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You see, it's still raining, it's been raining, it's raining in Aden this week, are you sure you want to go?
Well, sure.
Okay, I'm with you.
I have to say that we are very good at picking the time, going to Daocheng Aden in the rainy season, looking at how not fun there is in the rainy season mentioned in the guide, we still determined the route: Daocheng→ Shangri-La Town→ Daocheng Aden Scenic Area→ Litang→Hailuogou→ Chengdu
When I got off the plane and saw that it was still raining, my heart suddenly became half cold, even though I knew in advance that the weather in Tibet was unpredictable. To make matters worse, the temperature was much lower, and I quickly went to the toilet to change into trousers, and when I came out, I saw that the accompanying tourists were also in a hurry to change into long clothes. At this moment, I had the time to observe the airport, and found that there was a dressing room ...... a few steps inside. There is a bus to Shangri-La Town when you come out of the airport, which is very user-friendly and can be parked near the hotel. It is worth mentioning that the journey is more than 2 hours, and there will be a break in the middle with high anti-education and some sales.
Shangri-La Town
>Given that my girlfriend and I are both a bit rebellious, we plan to take a day off in town and go to the scenic spot tomorrow. The scenic spot is above Shangri-La Town, not too far, but it takes a long time to walk, and it is a mountain road, it is recommended to contact the driver in advance, the driver will see the township van, red and green paint, regular operating car, more reassuring, and then we are looking for this car from Shangri-La Town to Litang, very relieved. The town is not as "primitive" as I imagined it to be a town of the same level on the 317 line in western Sichuan, it is very "developed", although there is no takeaway, but you can buy Zhengxin chicken steak and some well-known milk tea on the street after walking a few steps. Because it was still raining, I hurriedly went around, the town was high in the west and low in the east, and there was a rising river that ran along the side of the town, and the car crossed the main road into the town from the bridge in the northwest, and the main road was full of flowers, especially in the evening when there were many tourists. Strangely, there are no bars, and tourists and locals here have open-air singing bars on the main road to pass the night. Oxygen still has to be bought.On the first day, we were still struggling with whether to climb the long line, and the next day was sunny, so let's decide whether to go long, after all, then it is coming. Daocheng Aden Scenic Area is divided into long-term and short-term, as shown in the figure:
The picture comes from the Internet The sightseeing bus is a must-ride, as it is almost 40KM away. It takes more than 20 minutes to reach Zhaguan Beng, to reach Chonggu Temple, Chonggu Temple is built on the mountain, giving people a sense of awe, which reminds me of an episode in Tintin's Adventures, his friend crashed in the Himalayas, and was finally rescued by the temple, and the temple in the animation is the same as the feeling here.
After buying the battery ticket, we began to set off for Luorong Cattle Farm, and the scenery along the way began to become more and more beautiful and exquisite, and from time to time there was a wow, wow, wow! Yes, it's beautiful here, so beautiful that it makes you feel that everything is fake. Because I was sitting in the passenger seat, I chatted with the Tibetan brother who was driving, and asked him how long it would take to go up the mountain, he said an hour, I was surprised, because the previous guide said that the long-term line would take at least 3 hours, and after repeated confirmation, I had to admire the physique of the Kangba man!
On the way up the mountain, it began to rain heavily, although there has been rain on the road, but it won't be long before it will stop, but this time, when we reached the Sacrifice Cliff, the rain began to fall hugely, the wind was particularly strong, and the body began to become stiff, coupled with the wet shoes, it was already a little hypothermic in the initial state, I asked my girlfriend, my girlfriend was not in a good state, fortunately, we wore jackets and mountaineering socks, here it is strongly recommended that these two things must be brought for mountaineering! On the way to continue to rise, the two of us walked very fast, and it would be very cold if we stopped, and the thin down jacket I wore that day was already red from the cold when I took my hand out of my pocket. There was a fork in the road near the end, and a shelter was built next to the fork, and we could see that everyone was here to keep warm, and we also struggled to squeeze in and rest for a while. You can see that everyone's face is tired and anxious, which is completely different from the overall state at the foot of the mountain, presumably everyone is in the same state as we are now, cold and tired, you must know that there is no backup at the top of the mountain, although the mood has become a little heavy, fortunately, there is still a kilometer behind, we have almost recovered in the cabin, so we continue to move forward. Not long after walking, I suddenly saw the milk lake, and I didn't dare to confirm it, so I trotted two steps, excitedly called my girlfriend to come and see, and she also ran excitedly, but we both began to lack oxygen, took two breaths of oxygen, and immediately "lived".
