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This year, the epidemic and family affairs have not had the opportunity to travel. On the eve of November, the epidemic eased, and the family affairs came to an end, and I was ready to take advantage of the holiday to take a self-driving trip. The destination is basically set as wild natural scenery, do not go to crowded places to avoid being hit by the epidemic. After discussion, two destinations were initially decided, one is Jiangxi, Anhui Province, Lushan is a place that neither of us has been to, and it used to be a place where literati and writers have repeatedly sung, and events such as the Lushan Conference are also major events in our memory, and I feel that we should go to see it, plus Anhui houses and autumn colors, it is worth a trip. The second choice is Gannan Sichuan North, the natural scenery of National Highway 213 has long been heard, I went to Jiuzhaigou once in the early years, it was in the summer, I want to see Jiuzhai in autumn, he has not made a trip to Jiuzhai, so it is worth a trip. First of all, I made a guide to the direction of Lushan, and found that Lushan is not allowed to drive up the mountain on holidays, which is usually possible, so I gave up this direction and chose the route of Gannan Sichuan and North Sichuan.
overall principle of the itinerary is easy travel, and the overall itinerary: Yanchi - Linxia - Luqu - Ruoerge - Jiuzhaigou - Songpan - Dujiangyan. Although I made a simple guide, reaching the destination is not the only purpose, I can play wherever I go, and I will go back when the time is up. I didn't book accommodation too long in advance along the way, because it was a holiday, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find accommodation at the end of the day, so I basically booked accommodation for the next night one day in advance. The second half of the trip is basically the room booked for the evening in the afternoon of the day.
D1: Shijiazhuang-Yanchi
The theme of this stop is Yanchi beach sheep, eat an authentic meal of hand-held beach mutton, a journey of 770 kilometers.
When I got up in the morning, I saw that the highway was closed due to fog, and I was a little confused. By the time we set off at 8 o'clock, the weather was clear and the highway was open. We took the Beijing-Kunming Expressway, and there were not many vehicles on the highway, and there was no busy scene on the Internet. Compared with the densely populated places on the eastern coast, it is estimated that there are not many people going west for this festival, and it seems that we are still on the right side of this itinerary. Because of the lack of cars, I ran into trouble when I wanted to have lunch in the service area after 12 noon, and there were no restaurants open in the two consecutive service areas, and finally there was a restaurant open in the Jiaxian service area, and we ate noodles.
On this journey, we started from the North China Plain, along the Beijing-Kunming Expressway, passed through the Taihang Mountains, arrived in Shanxi, and then turned to the Pinglin Expressway, passed through the Luliang Mountains in western Shanxi, and reached the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi. Then in Shaanxi, from north to south, the population gradually became denser, and there were many vehicles, all the way to the salt pond. Arrived at the Yanchi Hotel at half past five in the afternoon.
The Yanchi Hotel was booked the night before. Based on common sense, the conditions of this type of government guest house should be relatively good under normal circumstances, so this hotel was chosen. The reality is that the service is good, mooncakes and butter tea are delivered, and there is milk before bedtime. The disadvantage is that the hardware conditions are poor, there is no heating air conditioning or heating, and after feeling cold in the middle of the night, I didn't find a spare quilt, so I asked the waiter to temporarily add a quilt.
After a short rest in the hotel, we went to dinner, which is the theme of this station, and we went to eat Xizi after confirming with the big brother in the hotel parking lot online, but the actual situation is that this store is too hot, and the experience is not good. We ordered noodles, hand-grabbed lamb, and mushroom rapeseed. The noodles came out first, we were basically full, the mutton was served, the meat was indeed delicious, tender, fragrant but not smelly, the ingredients were vinegar and garlic juice, after consulting the waiter, the mushrooms and rapeseed had not yet been made, we directly returned the dish.
D2: Yanchi-Linxia
The theme of this day is the scenery on the road and the Linxia Museum. This road is 610 kilometers, passing from Ningxia to Gansu, the landform is desertified grassland, Gobi, bare hills, Gannan grassland, and on the way, follow AutoNavi navigation into Lanzhou urban area, experiencing the congestion of Lanzhou urban area.
