Tonight I am in Delingha, a small city with shining neon lights.

Golmud is the first stop on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. There are two routes from Xining to Golmud. One is via Dulan to Golmud. This route is vast in the Gobi desert and lackluster, but the distance is relatively short and takes less time. The other one goes to Golmud via Delingha. The lakes around Delingha are very beautiful. In addition to the famous Emerald Lake, there are also Kruk Lake and Tuosu Lake, known as the "Lover Lake", which are known as the second largest saltwater lake in Qinghai. Hala Lake (Black Sea), 700 kilometers further west from Delingha, is the Mangya Aiken Spring. The spring was photographed with a drone, showing a huge red eye and blue eyeball, so it is also Known as "Devil's Eyes".

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway runs through Delingha. Halfway through, after discussing with the old master, the old master gave up on Dulan, turned the steering wheel, and got on the Delingha Expressway.

The weather was bad, the journey was windy and rainy, and we encountered two traffic jams. First, at the Chaka toll station, large cars and small cars were blocked, and they were moving bit by bit at a snail's speed. Finally, when I moved to the toll booth, I saw, my dear, there were two long queues for the two manual toll lanes. Fast ETC has blocked the slow lane. I really don’t understand why there are so many cars that are not equipped with ETC. It is not only detrimental to myself but also to people. During the traffic jam, a motorcycle with the license plate number "Qiong" caught the eye. The riders were a young man and woman, wearing rider uniforms and jeans. It was raining lightly, and they didn't even have a slope to protect themselves from the rain. No, the motorcycle does not have any luggage or equipment except for the helmet box on the back seat. Is the girl sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle brave or stupid? Can you do anything for the sake of love?

The old master in the driver's seat glanced at the "romantic" motorcycle, and pointed disdainfully at several RVs and off-road vehicles in front and behind, all of which had license plates with the word "Qiong" on them. One of them was a big one. Ben, towing a motorcycle, exactly like the one the young men and women rode. Well, what I met was not a poor traveler, but a young lady from a rich family. She drew her head back and looked at the raindrops hitting the windshield with all her heart.

The second traffic jam occurred when there was construction on the highway. People in the car got out of the car one after another. Most of them were young men, there were also many old people, children and women. They wore short-sleeved skirts and long legs. They are all cool and chilly, shivering in the windy and rainy grassland.

A young man ran out of the car with the "Sichuan" sign in front. He took a telescope to the roadbed and looked out. He didn't want to step into the mud and get mud on the sole of his shoe. The young man wiped the shoe with a paper towel. Instead of throwing away the dirty paper on the spot, he took it back to the car. I couldn't help but give this environmentally friendly boy a big thumbs up.

Close to Delingha, there is a lake called "Gahai", right next to the highway. In the rain, the mountains shrouded in clouds and mist are stacked on top of each other, and the lake lying quietly at the foot of the mountain is shining from a distance. A clear silvery light and the beautiful scenery tempted me off the highway and followed the navigation instructions. After running for more than ten kilometers, I arrived at a neat and beautiful "Gahai Village" surrounded by green trees. I ran further for another 17 or 8 kilometers. , finally saw a body of water in front of the grassland, but to our disappointment, the road ahead was blocked. I turned around and headed back, and soon picked up another car to take over the whole prairie road. The world was long, the road was connected to the sky, and it was all my own. Isn't it wonderful?

I experienced this feeling of "all for myself" again when I entered Delingha and checked into the hotel I booked. "No bathing is allowed" is one of the rules for entering Tibet emphasized by the old master. When I booked accommodation in Delingha online, I found a hotel that was newly opened this year. The standard room prices in hotels on the same road section are around 300 to 500. His hotel only costs 198. Yuan, the one without a bathroom is cheaper, only 168 yuan. Remembering the old master’s three chapters of agreement, I booked a double bed room without a bathroom. When I arrived at the hotel in the evening, I was delighted. We were the only guests on the entire first floor, including the common room. The hotel facilities including bathrooms are very new, which is a great deal.

At night, Delingha is a small town with flashing neon lights, and it is also a small town filled with tourists. Along the street, groups of tourists wearing long red skirts and bright red down jackets were coming and going. A noodle shop called Tongue Tip was crowded with people. Judging from the way they were dressed, most of them were tourists. They liked to eat noodles the most and they were very quick. It was rare for the old master who had only half a bowl left there. It was not that it was not delicious, but I suddenly had diarrhea. The enthusiastic shop owner handed over the key to his unit behind the building to us who met by chance. When we came back, the two of us were waiting for each other. The bowl of noodles is already battered.

This unlucky guy didn't know why he had a bad stomach. Fortunately, the medicine he carries most often is "Huoxiang Zhengqi Water", which is specially designed to treat diarrhea. It just tastes and tastes well. If I were at home, I would rather have diarrhea than drink it, but On the road, especially on the way to Tibet, even if you pinch your nose, you have to drink it.

Delingha" means "Golden World" in Mongolian. It is located on the edge of the Qaidam Basin at an altitude of 2,980 meters. It is the seat of the Haiyang Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with a population of less than ten Wan is an authentic plateau town. What makes this plateau town famous is not the emerald lake that has become popular in recent years, nor the alien ruins many years ago, but the poet Haizi's "Sister, I am here tonight." "Delingha".

Before going to Tibet, I transferred all the more than 1,500 photos that I had saved for two years to my computer and cleared my mobile phone album without thinking of clearing it out. The phone is not as sensitive as expected, and the response at high altitudes is as slow as a human. I really regret not bringing a SLR camera. Moreover, the shoes are light and comfortable, but not waterproof. There is a small puddle on the streets of Delingha. It will make the arches of your feet feel cold.