Amazingly, we arrived at Milk Lake and it didn't rain ....... Sometimes, it's so interesting, although it's not as light as a sunny day, but cloudy days also have the charm of cloudy days, we hurriedly took advantage of the rain to shoot quickly, and we couldn't wait to seal the beautiful scenery in this short time into the camera. Immediately afterwards, in order to catch the only cloudy day, we did not stop too much and continued to the five-colored lake, and sure enough, the scenery there lived up to expectations, and it was still so holy and pure.
This trip is really worth it! What do you think? It's worth it! I felt a kind of tranquility, a kind of open-mindedness, a feeling that everything is running towards beauty. My girlfriend looked at me contemptuously and wrapped her arms around my shoulders, at this time, there were no tourists on the mountain, me and her, she and me, in this quiet environment, in this pure atmosphere, at this moment I was deeply caught in such a scene that was usually difficult to believe or reproduce. Looking back now, I should have done something instead of just walking quietly like that, walking. Eating near the passenger station in the evening, just in time for the boss's wine bureau, we also joined in in a daze, the boss is from Yunnan, opened a Yunnan rice noodle here, I went to school in Yunnan, the chat is particularly cordial, Yunnan people are famous for their hospitality, so my girlfriend and I quickly integrated into their wine bureau, although I didn't drink highland barley wine this time, but poured me saffron, the taste is also good, in fact, as long as it is wine, it is delicious. During this period, I heard that their Tibetan girls were drinking and had to fill the table with wine, so they drank happily.In the past, I only knew that Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou did not believe in tears, and Yunnan and Guichuan did not believe in alcohol, but as I met more and more ethnic friends, I realized that they were all very good at drinking! Later I learned that saffron is a ....... that women drink.
takes about 4 hours from Shangri-La Town to Litang, rain or shine all the way, and the scenery is mainly Tibetan farmhouse style, such a scenery can often be seen in the early history of Chinese photography, there is a strange excitement of wow, seeing, seeing the scene in the book. When I arrived at Litang, the weather cleared up, I saw a rainbow, and I was in a good mood for a moment, and my luck along the way was not too bad.
In Daocheng, because of the weather and the fact that he had just entered the Tibetan area, he didn't dare to take a bath, and he couldn't help but take a bath in Litang, and he couldn't sleep at night, and he slept very unsteadily, and woke up many times at night. Because the day before I had breakfast at Cangyang Gyatso Tibetan Restaurant in Shangri-La Town, I chatted with the proprietress for a long time, and she told us that we must go to the former residence of the seventh generation. Early in the morning, I took my girlfriend to dinner and then went to Lobsang Gatso's former residence. On the way to eat, I also had some hypoxia, and sure enough, the oxygen was really not supplied at 4,000 meters, and the boss said that drinking Coke could reduce the high reaction, and after I tried, it really had some effect.
Originally, I found a rental Tibetan clothes in the scenic spot, but the price was relatively high, and the style was very strange, so we asked a few more, and then found a clothing store opened by Tibetans on Aimin Road, and at first they did not rent clothes to us, and then negotiated to rent them to us, the price was super cheap, and the rental time was long. I have to say that the owner of this store, because WeChat is Tibetan, I can't understand it, so let's call her an enthusiastic aunt, the aunt has been dressing us, even if there are guests, she doesn't care, just wholeheartedly helps us to put clothes, and it can be seen that she is very happy, she has been smiling happily, saying that this you look good in it, you try this, at first, the aunt's daughter was sewing clothes in the store, ignoring us, and then slowly became familiar with it, just like the old customers, no, it should be like "their own people", the parents are short, Particularly enthusiastic.