After getting off the expressway in Linxia, I ran directly to the Linxia Museum, which was around four o'clock in the afternoon, and I made an appointment online on the spot.The Linxia Prefecture Museum basically displays the "Majiayao Cultural Faience Exhibition", which is a faience exhibition from 5,000 years ago, which comprehensively and systematically displays the profound historical heritage and colorful artistic charm of Chinese Majiayao cultural faience through the four sequences of Majiayao type, Bianjialin type, mid-mountain type, and Machang type, showing the superb artistic creativity of the primitive ancestors, and is a brief history of the development of prehistoric society.
Before getting off the highway, I saw the billboard of Eight Lanes and Thirteen Lanes, and after staying at the Vienna International Hotel (no air conditioning, I had to add a quilt when I checked in), I wanted to drive to the Internet celebrity store to eat hand-caught mutton and then go to this attraction to see, because of the road construction, I first arrived at the Eight Lanes and Thirteen Alleys, and after stopping the car, I went directly to shop, and as soon as I entered, I saw a quiet restaurant in the old alley, with hands, and the environment was also very elegant, so I went in. We ordered hand grab, and the boss recommended kang potatoes (that is, baked potatoes), mash egg drop soup, and hand-torn cabbage. There are not many people in the restaurant, the taste of the dishes is also good, the mutton is not as tender as the salt pond, and it is not bad, this time the mutton is served with onions and garlic.
After eating, I visited various alleys to learn about some of the buildings, culture, and customs of that year, and saw many people in Hui costumes in the flow of people, which added an exotic style.
After returning to the hotel, I wanted to rest early, but I received an invitation from my classmates to participate in the online party for the 30th anniversary of graduation from college, a party for the 15th anniversary of graduation in Beijing in 05, a party for the 20th anniversary of graduation in Tianjin every 10 years, and this Chinese New Year's Eve, let's commemorate it like this.
D3: Linxia-Luqu
The theme attractions of the day are Labrang Temple and Sanko Steppe, covering a distance of 170 km. There is a highway from Linxia to Labrang Temple, and then get off the highway and take a section of the national road to reach Labrang Temple. Labrang Monastery looks much larger than the Potala Palace, because it does not understand Buddhist culture, so the plan is to only look at the exterior and appreciate the exotic architecture. In the parking lot of the attraction, I saw a middle-aged man in his thirties who came from Shandong on a motorcycle, and he had a brief chat because the drone was flying, and he was very impressed.
After a brief look at the exterior and a simple halal lunch (ramen, small rapeseed, cumin beef), the sun came out, and the red and white buildings of Tibetan Buddhism against the green mountains under the blue sky and white clouds were even more beautiful. After taking a few more photos, I set off to the grassland, and the whole afternoon was walking through the mulberry grassland, in the initial stage, there was a wetland scenery under the blue sky and white clouds, water, yellow grassland, yaks grazing with their heads down, and on the side of the road I also saw a group of large birds grabbing a dead horse, the bird was not afraid of people, many people watched, they were fearless, some were eating, and those who were full were napping and resting.
Arrived at the Xicang Temple Hotel in Luqu County at around five o'clock in the evening (with air conditioning). After packing up, go out to find dinner, this county town is very small, passing by a decent Sichuan restaurant, after sitting down, I found that the store only has a menu, I have to queue up to see the menu, I feel bad and walked out, and then I looked for it, and it was still a Sichuan restaurant, after entering, I quickly ordered food, and then waited, when I was impatient, all the dishes were served at once, sizzling lamb, lettuce, cabbage tofu soup, kimchi, rice, this may be people's habit, go to the countryside and follow the customs.
D4: Luqu-Ruoerge
Thetheme attractions of this day are Gahai, Huahu, and Ruoerge Grassland, with a total distance of more than 110 kilometers.
When I got up in the morning and opened the curtains, it was covered with snow and a vast expanse. After breakfast at the hotel, I cleaned the snow on the car and headed towards the snowy area, passing by a parking point in the middle, buying yak meat, and continuing on my way.
Gahai is a wetland park, and it is still free. When we arrived, the dark clouds receded, the blue sky and white clouds appeared, and in the warm winter sun, we strolled along the plank road built by the short grass and shallow water, and there were constantly various birds or hovering at high altitudes, or foraging on the surface of the water, the water surface, the yellowed grassland, and in the distance were the mountains, and the time was so beautiful.
