, only an irresistible dream, nothing emerged, only his good health, there is no place to go, just want to stray. "
--EB white
Chongqing
The September 29, 2015
Scenery converge at midday, Chongqing officially start. Long distance driving with my friends at home for the first time! Was very excited
Dujiangyan Southbridge
Was said of to Chengdu eat Dragon copy hand, noon starting just can dinner time to Chengdu, due to thought Chengdu work points traffic night catch not to first station za, so dinner on select has directly around city Chengdu direct dujiangyan of slag slag surface, and passing eat has sad jelly, sad jelly main is departure predecessor in others of daughter-in-law in video see speed forward in Chengdu eat has jelly, on proposed to I to for the she eat has, although on we grew up eat spicy grew up of people for also enough sad, but taste does good. Ba Shi
Eating and drinking, go south bridge
DAY
2
Lixian County Youth on the road Tibet line walking in the sky
The year 2015-09-30
– Greenhouse of Lixian County ditch-Hong
"On the road, meet. The dream of their own, who once lost his, that enlightened self. And then somewhere in the world together, laugh. "
9:20am get up, Hall hit stores rabbit
Lixian County
In the shop next to the porridge and buns for breakfast, and set off, almost noon bi Peng Gou scenic spot. Thanks to weather, scenery very beautiful
Lamb said: I would look at you, don't talk
Early autumn into the language
Clear water and worry-free, because wind-wrinkled face
Castle is not the old, white for
Jiuzhaigou, Peng Gou views favorably, but much smaller people, which is nice, but fares are more expensive
Blue sky, snow, leaves, friends,
Mountain horse
You look at this horse, neck so long to eat the biscuit in my hand, this foodie!
Look at the man and the horse look the same! We met ye Wu was asking for less, this guy makes feeding it biscuits and Arch by mouth, knees are red ...
Red Rock beach-is attached to the stone surface attached to the surface of the red algae, this is Peng Gou characteristic.
DAY
3
The year 2015-10-01
Ruoergai, Hong-the Yellow River Bend-Prairie-Hsia
"Chile chuan, under yin, qionglu, surrounding the lid. Green, wild, wind-blown grass low as cattle and sheep. "
Hongyuan County, am8:00
Morning sun Sun feel chest stuffy, heart pain of panic, breath but gas, began thought is cold has, quickly check has about, only know original red County elevation has 3504 meters, although yiqian she in elevation more than 4,000 more of when also didn't reaction, but thought day in bi shed ditch too happy run has a will, and in Plateau sleep has a late, high anti-have no. So eat a rhodiola capsule. So here will also take the opportunity to remind everyone, be sure to watch our physical condition, elevation change along, try not to do strenuous exercise, so as to avoid high. Especially in the Highlands overnight on a note that sleeping slightly sideways as far as possible, do not lie flat.
Breakfast is found in annex a shop, devoted to the yak, yak meat really taste. In the highlands where don't worry says this is true of yak meat, because they want to pretend to be really hard to find with other meat, haha.
After dinner we went direct to the Yellow River Bay
Looking down from the Hill, think horseback riding expeditions on the ancient grasslands, there is a "coach personally" feeling ...
In Sichuan and Chongqing at noon restaurant to a more authentic yellow fish, as well as a local fern taste good. Cumin lamb taste good, but the meat a little tough.
Met with a park ride, and the four of them get off a horse
Racecourse master's 2 children, 3 pairs of simple eyes
The sunset of another day ... We really do for Sunrise, sunset is not income
10:40pm finally arrived in linxia
Always thought that there is no night life, try holding the attitude to go around looking for late-night snacks to eat, although finding a food court, but did not eat it, each household businesses trying to attract guests, but the attitude and bad, slightly ominous ... Four people said to be scared ... Went to KFC, only to discover that here is not open 24 hours
Had to back track, so the end of the story, four of us ate Yunnan rice noodle in linxia, Gansu province and Xinjiang big plate of chicken ... Big plate chicken great!
