One car and one driver, two people traveling to Tibet Part 18: Jilong Town

When arriving in Jilong Town, we usually try to go up to Noi Village or something to see the picturesque scenery. After asking, the road up the mountain was under repair and we couldn’t go up. So we had no choice but to leave Jilong Town and walk along the Jilong Valley. While walking, cross the Kongtanglam pass, return to 219, and go to Zhongba.

After checking out of the room, I looked for a place to have breakfast on the street and took a few photos.

The snow mountain is called Puyong Peak.

After breakfast, we drove to the entrance of the town and took some photos.

This is a beautiful town. If the appearance of the town is improved and the surrounding environment is improved, it will be a very ideal tourist destination.

Leave Jilong Town and go up the Jilong Zangbo along National Highway 216. The scenery along the way is picturesque.

Riwu Bamba Snow Mountain and Puyong Peak.

Puyong Peak.

Riwubamba Snow Mountain.

Langbo Gangri Snow Mountain accompanies you all the way.

Passing through a small village, a young yak lay on the road.

Yangrangangri and Zhuergaigangri Snow Mountains.

Against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains, there are many strange pines.

Beside the road, there is Kaire Waterfall.

Here, I breathed in the best air in the world, so fresh and fragrant that I couldn’t bear to leave.

Although I am reluctant to give up, I still have to hurry on.

After driving for a while, we arrived at a timber checkpoint. Opposite the checkpoint is Chaga Temple. Chaga Temple is located about 40 kilometers south of Jilong County and is built on the top of the cliff of the dried up Longda Lake Mountain. Ding, historically one of the main holy places where Milarepa, the second generation founder of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, practiced practice. After hundreds of years of historical changes, it is now a famous nunnery in Gyirong.

Someone climbed up and saw several Juemu.

After driving for another twenty minutes, the road was being built in front of us. As the first vehicle, we were stopped. Several workers were cleaning loose stones on the high cliffs and chatting with the project personnel. At that time, a car came, and a man came down and asked for permission. He said he was from the highway management department. I asked him: Why don’t we repair so many shell craters in Kongtanglam Pass? Answer: It needs to be reported to the autonomous region for approval. Question: How many roads lead to the outside in your county? Answer: That’s it. Question: Why can’t you bring a truckload of gravel to fill it in? It’s neither troublesome nor expensive. Don’t you, the county magistrate, take this path? The little boss couldn't answer. He just said that the tunnel was being built. It would be great when the tunnel is opened. When? have no idea. This is National Highway 216, the main road leading to the Geelong Port. This port replaced the Zhangmu Port that was destroyed by the earthquake. It is a national first-class port. Incomprehensible.

Leaving Jilong Valley, we returned to Kongtanglam Pass.

It can be seen how thick the snow is when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow.

After coming down from the mountain, at the three-way intersection, turn left onto the new 219 and drive towards Saga. The newly paved black road is flat, and there is a dragon in front of you.

Driving on the flat Xin 219, I thought, how wonderful it would be if all roads were like this. I felt extremely happy and sad. On the mountain approaching Zheba Township, I encountered road construction again, and I had to go on it. Take a look at the so-called access road. It’s not something that my car can go on. I can’t turn back. It’s a detour back to Gacha. It’s too far. There’s no other way. Let’s do some on-site reconnaissance. The road is a relatively slow winding mountain road. You can only go from the upper road, through the hillside, to the lower road. I checked the entire road section on foot, removed the stones on the way, drove off the road, and drove up the hillside, carefully I drove to the road below. In front of me was a short section of loose, deeply rutted gravel pavement. I gritted my teeth, rode the wheels higher, and finally rushed up. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures of this section. I drove all the way to the front road. Good road, I turned back and took two pictures.

We passed through a section of sidewalk where the soil was very thick (I don’t know how thick it is, I just know that after I parked on the left upwind and let an LC pass by, I couldn’t see anything from the two windows on the right) , drove on the famous washboard road, all the way to the Brahmaputra River Bridge south of Saga.

Turn left at Saga and get on the old 219.

After passing the source of the Yajiang River, we arrived at Zhongba. South of the Gangdese Mountains and the Himalayas is the famous Brahmaputra River (Maquan River) Valley. The terrain is open, and the valley bottom is 2 kilometers and 6 kilometers wide. It can reach more than 10 kilometers, and the valley bottom is 4,600 to 4,800 meters above sea level.

Zhongba is the place with the highest altitude where we stayed during this trip. Fortunately, the Yajiangyuan Hotel where we stayed has oxygen supply in the room, but the elevator does not work. When I asked the person in charge of the hotel, he said that it was not the national power grid and the voltage was not good. It was a bit difficult to climb the stairs with the luggage, but the little girl waiter inside was holding the luggage and walking as fast as flying.

CCTV reported the year before last that the national network over there was connected. I was happy for them.