Walking in Tibet (D 1-D4)

Seeing Namgyabawa Peak at this moment, I finally understand why it is called "Shame Girl Peak" and why it has been selected as the first of the top ten most beautiful snow-capped mountains in China. ?

This trip to Tibet can be said to have been delayed, changed and changed, and finally made it.

In March, Linzhi peach blossoms. My friends and I are going to take National Highway 3 18 to see peach blossoms. We want to see Nange Bawa Peak. But because of work, it had to be postponed again and again. By the end of April, the peach blossoms had withered, and it was already "the flowers withered, and the red and green peaches were small".

Without the attraction of peach blossoms and worrying about continuous rain, we gave up the idea of taking the 3 18 national highway and took the southern line of Ali instead, going to Guge site and Gangrenboqi.

At the beginning of May, the four of us confirmed the itinerary and bought round-trip air tickets.

However, just a week before departure, a friend had to give up his vacation to travel because of temporary work arrangements.

Unfortunately, I caught a cold at the end of April and coughed until a week before I left. I was very uneasy. Because it is difficult to recover from a cold at high altitude, and it may develop into pulmonary edema, which is life-threatening. When I went to the hospital for examination, the doctor's diagnosis surprised me: allergic asthma.

I have been to Tibet three times, to Everest base camp four times, and rode the national highway 3 18 from Chengdu to Lhasa. Caught a cold and asthma, can I go to Tibet? This is a problem.

? "Then can I still go to Tibet?"

"This varies from person to person. I also have asthma. Go to Tibet. "

According to the doctor's diagnosis and my own feelings, I searched a lot of information on the Internet and finally decided to go to Tibet. Mainly because I have been to high altitude areas many times, although I have a high rebellious mentality at first, I can gradually adapt; My body has always been healthy, and my cold symptoms have all disappeared. Asthma is an allergy, which may be caused by catkins or recent air pollution. Maybe after arriving in Tibet, it will recover faster because of the pure air. Moreover, statistics show that the proportion of asthma in Tibet is the lowest in the country.

Pack your backpack and go to the airport.

I flew from Beijing to Xi 'an, joined friends who flew from Nanjing to Xi 'an, and flew from Xi 'an to Lhasa this morning.

I sat by the window and looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside. It may have snowed heavily recently. Looking at the ground, it's all white, and all the mountains have become snow-capped mountains.

The plane landed at Gongga Airport in Lhasa. It takes about 1 hour to get to downtown Lhasa by airport bus. I settled down for lunch and didn't feel any different except for a moment of fatigue. Even if I can't get to the plateau, I only slept for three hours last night and I will feel tired the next day.

Since coming to Lhasa, we can't rest in our room, so we went to Jokhang Temple. Walking on Barkhor Street, passing by the famous Maggie Ami, I remembered Cangyang Jiacuo again.

Have a few cups of sweet tea in the teahouse near Jokhang Temple and walk to Jokhang Temple. Then, I went to the Potala Palace, boarded the photo building in Wang Yao, and took out a photo of 50 yuan. It is said that the Potala Palace on the RMB in 50 yuan was shot in this position.

Come down from Wang Yao Mountain, and continue to walk slowly around Potala Palace with the people who turn the scriptures. They twisted the rosary in their hands, turned the prayer tube on the wall and recited the scriptures.

There is a faint reflection of Potala Palace in Longwangtan Scenic Resort Scenic Area, where waterfowl play in the water and fish sometimes jump out of the water. Still the rhythm of spring, tulips, forsythia and cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Decided to go to a Tibetan restaurant near Xiaozhao Temple to eat hot pot. This is a mistake in the route. If you go to Potala Palace first and then Jokhang Temple, you don't have to walk three kilometers more. The dinner was so rich that we were all a little rebellious and couldn't enjoy such delicious food.

As night fell, we went to the Potala Palace Square to enjoy the musical fountain, and watched the Potala Palace hanging in the night sky, like a luminous oil painting, reflected in the water sprayed by the fountain.