DAY
4
Linxia > In Gannan Prefecture > Lijiaxia hydropower station > In Qinghai
The year 2015-10-02
Linxia-liujiaxia reservoir-Black River Township
"I lay down and for a newspaper to make a pillow. High above me, stars will wink, and when the train curving lines, these stars will draw up and down arcs, looked at them, I fell asleep. Today--all day in the days of my life in the past, tomorrow is a new day, and I'm still young. "
--Jack London Road,
Linxia
8:58 check your route, starting in linxia. Joy has just embarked on a rural road, walk ways, having to earnest nature gods, thank the motherland's great rivers
In Gannan Prefecture
After many locals were asked, finally entered the national highway g309, track my friends and I were stunned. If you walk this line, we strongly recommend a walk and feel the horse was no man's land ...
Lijiaxia hydropower station
Finally reached the liujiaxia reservoir, unbelievable, which is reservoir, looking obviously is a European-style haven
Boats such as empty in the Pan, like rows in a mirror.
In Qinghai province
Approaching the Qinghai territory
To tent as soon as possible to get to our destination for the next day's Sunrise of Qinghai Lake, didn't do too much to stay down the road until you see another piece of grasslands ... We are attracted to vehicles rushing scene of grassland, mountain sheep, decides to play, followed by proving here completely to the
Comrade Liu appeared to be playing HIGH, ahem
In order to effect plateau where I is also spelled
In order to shoot Prairie evening sunsets, sketches of the four of us, have to stand on, but fellow comrade Zou also made a mistake, no base clamp with camera and tripod connection, I sweat, forced two-sided glue and tape.
See the classic Sun, our masterpiece
Peer's grandson is also playing an increasingly high
Help bikers MM next to the
Really too late and can't get to the Qinghai Lake, in black township near 80km River for the tent camp.
Stars, flowers in the water, the mirror monthly, the Big Dipper from the closer than at any time in the past, has never been a closer the night sky, the beauty of it, so I would like a dream, turned into a star in the sky.
Zou students ' failure to use tripod, I didn't shoot the stars, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, blue death
DAY
5
Qinghai Lake > Xining
The year 2015-10-03
Qinghai Lake in Qinghai-atom bomb base-Golden Bay-huzhu County
"Youran complex youran, a holy water in a Lake of the Lake poem with sections I affectionate, drunk in your arms"
Qinghai Lake
Based on 4:00 am Black River Township to see the Sunrise
Finally fell asleep in the tent, Zou classmates ran out of "spider, spider", all people in the room woke up, and I never sleep, get up at 3 o'clock, Pack ready to drive to get to Black River Township to watch the sunrise.
Almost 5 points to the destination, filmed by cameras at the front barely stable star
Here to see the Sunrise, like watching the sunrise on the beach as far as the Lake
Across the sky of the ducks waited 2 hours of people struggling in the shore a little angry
A photo of the day, a cloud opened
All the waiting was worth it
Tour of Qinghai Lake Road West, walked along
All the way along the Lake Road to gangcha County, lunch, wonderful indeed
Braised Lamb-beautiful!
Golden Bay, is a magical place of Qinghai Lake, a Lake, on the edge of sand dune landscape, impressive
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon we came to the famous Golden Sands Bay, tickets to 251, I mainly want to experience falling sand, but the sand here really, just look at pretty steep, a bit empty, but the actual operation, speed, not enough stimulation, also in Highlands-climbing up, tired ... Breath!
In Golden Bay, the most impressive is the most interesting thing is, my old Liu and whim, saw a few sand dunes, no visitors to the barren dunes, we want to climb in the past in Sha Po, put us on a loved one's last name. But this idea, and CHOW said it was impossible to immediately. Because the sand slopes is a little bit far away, and a steep, here is a desert plateau, have to write a big, there are difficulties, but we decided to try ~
Below is written back to the Middle, not we climb over 3 Hills is the embodiment of hard
Then we write course, first in a draft from the hills here, because our "Board" is very steep, and we should use to write and need to write a lot, how to identify writing, we wrote the word size is the same, and the key is to avoid our footprints affect the word walk, drafts are as follows
Programmes, to begin turning over sand dunes, to the first Dune top, you can see Lake, the scenery is very beautiful
Climb the second mountain, can be seen from the figure below the degree of slope, really is to "climb", a bit like climbing Mountain ...
Preparing to write
Writing process more difficult than imagined, the slope is very steep, and people to maintain the balance, sand flow, often need to be repaired before the stroke in order to keep the shape ...
