Go as you say-northwest trip

In the early summer of p>217, for the first time, I tried a walk-and-go trip.

because of our work relationship, my husband and I have no chance to go on holiday together. Especially in recent years, I have always given up going out for vacation and chose to stay at home for this reason. This time, I chose to "walk alone" without hesitation and hesitation. By "walking alone" here, I don't mean I'm wandering around the world alone, but I'm temporarily single and I'm going with seven or eight people.

on June 29th, without any preparation or preparation, I suddenly came up with the idea of taking a week's vacation in the northwest. When I came to the office early in the morning, I first invited two single Wang Xiaomei, but I was very excited. I made a quick decision and set my itinerary immediately. Just as I was discussing how to choose a chartered tour, four colleagues added in, including their family members, who had nine people. The team was huge, and this coke broke me, so there was no trouble that the photographic equipment was too heavy for anyone to carry.

After careful consideration, I finally chose to fly directly from Chongqing to Xining on the afternoon of July 2nd, and then take the bullet train to Zhangye. This will not only ensure that I can visit Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes on the 4th, but also ensure that I can watch the rape flowers in Menyuan on the last day, and the "Domineering Kamikaze Team" was born.

I spent three nights packing, putting clothes on and taking them out, and repeatedly scrutinizing the fitting according to the itinerary. In short, there were a lot of colors. Small white shoes, sandals and loafers * * * brought four pairs. Fortunately, the thin clothes in summer can be stuffed into a 24-inch suitcase, but the cold down jacket can only be carried around in the morning and evening. Wang Xiaomei, a single girl who traveled with her before departure, also took the time to customize the "217, We Are Together" team uniform online, which was also colorful and eye-catching. In this way, a walk-and-go trip officially kicked off on the afternoon of July 2.

The plane is unusually punctual, the bullet train is unusually fast, and the weather is unusually good, all of which indicate the perfection of this trip.

After a beautiful night's sleep in Zhangye, I left the hotel for Danxia Geopark at 7:3 a.m. on the 3rd. Originally, the chartered master said that the tour would take two and a half hours, but this group of high-value men and women born after 6, 7, 8 and 9, and even their younger brothers after , especially like concave shapes, stayed for three and a half hours from 9: to 12:3.

after eating delicious northwest food at the gate of the park, we continued to drive along the Hexi corridor towards Jiayuguan. During the 26-kilometer journey from Zhangye to Jiayuguan, everyone was awake, and all of them lowered their heads to screen the morning photos, and they did not feel the fatigue of the journey. Arriving at Jiayuguan is about 17: pm, and the chartered master didn't ask us to come out until what time. He just said it and called to pick it up. I think maybe the master knows that our interest is mainly photography, so he is so generous!

whenever users of travel websites mention Jiayuguan, they usually only take it as a scenic spot to visit here. They stay in Jiayuguan for at most two hours, and only three and a half hours have passed without our attention, and the amount of filming in the afternoon has doubled that in the morning. Finally, they are driven away by security guards.

It's already 23:3 when I get back to the hotel and finish sorting out the photos. It's like a week since I left home the next day. At the next stop, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, the master said that the 38-kilometer journey must start at 6: in the morning without any delay, otherwise it will not be able to enter the grottoes at 14:4. Although we are not controlled by tour guides, we still get up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs and eat less than pigs.

I looked at the itinerary again before I left in the morning. Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring are also included in today's tour. Considering that everyone was so enthusiastic about taking photos yesterday, I quickly informed everyone in the group that they must bring more colorful clothes for taking photos.

The bus to Guazhou Expressway is closed, so we can only take National Highway 314 to Dunhuang. Fortunately, the remaining distance is less than 8 kilometers, otherwise the tickets for the Mogao Grottoes booked in advance will be miserable! Looking out from the window, the outside is desolate, with Gobi desert on the right and desert sand on the left. When going to the toilet, you can only go to the enclosure temporarily set up by the owner who sells honeydew melons on the roadside. This embarrassing situation, tut tut ...