Well, we walked more than 20 kilometers in Lhasa, with a distance of 3650 meters.

In view of our physical condition, we had to give up the trip of the southern line of Ali and go to Linzhi area with lower altitude first. In constant adaptation, we will go to Everest Base Camp and Namco as appropriate. If my allergic asthma gets worse, I may stay near Lhasa or even fly back to Beijing directly.

Nobody knows what will happen in the future. Anything is possible. Enjoy the unpredictable future.

After handling the border card, start from Lhasa and go to Linzhi along Linla Highway. After the opening of Linla Highway, the time from Linzhi to Lhasa has been shortened, but for the sake of safety, there is an interval speed limit, which takes about 5 to 6 hours.

The highest point of this road is Milla Pass at an altitude of 5013m. Because of the heavy snow just now, the top of the mountain was covered with snow. The stone engraved with "Milla Mountain Pass is 50 13m above sea level" is still the symbol of the group photo. How many tourists come here, they should take a photo as a souvenir.

After crossing the Milla Pass, we went downhill and the altitude dropped continuously. A stream flows out of the roadside, which is the famous Yangni River. When it flows to Linzhi, it is a blue river.

The mountains are covered with snow, and the road winds like a black ribbon in the mountains. We left Lalin Highway and drove on National Highway 3 18. We saw many cyclists climb Mount Milla today. If we work hard, we can reach Lhasa before dark.

The sky is blue and white clouds are floating. Under the wind, the clouds changed a lot. When I stopped to have a rest, a heart-shaped cloud just appeared in the sky.

A reservoir was built in the upper reaches of the Yangni River to store water and generate electricity. Linla Highway is spread on the green water, and the snow-capped mountains in the distance stand tall, connected with the blue sky and white clouds.

Not far from Linzhi, let's go sightseeing in Kadinggou, where there are natural stone buddhas and waterfalls.

The roadside is shaded by trees, the Yangni River flows through, and greenhouses are planted one after another. Unexpectedly, there are ripe watermelons this season. After arriving in Linzhi, I bought one and tasted it. Because of the temperature difference between day and night and the long sunshine time, the watermelon here is still so sweet.

In Linzhi, the altitude is less than 3000 meters, all the symptoms of hyperreflexia have disappeared, and even my allergic asthma seems to have eased a lot. Dinner is the most famous "Lulang Stone Chicken" here.

Stone pots are taken from natural soapstone along the Yarlung Zangbo River and carved by craftsmen of Menba and Loba ethnic groups. This kind of stone pot is characterized by a high temperature of 2000 degrees and contains more than a dozen trace elements beneficial to human body. It can be said that it originated in Medog and flourished in Lulang. In the ingredients, in addition to native chicken, gastrodia elata, angelica sinensis, ginseng palm, etc. If you can taste fresh Tricholoma matsutake in July and August, there is only dry Tricholoma matsutake in the current season.

Standing at the mouth of the Sejila Mountain at an altitude of 4,720 meters, you can see the thick clouds, and the Nange Bawa Peak at an altitude of 7,782 meters is hidden in the clouds.

On the observation deck, there is a particularly beautiful photo, taken at sunset. Nange Bawa Peak, covered with the afterglow of sunset, stands like a spear, pointing to the sky. In front of our eyes, in addition to the thick clouds in the distance, there is a sign that says "Nangarbawa Peak" near us.

The town of Lulang is called "China Swiss". After several years of construction, it has become a characteristic tourist area, and newly-built Tibetan houses have gathered into villages. Green trees cover the green hills, white clouds float in the blue sky, and the reflection of misty snow-capped mountains is reflected on the lake. When the wind blows, the water is rippling, and the reflection of snow-capped mountains is looming.

That snow-capped mountain is the brother peak of Nanga Bawa Peak, which is called Gala Leibo Peak, with an altitude of 7294 meters. The two snow-capped mountains are located on both sides of the Yarlung Zangbo River bend, only 20 kilometers apart. In Tibetan legends, the story between their brothers is not beautiful:

Legend is not beautiful, but it is also a warning to the world that brothers should live in harmony and help each other.