Really go very far to find that no one walked the dunes
Finally, the sleeping one, call it a day, thoroughly exhausted ...
Pack up to leave Golden Beach, hopes of Xining in the evening gourmet dinner, HA HA
See the Qinghai Lake Road, while on his way, but still could not help but Pat ahead of me
Xining
Bai Tuo yak back flesh, 9 o'clock arrived at Xining, the name store, also in a row number ... Tragedy came to still have to wait, wouldn't want to find out, get some chips Ahoy pad back on the inside
Restaurant in a private room, nice food good, taste good, overall good! Yak meat, ginseng fruits, beef, cabbage, barley bread. Eating too cool, of course, the end did not forget to continue to play our game-everyone was satisfied, then finger-guessing game, lost must take the winners under the specified piece of meat or vegetables, laughter ...
Give meat a close-up
DAY
6
Huzhu TU autonomous
The year 2015-10-04
-12 in huzhu County Road-assistance national geological park
"Far away places, there is a temptation, not because she is beautiful, not because of distance but because I see heart, restless. "
Huzhu TU autonomous
Tian you hotel, based on 10AM
12, on his way to North Mountain Park, the scent of autumn is very strong, the way many locals picnic tent entertainment, enjoyable.
In huzhu Beishan forest park
Deep in the Woods, whenever
The mountains, a cell phone battery, three had no signal ...
Picturesque scenery
Dinner game, haha, pheasant rabbit mountain pork ...
At 10 o'clock in the evening, outside the farmhouse fire rising, jump up, jump up, have forgotten the plateau response
To say the trip when you do the most crazy, than the rapid drift 12 corners, as well as to Xining Highway 190 mph per hour ... Never forget 12 slope opposite the driver shocked expression and scared almost surprised in the wrong direction.
Between heaven and Earth there is only one road and a car which is what I most wanted to see the scenery
Biyun, yellow leaves, autumn even wave, the wave of cold green mists.
The hills, sunset sky, water, grass and heartless, even outside the setting sun.
DAY
7
North mountain forest park > In Qinghai > Lanzhou
The year 2015-10-05
Mutual state geological forest park-Lanzhou
"I have crossed the mountains and the sea, passing through packed; I had all gone away like smoke; I'm disappointed to lose had lost all direction, until you see the ordinary is the only answer. "
North mountain forest park
In Qinghai province
This may be the hardest day of the whole trip, several hours over the mountains, winding roads of no end in sight, coupled with no recharge, met with unfriendly and injustice ... When that 10 o'clock arrived in Lanzhou, more a warm heart.
Lanzhou
Dinner at Grand West door of halal restaurants, taste
DAY
8
The year 2015-10-06
The Lanzhou-Chongqing
"Sentimental than when impression from you and me. No time to look back "
Tongue-tip of beef noodles for breakfast, great, many Orchid students here
All short go together, perhaps is the beginning of goodbye. An eight-day, seven-night trip with return, thus bring the curtain down. There's a lot of beauty, the camera can shoot out, of course not. This experience along the way many of the stories and seen so much beauty, mostly the small frames hold only remains in the bottom, drifting for a long time, and memorable.
Looking out the window changing images, not by the thought of a Word, when you have seen the most beautiful scenery in the world, your heart is washed into a blank, free and quiet, because it soothes my heart disturbed; when you taste the best cuisine, will get great satisfaction, because it fills your emptiness. In the expanse of the sea for the first time you heard the voice of your heart, you feel smooth in the damp wind breath, how good it, over and over again ... ... You know you are alive and alive--so true, that is, the meaning of travel.
Although it is in fact not so romantic, that beauty may soon be forgotten, those photos taken of May is on the corner. But what's really important is that traveling allows us to know ourselves. In a strange environment, can learn how to better yourself, better understanding of peer friends mutually dependent care. Although not really was beautiful, but very impressive.
I have crossed the mountains and the sea through the packed
I have asked all over the world never get the answers
I just like you like it like that weeds and wild flowers
I imagine this is my only way to go
No such
Tomorrow is at hand
Wind is still a long way
Your story which
The biggest regret is that his wife failed to ...
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