After visiting Gahai, we continued along the Ruoerge Grassland, all the way to the grassland, which seemed to be the same as the scenery from Naqu to Lhasa in northern Tibet. Soon we arrived at Flower Lake. Stop at the Huahu parking lot, the wind is very strong, the temperature is also very low, the altitude here is relatively high, 3468m, I am sleepy in the afternoon, I feel a headache after squinting for a while, I know that I am high and reversed. After the body reacts, the mood to play is gone. This is a ticketed attraction, the attraction is characterized by plateau lakes and wetlands, the same scenery has just been visited in Gahai, the next stop of the first bay of the Jiuqu Yellow River should also be similar scenery, it is not a pity to miss it, so it was decided to put a drone and no longer enter the attraction. Go directly to live in Jorge County.
In Ruoerge was the Ruoerge Dazang Sunshine Hotel that had been booked on the first day, and there was no room at the front desk of the hotel after arrival, thanks to the advance reservation. The hotel is Tibetan-style and is booked for this point. The hotel building is relatively old, there is no elevator, and the altitude here is still more than 3,000, but fortunately, the room is on the second floor. The air conditioning was ok and the breakfast was not bad.
After staying, I asked the waiter, and I also searched for a place to eat Tibetan food on the Internet. The county seat is not big, and the hotel rests for a while and then walks there. The store is not big, there are only two front desk attendants, the business is very hot, and the seats are full when we enter. When I was communicating with the waiter, a table was finished, and we were ready to leave and sit down after cleaning up for a while. The guests at this table are two Sichuan people, who are traveling with pet cats on their backs, and this is the first time they have seen this way. The waiter was very practical and helped us order hand-caught yak meat, fried shiitake mushrooms, yak buns, yak yogurt, butter tea, milk tea, all of which are specialties. The hotel decoration is very Internet celebrity, the dishes are also very distinctive, and I think the taste is average, very bland. It may be that pure Tibetan taste is not what we northern Han people are used to.
D5: Ruoerge-Jiuzhaigou
Thetheme attractions of this day are the nine bends and eighteen bends of the Yellow River, the grassland scenery, and the journey of the day is 361 kilometers.
WhenI woke up in the morning, I opened the curtains and saw that it was snowing again, and soon it turned into sleet, and after breakfast, I refueled at PetroChina and set off. Because today is a national highway, there is also a scenic spot in the middle to visit, although the time is not tight, but it does not feel very relaxed.
Ithas been raining on the way to the first bay of the Jiuqu Yellow River, and the road conditions are fine, and there was hail for a while after arriving. Buy a ticket at the Visitor Services Center and drive on. We bought tickets to take the sightseeing elevator to the viewing point and followed the staff's instructions to the sightseeing elevator parking lot. When going up, the elevators took us up easily, and I felt that the sightseeing elevator tickets were very worth the money. But looking at the tourists walking down, I faintly felt that something was wrong, this was just up and down. After rising more than 160 meters above sea level, we arrived at the observation deck, where the Jiuqu Yellow River was in front of us, which was really spectacular. After enjoying it, I started to go down, looking at the continuous steps, thinking about my knees that were already wrong, I was daunted and bit the bullet. Descending the steps at an altitude of more than 160 meters, I felt that my knees were no longer obedient, and my knees were considered to have been disabled. In the future, you must understand the downward route before going up to the attractions.
When I was touring here, I met a person who came from Jiuzhaigou and said that there was a collapse on the road, and the road was not easy to walk, they arrived at more than two o'clock in the morning, which means that the follow-up journey was not easy to walk, according to their suggestion we booked Jiuzhaigou tickets online in advance. We still have nearly 300 kilometers to go, and we set off at two o'clock along the Jiuhong Grassland Highway to Jiuzhaigou. The scenery of the plateau is very beautiful all the way, blue sky, white clouds, yellow plateau, the road conditions have always been very good, so that we imagine the last road as the road to break off diplomatic relations, and we have been working hard to move forward, and we are not tempted to stop the car by the plateau scenery in the middle. After the car passed the Chuanzhu Temple, the forest scenery in the mountainous area was displayed in front of us, with high mountains on both sides and lush trees on the mountains. What a wonderful experience it would be to be lucky enough to walk on a golden forest path.