The temperature in Dunhuang is high and the sunshine is long. When you visit the Mogao Grottoes, it is in the scorching sun, but the temperature in the grottoes is low and you don't feel hot when you walk. There are more than 7 caves in the Mogao Grottoes. We only saw the eight caves open in the park, which took an hour and a half, including the time for taking pictures, and only where we went and took pictures. I really don't think it's good to enter Mingsha Mountain at seven o'clock in the evening, or it may be because of the weather. When I first entered, it was still blue sky and white clouds, and soon it was dark, and I didn't see a short sunset until nine o'clock in the evening.

Without the sunlight and the blue sky, the desert would completely lose its atmospheric beauty. Nevertheless, we took 126 photos in Mingsha Mountain, but it was one o'clock the next morning when we went back to the hotel at night to sort out these photos.

I have always had a regular schedule, and the first time I slept for less than five hours.

Two days after the trip, everyone is still excited. The first thing to do when I get on the bus in the morning is to discuss the beautiful photos of the previous day. I don't feel tired when I see them so happy!

The destination of the third day is Delingha. It is 56 kilometers from Dunhuang to Delingha, passing through Dangjinshan Mountain in Qilian Mountains along the way, and attracted by the purple wildflowers blooming by the roadside, I couldn't help getting off and taking pictures. When Jinshan is located at the junction of Gansu, Xinjiang and Qinghai, it is Qinghai province, and the legendary most beautiful highway (Liuge Expressway) is at an altitude of 35 meters. It is located in the northwest corner of the Qaidam Basin. Gobi, blue sky, white clouds and roads are integrated into a beautiful picture. The relaxed and cheerful mood makes the high rebellion that was originally worried escape without a trace.

45km away from Delingha, there is a lake called "Keruk Lake". The scenic spot is far less famous than Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake, and its scale is very small, and its scenery is very simple. Even so, we still have fun in it. This is the so-called scenery everywhere when people are right.

The highlight finally made its grand debut on the fourth day of our trip, and Chaka Salt Lake and Qinghai Lake, which we have been thinking about for many years, finally met on this day.

In order to give us enough time to take photos, the chartered master specially drove 2 kilometers from Delingha to Chaka Salt Lake at 6:3 in the morning. On this way, we passed Jinzihai and Keke Salt Lake, Jinzihai Lake, which means Alateng Prague in Mongolian. According to legend, Genghis Khan left a golden lamp when he led his troops through here. Kekeyan Lake was formed in Cenozoic Paleogene, extending from northwest to southeast, with a length of 8 kilometers and a width of 2 kilometers. Its scale is larger than that of Chaka Salt Lake, but it has not yet been developed for tourism.

before we left, I made a Baidu survey of the weather in Chaka Salt Lake, and it showed cloudy days. At that time, my heart was half cold. Unexpectedly, it was sunny, blue sky and white clouds all the way, and it seemed that the sunshine would follow us wherever we went. As the saying goes, even God would help you if we were good. At 9:15 a.m., we arrived at Chaka Salt Lake smoothly, and we had to take a small train. The round-trip fare of 1 yuan, 4.5 kilometers away, could take us to the deepest part of the scenic spot, that is, next to the abandoned railway tracks transporting salt mines. At this moment, the weather is beautiful and calm, and the mirror of the sky has a panoramic view, or jumping or posing, no matter from which angle it is taken, it is breathtaking. Here, I would like to remind friends who have never been to Chaka Salt Lake to wear a pair of wading sandals, otherwise it will make you feel terrible step by step. However, in order to ensure the beauty of the picture when taking pictures, you can take off your shoes temporarily.

After staying in Chaka Salt Lake for four hours, I left contentedly and continued to drive to Qinghai Lake. Today's luck is really good. The water in Qinghai Lake is blue under the sunshine, which makes it even more magnificent. It deserves to be called the largest inland lake and saltwater lake in China. The lake is full of green grass and rape flowers, and the cows, horses and sheep are happily eating grass on it.