The clouds in the sky are unpredictable, and the Galabailei peak is hidden from time to time. When we returned to the mouth of the Sejila Mountain again, we still couldn't see Nange Baba Peak. In the howling cold wind, we finally decided to go to Suosong Village.

Suosong Village is located in Milin County, north bank of Yarlung Zangbo River.

Starting from Sejilaguan, we walked along the green Yangni River until the Yangni River merged into the Yarlung Zangbo River, and then we walked along the Yarlung Zangbo River. The scenery along the way is beautiful, with blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters as companions, and occasionally catching a glimpse of golden rape flowers. The warm and humid airflow from the Indian Ocean floating along the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon turned this place into southern Tibet.

In the peach blossom season, there are many tourists in Suosong Village, especially before May 1 this year, tickets are free, and the number of tourists has reached a peak. Now, the peach blossoms have withered, the trees are covered with green peaches, the tourists are sparse and the scenery is more beautiful.

Standing on the edge of the village, there is a deep canyon at the foot. The Yarlung Zangbo River flows in the canyon like a ribbon, with one end connected to Nangbawa Peak and the other end connected to Garabaire Peak. Listening to the sound of running water in my ear, next to a peach tree, I looked at two misty peaks.

As expected, as the sunset approached, the clouds on the top of the mountain gradually dissipated, and the main peak of Nange Bawa Mountain seemed to be covered with a thin layer of gauze. At this moment, we can better understand why it is called "Shame Girl Peak" and why it has been selected as the top ten most beautiful snow-capped mountains in China.

The afterglow of the setting sun finally filled Nange Bawa Peak, and the whole peak turned golden yellow. The clouds rising in the mountain stream gather into a belt, and Nange Bawa Peak seems to be covered with a hada. Look at Leibo Peak in Gallas, the top of which is also exposed. It seems that the two brothers have already turned swords into enemies, and when they meet, they laugh and forget the enmity.

When the afterglow of the sunset gradually dissipated and the gold faded, the dark clouds soon enveloped the snow-capped mountains and the sky pulled down the blue night.

It was cloudy all night, and the starry sky became a bubble.

Until the early hours of the morning, we stood on the cliff near the village, listening to the swift current of the Yarlung Zangbo River, with Nange Bawa Peak on one side and Garabaire Peak on the other.

Namgyabawa Peak is covered by thick clouds, and Galabailei Peak is bathed in crimson light in mist.

After returning from sunrise, I walked through the wooden door of the inn, just above the dark clouds, transmitting a few rays of sunshine, as if I had passed through a dimensional door.

It is very lucky to see the Shame Girl Peak unveiled, especially the sunset golden hill. Don't expect to see its face again in the morning, but leave early and go back to Lhasa. It took two days when I came, and only one day when I went back.

Along the Yarlung Zangbo River, it shuttles between green waters and green mountains. When we came, it was windy and dusty, and we didn't dare to stay in the area of "Fozhang Dune". There was almost no wind when I came back, so I stopped at the edge of the sand dune. Why are there such huge sand dunes between green mountains and green waters? Perhaps it is because it is surrounded by mountains, but there are often small tornadoes, and the fine sand in the river is constantly deposited here.

I left the Yarlung Zangbo River, along the Yang Ni, flew on the Linla Highway, and returned to Lhasa earlier than expected.

On the way back, I received a phone call from a friend, saying that when his classmate was at Everest base camp, the altitude was serious and he was a little confused. He was initially diagnosed with pulmonary edema and was being rushed to Shigatse for treatment. He called me to ask if I could help, but it made me more worried about myself. Although allergic asthma diagnosed before coming to Tibet has not worsened at present, it has not improved.

After buffering and adapting in Linzhi and Suosong villages, which are less than 3,000 meters above sea level, and returning to Lhasa, the symptoms of hyperreflexia have almost disappeared. We decided to have a Nepalese meal.