We arrived at seven o'clock in the evening, this night we stayed at the Jiuzhai Fairy Tale Tibetan Experience Store, after passing the Chuanzhu Temple, we booked it after passing the Chuanzhu Temple, and we were interested in being close to the ditch, a few hundred meters of travel, in addition to breakfast, we were given two Tibetan dinner coupons, and we didn't want to go to dinner anymore. The hardware here is average, but the software service is very intimate, dinner is a simple self-service, butter tea, highland barley wine, Tibetan song singing, there is a Jiuzhaigou travel itinerary explanation the next day, and foot soaking salt. In addition to the air conditioning in the room, I saw a spare quilt for the first time along the way.
D6: Jiuzhaigou
The theme of this day is the scenery of Jiuzhai.
It is said that thepassenger flow of the day is more than 10,000 people, and the number of people limited to the attraction is more than 20,000, so it should be said that there are not too many people. There are a total of three ditches in Jiuzhaigou, starting from Changhai, colorful pool, five-flower sea, pearl beach, mirror sea one by one, really lingering, to Nuorilang Waterfall is four o'clock in the afternoon, the light in the mountains has begun to dim, physical strength has declined, and there is some aesthetic fatigue, the following attractions are just mechanically down the sightseeing car of the scenic spot to check in, there is no surprise and excitement at the beginning. At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the tour ended after leaving the scenic spot.
Unfortunately on this day, on the first day, more than 160 meters of artificial rappelling of the Jiuqu Yellow River, the steps under the knees hurt, the calves and stomachs hurt, and I didn't have more physical strength to walk more mountain plank roads and quietly enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains. I usually walk five kilometers a day, and it stands to reason that I should have this physical strength.
This is my second time entering the ditch, the first time was in the summer of eighteen years ago. This time I wanted to see an autumn scene, but unfortunately I only saw the faint yellow of autumn, not the golden autumn color.
When I was strolling in Wuhuahai, I met three boys from Sichuan University, one from the dormitory, and chatted briefly, and they had four people in one dormitory, and suddenly remembered the four people we had back then, and thirty years have passed, leaving the seeds in my heart to see my classmates.
5D7: Jiuzhaigou-Xi'an
The theme of the day is on the road.
The original plan was to stop at Huanglong, where he would live in Songpan, followed by Dujiangyan and Qingcheng Mountain. The altitude of the yellow dragon, I am a little afraid, and then the yellow dragon still only has an upward ropeway, I don't know if the descent is still dependent on manpower, my knees cannot support it at the moment. There is something in the family unit, and I also want to go home. So we decided to go home, this National Highway 213, we will come again, these itineraries will be saved for next time.
Starting from Jiuzhaigou at 8 o'clock in the morning, taking the national highway, the road conditions were very good at first, but when it was about to arrive in Gansu, it was difficult to walk on multiple factors such as road construction and landslides. Arriving at Bikou Ancient Town at noon, it took more than 4 hours to walk 190 kilometers. At noon, I went to Bikou Ancient Town to have a simple lunch at a Sichuan restaurant, fried pork with leeks, dry pot fat sausages, and rice. I didn't expect the leek fried pork to be good.
Then the same road stopped and stopped for more than 20 kilometers before getting on the highway. Arrived at the hotel in Xi'an at 9 p.m., covering a distance of 770 kilometers that day. After staying, I made an appointment with my classmates in Shanxi for lunch the next day.
25D8: Xi'an-Shijiazhuang
Thetheme of this day is on the road, as well as the old love from thirty years ago at noon.
From Xi'an to Xiangfen, more than 320 kilometers, 4 hours.Sitting together for dinner with my classmates for the first time in 30 years since graduation. We lived together for four years in the ancient building of Qilitai Eighteen Zhai, and our communication with the outside world was only extremely inefficient letters, so dormitory classmates were basically the whole of our lives. There was a time when a guest gave up his bed when he visited, and we squeezed into a bed; At sunset, I went to wander around the campus of Tiannan University, and on a drizzling rainy night, I turned around and slipped to the shore of the Haihe River on the road to self-study. After eating in a hurry, there are many, many pasts that I can't talk about, and I made an appointment to meet more in the future, bring my classmates' vinegar, apples, vermicelli, and also with the friendship of the past, and hit the road again.
I arrived home at 7 o'clock in the evening, and the journey was 910 kilometers that day, and the trip ended here, with a total of more than 3,700 kilometers.
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