What surprised me the most was that the shoes and boots were also for me to wear, you know, I was really afraid of getting dirty, so I said no, no, I just wore a dress, my aunt said it's okay, it's okay, such a set is good-looking, wear. After discussing with my girlfriend, I felt that it was still inappropriate, so I took it off, and my aunt came over and said you should wear it, look, how good it looks in this outfit, wearing it, and your eyes are happy. I can only wear it. But to be honest, wearing this outfit, the Tibetans on the road praised me for being handsome, and even some people wanted to take pictures with me, I was really embarrassed, even shy, walking on the road, a Tibetan girl greeted us and asked me not to go back, which made my girlfriend jealous a lot, I have to say, there are some little excitement.
Attached here is a picture of the façade of the enthusiastic aunt.
can't forget Lobsang Gatso for a long time, when he was not selected as a reincarnated spiritual child, his life was so ordinary and simple, and the fate of the world was sometimes difficult to say clearly, all I had to do was to be open-minded and do what I did. Litang Temple is particularly large and majestic, although we don't know the temple culture, the architectural style alone is very attractive to us.
For some reasons, we had to travel at night, braving the heavy rain, and took a 10-hour car from Litang to Hailuogou. This is definitely a joke with life, even if I come back alive now, I think about it is hairy hair, during the rain is so heavy that the road cannot be seen clearly, there are very few cars driving at night, coupled with heavy rain, many private cars have been parked on the side of the road, I saw this situation, and also suggested that the driver not stop, we stayed in the hotel, and waited for the day.
To be honest, I was already holding my girlfriend's hand tightly at that time and was already sweating. I have to admire the Kamba man and the people driving on this road again, I think I have good driving skills, there are several forks, I can't see clearly, and there are curves with big cars, I clearly realize that if I drive, in that scene, I will either crash into a big truck or hit the roadside guardrail, in short, that night, I will drive, there will definitely be an accident.
Maybe we are lucky enough to spend so much luck that when we arrive at Hailuogou, it will rain all the time, and Hailuogou Scenic Area is the same as Daocheng Aden, and you can enter the park twice. Unfortunately, the rain was heavier than the other. Take the car to Camp 4, and then take the cable car, because neither of them wanted to climb the mountain, so they bought something to sit on, and only saw a little glacier.
On the way down, we walked into the glacial forest, because there were few tourists, just the two of us, and the feeling of walking through the forest was really special.
Foraccommodation in Hailuogou, we chose to stay in Moses Ancient Town, which is an ancient town of red culture, with an ancient street and also with the mark of the red revolution, because this is Luding, the Luding that flew to capture the Luding Bridge.
On the way
back, we carpooled with a man and a woman, of which the man was a foreigner, from the UK, we talked a lot, and felt that he had some prejudice against our compatriot policy towards Tibetans, so I backhanded them to read a travelogue written by an Englishman, "Tibetan Travel Log" written by Hamilton, the author is also British, and he carefully photographed the cover of the book. And recommended me to watch "Sky Burial", I think I will see what Tibet looks like in their eyes if I have the chance.
, how can you do without food! We choose the top few in a certain group, the taste is really good, not much else, the most important thing is yak meat, in the season of mushroom growth from May to July, at this time, you can taste the beautiful and tender mushrooms.
It is worth mentioning that many Tibetans have not yet learned online marketing, but it does not mean that they are not delicious, we entered a Tibetan restaurant by mistake, so traditional that there was no menu, only by description, and I couldn't find anything related on the Internet, and later with my help, I helped her make an online store. It's really authentic, there is no Han Chinese improvement, and you can't get used to it, but it's also excellent to try, because the taste is delicious!
So sometimes, on the road, you have to believe in fate, so you eat delicious food and wear the most authentic Tibetan clothes in a daze, and you have gained a lot along the way.
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