In ten days, the International Cycling Race around Qinghai Lake will also be held here. At that time, the road around the lake will be closed in different periods. If you are not a person who likes to join in the fun and has great interest in it, you'd better avoid this period to visit Qinghai Lake.

We arrived at Erlangjian, the most famous scenic spot in Qinghai Lake, at six o'clock in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the cruise ship closed at seven o'clock, so we had to slightly adjust the next day's itinerary and take the first cruise ship at nine o'clock after watching the sunrise in the morning. It was just hard work that the chartered master had to burn the midnight oil to get to Menyuan. Speaking of this, I have to give ten praises to the chartered master (name: Dong Binghua, tel: 13897219114, 1894682349). First, he is of high quality and courteous to others; The second is to be kind, not to cheat, and to stand from our point of view; The third is to be honest and never say "no" to us. It is precisely because of such a good driver that we have so much time to visit every scenic spot in this trip.

It's been five days since I came out, and my sleep time is less than seven hours at home. I always take photos until one o'clock in the morning, get up before four o'clock in the morning, and sleep in the car for more than half an hour at most, but I'm full of energy (applause here). In the end, there are too many beautiful scenery in Qinghai Lake. Every time I look at a scenery, it's like taking a shot of stimulants, which makes people feel tired.

In order to see the sunrise and sunset in Qinghai Lake, and to keep all the beauty of Qinghai Lake in our memory, we gave up going to Mount Zall and chose to stay in Qinghai Lake for half a day. It was this half-day that we went to Erlangjian, Sand Island and Jinyintan Grassland, among which Sand Island was my favorite. The golden sand and the blue lake reflected each other in the distance, and it looked good under the sunlight.

The last day's trip was to rape blossoms in Menyuan and Ta 'er Temple. From Qinghai Lake to Menyuan, we chose another uncommon road "Chengxi Highway", which can save 8 kilometers. On the way, I passed through Dabanshan Tunnel, which is the second highest altitude in the world and the first in Asia. After passing through the tunnel, there is a viewing platform for rapeseed at Menyuan. Because I just saw the rapeseed at Qinghai Lake and the gloomy weather at Menyuan, I can't arouse my excitement at the moment. However, the scale of rape blossoms in Menyuan is indeed spectacular, and it should be amazing if the weather is strong.

We stayed in Menyuan County that night. It was 2:5 when we arrived at the county seat after visiting the rape flower base. We hastily cleaned up in the hotel room and immediately went out to look for food. Everyone wanted to eat spicy food these days after leaving Chongqing, so he found a hot pot restaurant opened by Sichuanese. In order to take care of me, an alternative who doesn't eat spicy food, I specially chose slightly spicy food. This evening's dinner can be regarded as a dinner party to end this pleasant trip, including the invitation of the chartered master, drinking and talking during the dinner. Even the travel plan for next year has been made, and the total number of people is required to be controlled within 1, and priority must be given to those who travel together this time. I am also drunk!

Visit Ta 'er Temple on the last day. It rained lightly when I left Menyuan for Xining. Fortunately, I wisely took a lot of photos of Menyuan rape flowers for everyone the night before, and I didn't regret this trip.

After lunch at 12:3 noon near Ta 'er Temple, we entered the temple and started a two-hour visit. I have never studied Buddhism culture and thought deeply and never believed in it, but I have always respected it, especially its ideological essence "enlightenment". Because of the weekend, there are many tourists visiting Ta 'er Temple. It seems that it is difficult to find an open space where you can take pictures, but in any case, you still have to find a chance to take a few.

Ta 'er Temple is the terminal of our trip. After the tour, there are still four hours before our return flight. The chartered master suggested that we take advantage of this extra time to visit the downtown area of Xining and buy some local local products, which is my intention. The master took us to Mojia Street Market, a market visited by local people. Everyone bought some things here, which was a satisfactory ending for this trip to the northwest.